Product Manager, Robotics

Job description

Your mission Join us in solving one of industrial robotics' toughest challenges R3 Robotics is developing the AI-powered dismantling platform that transforms end-of-life electric vehicle systems into strategic sources of critical materials. As global electrification accelerates, the surge in batteries and e-motors requires automated solutions that manual disassembly cannot provide. We are addressing this industrial bottleneck by enabling the automated dismantling of complex systems at scale through computer vision, artificial intelligence, and specialized robotic tooling. Following a successful €20M Series A funding round led by HG Ventures and Suma Capital, we are expanding across Europe and preparing for our entry into the United States market in 2026. We partner with major industrial recyclers and automotive OEMs to deliver measurable impact. If you seek to work on advanced robotics within a well-funded organization scaling internationally, this is your opportunity. Your Role You will own the full product vision and roadmap for our EV-Battery Disassembly Line and Battery Disassembly Digital Platform. Based in Luxembourg or Karlsruhe, you bring 5+ years in product management spanning both hardware and software, sharp business-case thinking anchored in jobs-to-be-done, and ideally a background in industrial automation, robotics, or manufacturing operations. Your Responsibilities Product ownership and roadmap Own the product vision and roadmap for the EV-BDL and DigiOps. Own the skill and coverage roadmap: which BP the platform can disassemble, and in what priority and with what skills Maintain and prioritize the product backlog across hardware and software, sequenced by business impact. Anchor every requirement to a specific customer job using jobs-to-be-done, and challenge any requirement that has no job behind it. Requirements and delivery Write clear product and skill requirements with measurable acceptance criteria. Bring defined requirements into hardware and software sprint planning, and ensure no engineering team works without clear requirements. Review every sprint demo against the acceptance criteria drawn from the business case, and hold the bar before anything ships or advances. Own the trade-off decisions when scope, cost, cycle time, or timeline conflict. Customer and business grounding Work directly with site operators, deployment function, and customers to validate jobs and requirements. Ground product decisions in the business case: cycle time, throughput, cost per pack, operator time etc. Partner with Product Analytics and Market Intelligence to base decisions on data as much as possible. Cross-functional collaboration Work as one product trio with the software lead and the hardware lead for the product. Partner with deployment to ensure the product is ready for installation, commissioning, and serviceability. Feed field and operational learning back into the roadmap. Your profile Required qualifications 5+ years in product management or product ownership, ideally covering both hardware and software products. Demonstrated ability to translate customer problems into clear, testable requirements. Comfort operating across mechanical and operational topics (cycle time, tooling, throughput) and software topics (dashboards, data, UX). Strong prioritization judgment and the discipline to anchor decisions in a business case. Excellent communication with engineers, operators, and leadership. Preferred qualifications Experience in industrial automation, robotics, capital equipment, or manufacturing operations. Familiarity with EV battery systems, recycling and circular-economy value chains. Experience with jobs-to-be-done requirement frameworks. Data-literate: comfortable creating queries, reading financial and operational data, and defining product metrics. Languages: English required; German and/or French an advantage). Key Competencies Systems thinker who can hold the whole product, hardware and software, in one view. Deep empathy for the operator and the operation. Strong bias for evidence over opinion, and for outcomes over output. Comfortable holding the bar and saying no to work that has no job behind it. Comfortable building structure where little yet exists. Why us? High degree of collaboration and autonomy while working with a group of highly skilled, committed and supportive peers Transparent culture where everyone of us is highly valued Development of your professional skills and knowledge by taking ownership of challenging tasks and responsibilities, supported by Leads and peers “Getting things done” attitude, and access to cutting edge technologies A guaranteed steep continuous learning curve from day one Complementary Health Insurance