Senior Engineering Project Manager (m/w/d)

Idealworks builds industrial automation as a coordinated system — mobile robots, orchestration software, simulation, and increasingly humanoids and physical AI, working together in real production environments rather than as isolated pilots. Since our founding within BMW Group and our integration into Agile Robots SE, we've grown from a Munich-based robotics team into a global player.

As physical AI and humanoid robotics move from research into industrial deployment, our project landscape is expanding: today's programs span classic mobile robot fleets, next-generation humanoid platforms, and the simulation environments used to develop and validate both. We're looking for a Senior Engineering Project Manager to lead this kind of work end to end - technically credible enough to sit with R&D and hardware/software engineering, and organized enough to keep shareholders, partners, and customers aligned as programs move from concept to production.

Project & Program Delivery

• Manage complex engineering projects across the full lifecycle — from scoping and planning through execution, integration, testing, and handover — spanning both software and hardware workstreams.
• Define and manage project plans, milestones, budgets, and resourcing; monitor schedule, cost, quality, and contractual compliance throughout.
• Identify technical, schedule, and commercial risks early, and drive mitigation and contingency planning across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Plan and coordinate integration and validation phases (e.g., factory and site acceptance testing) across hardware, software, and systems components.

Cross-Functional & Technical Coordination

• Act as the connective layer between product management, partner management, solution engineering, software development, hardware development, R&D, innovation management, and operations — ensuring each function's inputs and dependencies are captured and sequenced correctly.
• Work closely with engineering leads on cutting-edge developments in mobile robots, humanoid platforms, simulation tooling, and physical AI to translate technical realities into realistic, defensible project plans.
• Support innovation and R&D initiatives as they mature into deployable projects, helping bridge the gap between exploratory work and production-grade delivery.

Stakeholder & Partner Management

• Serve as a primary point of contact for a diverse stakeholder landscape, including shareholders, technology and integration partners, and customers, tailoring communication to each audience.
• Prepare and lead steering committee meetings, status reviews, and escalation discussions; ensure decisions are documented and followed through.
• Manage claims, change requests, and contract or scope amendments in coordination with commercial and legal stakeholders.
• Build long-term, trust-based relationships with partners and customers that extend beyond a single project milestone.

Operational Excellence

• Track and report on project and portfolio KPIs (schedule adherence, cost/margin, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction) to leadership and shareholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management methodology, tooling, and best practices across the organization.
• Support resource planning and prioritization across a portfolio of concurrent engineering projects.