Product Owner - Data Capture Products (human)

Neura Robotics; Riederich; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 vacation days

Exclusive employee discounts

Flat hierarchies

Flexible hours

Professional growth

Job summary

Neura Robotics in Riederich is seeking a Product Owner for Data Capture Products. You will own this portfolio end to end, with full P&L responsibility for data collection hardware, including in-house, procured, and white-labeled solutions.

You will define strategy and roadmap for teleoperation equipment and data suits, make build-vs-buy decisions, and coordinate across hardware, firmware, procurement, and AI/ML teams to ship on time and to spec.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in robotics, mechatronics, hardware/electromechanical products, or wearables.
• Software competence in firmware, embedded systems, APIs, and data formats.
• Experience driving cross-functional delivery across engineering, procurement, and external partners.
• Basic commercial understanding of cost, margin, sourcing decisions, and P&L.
• Product owner's mindset: prioritization, accountability, and decision-making.
• Comfort getting hands-on with hardware and collaborating with external suppliers.
• Fluent in English; German language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the P&L for the full data capture hardware portfolio—in-house, procured, and white-labeled.
• Define the product strategy and roadmap for teleoperation equipment and data collection suits.
• Make build-vs-buy-vs-white-label decisions balancing cost, quality, time-to-availability, and data fidelity.
• Manage external supplier and partner ecosystem, including sourcing and negotiations.
• Drive projects to delivery, coordinating hardware, firmware/software, procurement, and AI/ML teams.
• Translate data collection needs into concrete product requirements with field teams.
• Own quality, ergonomics, and reliability of hardware used in real-world settings.
• Track commercial performance, including cost structure and margins.

Skills

Technical background in robotics

Software competence

Project management

Commercial understanding

Product owner mindset

Hands-on hardware experience

English fluency

German a plus

Job description

Product Owner - Data Capture Products (human)

Neura Robotics • Riederich

Give Our Robots Consciousness

In the AI Department, you'll develop the cognitive abilities of our robots, enabling them to understand and interact with their surroundings. You'll work on algorithms that make machines intelligent and adaptive—ranging from object recognition and language processing to decision‑making in complex environments. You'll be part of a team that pushes technological boundaries and collaborates closely with software, hardware, and product management teams. Using cutting‑edge tools and methods from machine learning and AI, you'll work on projects that have a direct impact on our products. If you're excited about making machines smarter and shaping the future of human‑machine interaction, the AI Department is the perfect place for you.

• Full‑time

Riederich

from today

Why this role matters

The frontier of physical AI doesn't advance in simulation alone — it advances on real‑world data. Robots learn to fold laundry, assist a nurse, or handle a part on a production line by observing how these things are actually done: on the shopfloor, in hospitals, in hotels, and in staged environments like the NEURA Gyms. That data is the raw material of every capable robot we ship, and it can only be captured with the right equipment in the right hands.

That equipment is your product.

Teleoperation rigs, suits, gloves, grippers, data collection suits — this hardware is the front door to everything NEURA's AI platforms learn. Without it, there is no data. Without data, there is no physical AI. Which makes this portfolio not a supporting act, but one of the load‑bearing pillars of the company's success.

About the role

As Product Owner for Data Capture Products, you own this portfolio end to end. You carry full P&L responsibility for every piece of data collection equipment NEURA procures, designs in-house, or sources as white‑label from external partners. You decide what we build, what we buy, and what we badge — and you're accountable for both the technical quality and the commercial outcome of those choices.

It's a rare mix of hands‑on product ownership, hardware judgment, and business responsibility, sitting right at the center of the NEURA Gym team and wired directly into the AI and data teams who depend on what you deliver.

