Product Engineer

KPIT; Lisle (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Geo Blue PPO/HSA

Dental & Vision - MetLife

Health & Dependent Care FSA

401k with employer match

Life & Long-term disability insurance

Voluntary benefits: CI, hospital Ind.,

Job summary

KPIT is actively seeking a senior Product Owner to lead telematics and digital integration initiatives. You will be the bridge between onboard and offboard telematics, engineering, IT, and business stakeholders, translating needs into epics and stories.

You will coordinate with global engineering teams, drive backlog priorities, and guide roadmap and release planning to ensure timely delivery and clear decisions across the program.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or equivalent.
• Strong ability to communicate with engineering, IT, digital, and business stakeholders at different levels.
• Working knowledge of onboard and offboard telematics ecosystems, connected vehicle platforms, or mobility digital services.
• Experience in Agile delivery environments, including backlog management, sprint ceremonies, and release planning.
• Ability to convert business needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlogs.
• Experience in automotive, commercial vehicles, connected vehicle, software-defined vehicle, or digital engineering programs.
• Experience coordinating with global engineering teams and distributed stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Product Owner for J0b Program initiatives involving telematics and digital integration.
• Serve as the primary communication bridge between onboard telematics, offboard telematics, engineering, IT, and digital business requirement stakeholders.
• Engage with engineering teams from client to clarify program needs, technical expectations, dependencies, and delivery priorities.
• Gather, document, refine, and prioritize business and technical requirements in a clear and actionable manner.
• Translate stakeholder needs into epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog priorities.
• Facilitate requirement review meetings, backlog grooming, sprint planning inputs, product demos, and stakeholder alignment sessions.
• Coordinate with IT and digital business requirement teams to ensure product decisions reflect business process and platform needs.
• Track risks, open questions, dependencies, decisions, and action items across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Maintain strong communication with customer stakeholders and provide timely status updates on progress, blockers, and decisions required.
• Support roadmap planning, release planning, prioritization, and milestone readiness for the Job Program.
• Drive alignment across global teams and help resolve ambiguity before it impacts delivery timelines.

Skills

Product Owner

Stakeholder communication

Agile backlog management

Telematics knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirements gathering

Release planning

Global teams coordination

Job description

KPIT is reimagining the future of mobility, forging ahead with group companies and partners to shape a world that is cleaner, smarter, and safer.

With over 25 years of specialized expertise in Mobility, KPIT is accelerating the transformation towards Software and AI-Defined Vehicles through its advanced solutions, platforms, and products—propelled by mobility-infused AI frameworks, software craftsmanship, and systems integration mastery.

Vision in Motion

Fueled by 2000+ vehicle production programs and powering 20+ million vehicles on the road with KPIT software, our experience is unmatched. At the same time, we push boundaries, developing solutions that enable Mobility OEMs to innovate at speed and scale.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Product Owner for J0b Program initiatives involving telematics and digital integration.
• Serve as the primary communication bridge between onboard telematics, offboard telematics, engineering, IT, and digital business requirement stakeholders.
• Engage with engineering teams from client to clarify program needs, technical expectations, dependencies, and delivery priorities.
• Gather, document, refine, and prioritize business and technical requirements in a clear and actionable manner.
• Translate stakeholder needs into epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog priorities.
• Facilitate requirement review meetings, backlog grooming, sprint planning inputs, product demos, and stakeholder alignment sessions.
• Coordinate with IT and digital business requirement teams to ensure product decisions reflect business process and platform needs.
• Track risks, open questions, dependencies, decisions, and action items across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Maintain strong communication with customer stakeholders and provide timely status updates on progress, blockers, and decisions required.
• Support roadmap planning, release planning, prioritization, and milestone readiness for the Job Program.
• Drive alignment across global teams and help resolve ambiguity before it impacts delivery timelines.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Product Owner, or equivalent role.
• Strong ability to communicate with engineering, IT, digital, and business stakeholders at different levels.
• Working knowledge of onboard and offboard telematics ecosystems, connected vehicle platforms, or mobility digital services.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments, including backlog management, sprint ceremonies, and release planning.
• Ability to convert business needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlogs.
• Experience in automotive, commercial vehicles, connected vehicle, software-defined vehicle, or digital engineering programs.
• Experience coordinating with global engineering teams and distributed stakeholders.
• Ability to track open items, risks, dependencies, decisions, and action owners across complex programs.

Compensation and Benefits:

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time KPIT employee, you are eligible for the following benefits:

• Geo Blue PPO and HSA plan.
• MetLife – Dental and Vision plan.
• Healthcare and Dependent care flexible spending account(FSA).
• 401k with employer match.
• Company-paid Basic Life and Long-term disability insurance.
• Voluntary benefits include Critical Illness, Hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft, and legal service.