Senior Product Manager - Hardware & Edge AI

About the role

Project Q is seeking a Senior Product Manager to own the hardware strategy for their mission devices. You will work end-to-end from user discovery and prototyping through hardware build cycles to field deployment. The role focuses on creating robust devices that operate effectively in contested environments.

Responsibilities

• Spend time with end users in their operating environment to understand their workflows in depth.
• Validate assumptions about value, usability, feasibility and viability through prototypes, bench tests and field trials.
• Maintain an outcome-focused roadmap aligned to hardware build cycles, firmware releases and OTA update pipelines.
• Define requirements and field metrics for each device, including detection performance, energy efficiency and mission endurance.
• Make sure devices integrate with Hydris and interoperate with third-party systems through industry standards and protocols.
• Act as the main source of product context and the product's champion for the team, leadership and customers.
• Write clear PRDs and decision records, and mentor teammates on discovery practice and hardware-software trade-offs.

Required skills

• Product management
• Hardware-software products
• Embedded systems
• IoT
• Robotics
• Defence systems
• Edge AI
• Product development
• German
• English

Nice to have

• Sensor fusion
• Mesh networking
• Cursor on Target
• SAPIENT
• ONVIF
• ASTERIX

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical, mechanical or systems engineering, robotics or a related field
• Equivalent hands-on experience bringing hardware products from prototype to production
• Eligibility for German security clearance (SÜ2)

Benefits

• Annual learning and development budget
• Bike leasing
• Urban Sports Club membership
• 30 days of paid time off

About the Company

Project Q GmbH is a defence technology company with offices in Berlin and Munich, and a trusted partner of the German Armed Forces. They build Hydris, an orchestration layer that integrates various sensors, drones and C2 systems into a unified operational picture.