Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manager | Hardware Product Development

Exclusively recruiting on behalf of our partner

Are you someone who's actually built hardware, from concept through certification, and who thrives working shoulder-to-shoulder with a Product Manager and Systems Engineer rather than off on your own? Then this role is worth a closer look.

About the role

We're looking for a Product Owner / Technical Project Manager to join a growing engineering team (currently around 15 people) developing advanced technical hardware systems. The team is shifting from a project-based way of working toward a product-company model, and this role is central to that shift.

You'll operate in a tight collaboration triangle with a Product Manager and a Systems Engineer. Think of it as a tripod: all three roles need to hold their own for the structure to work. This is not a role for someone who prefers to work independently or in a silo, close, constant collaboration is what makes this team function.

What you'll do

• Own execution planning across the full product lifecycle: concept, design, industrialization, manufacturing, testing, and certification
• Create work packages, coordinate tasks, and assign responsibilities across engineering stakeholders
• Operate at a systems/overview level, understanding the technical challenges without needing to solve them yourself
• Work directly and closely with the Product Manager and Systems Engineer on scope, planning, and technical roadmap
• Contribute to the technical roadmap for an upcoming major product development effort, adapting an existing product to meet more demanding requirements

What you bring

• Hands-on experience in hardware product development (SaaS-only backgrounds are not a fit for this role)
• A clear understanding of how hardware products move from concept to release, including industrialization, manufacturing, and testing
• Strong planning and coordination skills: defining scope, breaking work into packages, driving accountability across teams
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, this is as important as technical capability for this role
• A mechanical engineering background (strongly preferred) or physics background
• Master's or PhD-level background
• Experience in a highly regulated industry is a plus

Practical details

Compensation details available on request.

Interested in learning more, or know someone who'd be a strong fit? Reach out for a confidential conversation.

Contact Ivor Duif via [email protected] or + 31 0 20 89 38 606