Product Manager – Automotive Simulation

About Mapscape

Mapscape is one of the world's leading independent providers of software services for the automotive navigation industry. We engineer complex software that is critical to the production of digital navigation maps. Our software validates, tests, and improves digital map data, and enables its compilation into any map format.

Headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Mapscape's services help the major automotive OEMs improve the performance and increase the functionality of their digital maps and automotive telematics services.

Mapscape is committed to securing its position as the world's leading company in NDS (Navigation Data Standard) compilations, while strengthening its incremental map updating and sensor fusion map services.

Mapscape in brief:

• Provider of compilation and incremental update services for the automotive market
• Designer of complex software for production of digital navigation maps
• Developer of innovative sensor fusion map services

Mapscape is now part of NavInfo Europe.

Position

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join the R&D team at NavInfo Europe. Our team is focused on enabling companies to bring products to market faster and more cost-effectively by enabling them to simulate the real world at scale. As a Product Manager, you will be working with a world-class team of engineers, researchers, product managers, and other internal stakeholders. Your contributions will help bring simulation-based products to market in multiple industry verticals and help change the way products are built. We're looking for someone who is entrepreneurial, adaptable, and enjoys challenging the status quo. Simulation is one of many services which NavInfo is planning to offer to their customers as part of the NavInfo Cloud service portfolio. Your job will be to bring our Simulation offering to the European and global markets. Our work is at the center of the most consequential mega-trends in technology - artificial intelligence and self-driving - and there has never been a more exciting time to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Assess existing and new requirements for scaling Simulation production to substantial levels to enable level 4 and 5 autonomous driving and commercialize our offering; facilitate assessment and selection of the best production-at-scale option(s), and coordinate the team to successfully evolve tools and operational processes to achieve it.
• Drive Core Simulation engine release targets and scope; align Sim Creation and Evaluation deliverables to tool availability, release cadence, and verification & validation milestones.
• Define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Simulation product targeting automotive development in the area of ADAS and Autonomous Driving.
• Define and execute short-, mid- and long-term roadmaps for both single-team and cross-functional efforts related to Simulation.
• Understanding the pain points and needs of early users and customers.
• Partner deeply with Simulation leads and engineers, Quality/Functional Safety teams on technical matters to ensure the Global Simulation team's work is aligning to broader. organizational development.
• Collaborate with industry-leading technical experts to guide testing system development ranging across diverse levels of Simulation fidelity and granularity.
• Work with cross-functional teams to identify and create additional industry vertical products based on our simulation platform, such as our AI Research Lab and our HAD Map business unit.
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks and communicate status to upper management and project stakeholders, and engage and energize the project teams to achieve aggressive goals.
• Identify and track key success metrics for your products and features.
• Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities and challenge the team to be effective.
• Support technical and strategic planning, leading conversations with key stakeholders to develop concepts for initiatives and developing those into detailed program/project plans (including roadmaps, funding planning, resource planning, and hiring goals).
• Have an integral business approach towards identifying and including solutions within Simulation.

Your qualification

• Minimum of 5 years proven experience as a Product Manager for Simulation driven products/services.
• A business network in the Simulation industry to support the faster time to market of new NavInfo Europe products and services.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Information Systems or a related area, or the equivalent in experience with evidence of exceptional ability preferred.
• Strong customer focus with experience driving primary research initiatives.
• Direct, measurable impact through the design, development, and launch of ground-breaking products.
• Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, challenges and risks; ability to work closely with engineers.
• Knowledge of technical architectures, computer science, and software development lifecycle.
• Experience working collaboratively with other product and functional teams.
• Experience leading projects from inception to completion.
• Willingness to travel to support our co-development activities in China.
• Start-up mentality, you are dedicated, agile, and thrive on getting things done.
• Highly proficient in English - written and spoken.
• A valid drivers' license.

Will be a plus

• Experience with industrial simulation-based products like autonomous vehicles, etc.
• Experience with scenario-based validation.
• Previous experience in the automotive industry or working in autonomous vehicle programs.
• Experience in the gaming industry, shipping AI/ML technologies.
• Strong experience in project management; practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and ability to apply them where best suited.
• M.B.A.
• Knowledge of Dutch and/or Chinese (Mandarin).

What we offer

• Coverage of the initial traveling costs (one way, economy class flight tickets to the Netherlands).
• A net relocation premium of €2,500.
• Relocation support for you and for your family.