Senior Product Owner – SAR

We are recruiting an experienced Senior Product Owner for SAR Processing Systems on behalf of a leading European space and aerospace technology group in Salem this elite technical leadership role you will take full ownership of the lifecycle development and evolution of next-generation Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) processing software and data products (from Level 0 raw data up to Level 2 geophysical products). Serving as the central link between international stakeholders and agile development teams you will oversee the technical roadmap for mission-critical radar algorithms utilized in global Earth observation climate monitoring and defense satellite constellations.

• City: Salem (Baden-Württemberg)
• Country: Germany
• Work Mode: Hybrid (Structured under a 40% home office and 60% on-site framework).

• Product Ownership: Act as the primary technical point of contact and product champion for internal and external institutional stakeholders regarding SAR processors and output data products.
• Backlog & Team Direction: Manage prioritize and refine the software development backlog translating complex radar physics requirements into actionable engineering sprints for the software team.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Synchronize mission dependencies across satellite platform radar instrument and ground segment engineering business units.
• Lifecycle Management: Lead software development trajectories across the entire space mission lifecycle (from initial Phase A/B conceptual design through to Phase E operational deployment).
• Scope & Risk Control: Evaluate architectural feature changes assess their impact on project scope budget or timelines and proactively mitigate software development risks.
• Milestone Reviews: Prepare anchor and defend technical data packages during formal space project milestone reviews.

• Education: University degree in Mathematics Physics Electronics Aerospace Engineering or a highly relevant scientific discipline.
• Agile Leadership: Proven deep experience operating as a Product Owner managing highly complex software projects large engineering teams and diverse institutional stakeholders.
• Radar Expertise: Comprehensive physics-based knowledge of image-generating radar technologies (reflector and/or phased array architectures) and specialized algorithm development for L0 to L2 SAR data processing.
• Space Standards: Solid familiarity working within stringent European space software engineering and quality assurance process standards specifically ECSS-E-ST-40C and ECSS-Q-ST-80C.
• Software Competence: Strong active programming skills in C are mandatory; professional knowledge of IDL and Python is considered a distinct asset.
• Security & Travel: Possession of a valid European security clearance (or complete willingness to undergo the background vetting process) and a willingness to travel for project milestones.
• Experience: At least 5 to 8 years of professional experience in space project software engineering and technical product management.

• German & English: Full professional written and verbal fluency in both languages is required to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes and technical documentation.

• Base Salary: per year (competitively matched to seniority and domain expertise).
• Financial Perks: Integrated 13th-month salary structure comprehensive group accident insurance and a corporate pension plan.
• Health & Wellness: Active health promotion programs including corporate health management an EGYM Wellpass membership and in-company sports teams.
• Culture & Growth: Long-term career development tracks within a high-reliability engineering environment supported by a highly collaborative international workspace.