What you'll do

• Own the P&L for the full data Capture hardware portfolio — in-house, externally procured, and white‑labeled.
• Define the product strategy and roadmap for teleoperation equipment (suits, gloves, grippers, and related rigs) and data collection suits, aligned with what NEURA's AI and data teams actually need.
• Make build‑vs‑buy‑vs‑white‑label decisions, owning the trade‑offs between cost, quality, time‑to‑availability, and data fidelity.
• Manage the external supplier and partner ecosystem — sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and maintaining relationships with vendors and OEM/white‑label partners.
• Drive projects to delivery, coordinating hardware engineering, firmware/software, procurement, and the AI/ML teams so equipment ships on time and to spec.
• Translate data collection needs into product requirements, working shoulder‑to‑shoulder with the people capturing data in the field and in the Gyms to make sure the hardware produces exactly what's needed.
• Own quality, ergonomics, and reliability — this equipment gets worn and used for hours in demanding real‑world settings, and it has to hold up.
• Track commercial performance — cost structure, margins, and the overall economics of the portfolio.

Your profile

• Strong technical background — robotics, mechatronics, hardware/electromechanical products, or wearables — enough to earn credibility with engineers and evaluate designs critically.
• Solid software competence: comfortable reasoning about firmware, embedded systems, sensor data pipelines, APIs, and data formats, and able to work with software and ML engineers on multi‑modal data capture and synchronization.
• Solid project / program management experience, comfortable driving cross‑functional delivery across engineering, procurement, and external partners.
• Basic commercial understanding — able to reason about cost, margin, sourcing decisions, and P&L, and eager to grow into full ownership of it.
• A product owner's mindset: you set priorities, make decisions under uncertainty, and take accountability for outcomes, not activity.
• Genuinely comfortable getting hands‑on with hardware and working directly with external suppliers.
• Fluent in English; German a plus.

Nice to have

• Experience with teleoperation, haptics, motion capture, or wearable sensing systems.
• Exposure to robot learning, imitation learning, or data pipelines for AI/ML.
• Prior P&L or portfolio ownership.
• Experience managing white‑label or OEM supplier relationships.

What you can look forward to

Creative Freedom and Agility

Enjoy a dynamic, self‑reliant work culture with flat hierarchies, flexible hours, and 30 vacation days. Ideal for those seeking an inspiring professional setting, whether you're starting out or an experienced exec.

Passion for Winning

A passionate and highly skilled team of international experts aiming to redefine robot assistants.

Attractive Compensation

Enjoy a competitive salary package along with exclusive employee discounts.

One Team

Whether it's a summer party or company town hall meetings, we celebrate our successes together.

Professional Growth

Support for your personal and professional development.

Our values. The cornerstones of our success.

STRONGER TOGETHER

We are a team. We strive to achieve great things by promoting the success of our colleagues and partners.

PASSION DRIVES US

We strive for technological progress in order to give people back their valuable time for enjoyable activities.

MAKING A CHANGE

We strive to revolutionize the world of robotics by pushing the boundaries of technology every day.

TRUST AND HONESTY

We live a high level of appreciation through open communication and transparency.

WE SPEED THINGS UP

We do our best to always be two steps ahead. We achieve this through empowerment, freedom of action and personal responsibility.

WE ARE HUMAN

People are at the center of everything we do.

Our Location

Headquarters: Innovate in Riederich, Live in Metzingen and Stuttgart

Our headquarters in Metzingen and Riederich are the heart of our company. It's not just home to our offices, but also our production facilities, Academy, logistics, and Tech Labs—all working together to turn ideas into reality. Riederich itself is a small, peaceful town, just a kilometer away from Metzingen, a city with its own unique character. Metzingen is globally renowned as Outlet City, attracting visitors from all over the world. Here, you can enjoy exclusive designer stores in a relaxed and charming setting. The city also offers a variety of restaurants, cafés, and a down‑to‑earth Swabian coziness—perfect for unwinding after work.

Our application process

We ensure a transparent and efficient process and look forward to getting to know you during the application process.

Unsere Mission

David Reger

Gründer und CEO

"Our goal was to develop the world's first cognitive robot that can work with people, learn from them and provide them with targeted support. And that is exactly what we have achieved. But there is much more to come!"