Group Lead System Development (human)
NEURA Robotics
Metzingen, Germany
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Group Lead System Development (human)
Neura Robotics • Metzingen
Shape the Future of Human-Robot Collaboration
In the Software Department, you're shaping robotic solutions that redefine human-machine collaboration. You'll work with cutting-edge technology, setting industry-changing standards. Not only will you help develop our solutions, but you'll also set new trends and drive innovations forward. In an agile and interdisciplinary team, you'll engage in exciting projects. With clear Scrum processes like daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and reviews, you remain flexible and efficient. Collaborating closely with other departments allows you to create software solutions that are both technically advanced and practically effective. Here, you'll find an environment where creativity and technological excellence go hand in hand. If you're eager to turn ideas into reality and enjoy taking technology to the next level, the Software Development Team at NEURA offers the perfect challenge for you.
- Full-time
Metzingen
At the heart of product innovation and development, our Systems Engineering Department transforms market demands into safe, certifiable, and competitive solutions and architectures. By collaborating closely with software, hardware, safety, and certification teams, we ensure every product meets the highest standards while adapting to fast-evolving market needs. Our mission is to enable seamless human-robot collaboration and deliver solutions that are safe, compliant, and ready for the future. Join us to shape the next generation of human-robot systems by owning system-level requirements, integration, and alignment, with architectural responsibilities as needed. If you thrive in cross-functional teamwork and technical excellence, you’ll find extraordinary opportunities with us.
Your Mission and Challenges-
Lead the Visionaries: Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary team of System Architects and Engineers to foster technical excellence and innovation across several product lines.
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Integrated Flow: Partner with Safety and Cybersecurity managers to create a fast, seamless, integrated "System-Safety-Security" engineering flow that enables certification without slowing development.
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Agility at Scale: Drive the system engineering lifecycle, ensuring we maintain startup agility and innovation velocity without compromising quality or regulatory compliance (IEC 62443, UNECE R155, ISO 13849).
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Standardization: Own the engineering toolstack and standardize workflows and processes to ensure consistency, traceability, and reusability across all product lines.
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Organizational Impact: Represent Systems Engineering leadership across the company, aligning technical strategy with product goals and executive priorities while fostering effective stakeholder communication.
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Design Authority: Lead technical reviews and make design-authority decisions on system architecture, interface contracts, and safety boundaries across functional domains.
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Experience: 5+ years in Systems Engineering (Safety-related products and autonomous systems), with at least 2 years in a leadership or management role.
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Deep Tech Background: MSc/PhD in Robotics, Systems Engineering, or Computer Science with a proven track record in Systems development across multiple platforms.
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Cross-Domain Mastery: Expert knowledge in requirements engineering, system architecture definition, and the dependencies between hardware, software, integration, verification, validation, and certification.
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Startup DNA: Proven ability to introduce tailored, efficient processes in a fast-paced, high-growth environment without sacrificing technical rigor or compliance discipline.
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Leadership Style: You balance deep technical involvement with the ability to empower autonomous, accountable teams; you are collaborative, not competitive, and take ownership of cross-team problems.
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Tooling Vision: Proficient with architecture and requirement tools and flows (e.g. SysML, Polarion, or DOORS); familiar with ROS/ROS2 and robotics systems; experienced in establishing and optimizing engineering workflows and toolstacks.
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.
We are a team. We strive to achieve great things by promoting the success of our colleagues and partners.
We strive for technological progress in order to give people back their valuable time for enjoyable activities.
We strive to revolutionize the world of robotics by pushing the boundaries of technology every day.
We live a high level of appreciation through open communication and transparency.
We do our best to always be two steps ahead. We achieve this through empowerment, freedom of action and personal responsibility.
People are at the center of everything we do.
Our Location
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.
Your insight into our daily work
Unsere Mission
"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!"