Product Owner

AME (Applied Micro Electronics); Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open hands-on working culture

Real ownership across product lifecycle

Close collaboration with customers

Flat organization with short communication lines

Opportunities for personal and professional growth

Job summary

A leading electronics company in Eindhoven seeks a Product Owner. Responsibilities include managing the product lifecycle, enhancing customer satisfaction, and collaborating closely with stakeholders. The ideal candidate has 3-4+ years in a relevant operations role, strong skills in stakeholder management, and fluent English, with Dutch being a plus. This full-time position offers an entrepreneurial working culture, with opportunities for professional growth and development.

Qualifications

• 3–4+ years in a high-tech or manufacturing operations role.
• Experience in account management or project management.
• Strong communicator with customer-facing experience.

Responsibilities

• Define ramp-up plans and support NPI and early production.
• Monitor yields, cycle times and production effectiveness.
• Manage production and field issues including complaint handling.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation.
• Own manufacturing documentation and validate production setups.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Customer communication

Technical understanding

Fluent in English

Dutch language skills

Job description

Apply for the Product Owner role at AME (Applied Micro Electronics).

• A role with direct impact on customer satisfaction and company profitability?
• A challenging position working closely with multiple functions in a hands‑on, entrepreneurial, high‑tech manufacturing environment?
• The opportunity to truly make a difference for our customers and for AME?

The Role

As a Product Owner at AME, you are responsible for managing the full lifecycle of industrialized products for assigned customers. You act as the central point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders and ensure high quality, cost‑effective and compliant series production.

This is a customer‑facing role with a strong focus on product lifecycle management in a production environment. You combine technical understanding, stakeholder management and a pragmatic mindset to keep products performing throughout their lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Defining ramp‑up plans and supporting NPI and early production
• Monitoring yields, cycle times and production effectiveness
• Assessing impact on cost, quality and planning
• Communicating changes to customers and internal stakeholders
• Managing production and field issues (incl. 8D, Complaint Handling and RMA support)
• Monitor and continuously improve product quality data and Cost of Goods Sold
• Supporting product‑specific audits and inspections
• Managing component obsolescence and product change notifications
• Ensuring compliance with applicable legislation (e.g. RoHS, REACH)
• Monitoring tooling usage and maintenance
• Owning manufacturing documentation and validating production setups
• Aligning phase‑out planning and archiving product documentation

Qualifications

• 3–4+ years of experience in a similar high‑tech or manufacturing environment in an operations role close to account management or project management
• Strong stakeholder management, good communicator, customer‑facing experience
• Able to understand technical topics and put them in business context
• Fluent in English; Dutch is a strong plus

Company

AME, part of the Metis Group, is an electronics company located in Brainport Eindhoven, a leading tech region. We partner with customers in developing and manufacturing high‑quality electronic products with extensive product life cycle support. The combination of electrical, mechanical, software, and industrial engineering expertise in our teams drives our innovation in markets like energy, climate and industry. With over 25 years of experience, a commitment to technology, a skilled workforce and a large customer base, AME provides a unique offering as technology manufacturing partner in the electronics sector.

Benefits

• An open, hands‑on and entrepreneurial working culture
• A role with real ownership across the full product lifecycle
• Close collaboration with customers and internal technical teams
• Flat organization with short communication lines
• Plenty of opportunities for personal and professional growth

Job Details

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Engineering and Sales
• Industries: Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, Computers and Electronics Manufacturing, and Wholesale Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics