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Production & Test Engineering Manager (m/f/d) KINEXON · Munich
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Production & Test Engineering Manager (m/f/d)

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-31 Munich Hybrid Manufacturing Transport Logistics
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 6,500 EUR–8,500 EUR/mo

About the Company

The leading AI-powered IoT platform for manufacturing and logistics, seamlessly connecting and automating operations. KINEXON provides the leading AI-powered IoT platform for businesses to connect and automate operations. As global technology leader in indoor location services KINEXON's real-time locating system and AMR & AGV fleet management offer solutions across automotive, manufacturing, and aerospace sectors to achieve real-time visibility and traceability of moving assets, along with actionable insights to drive automation. Leading customers such as BMW, SIEMENS, Airbus, Continental, or MTU Aero Engines utilize KINEXON's solutions to digitize and orchestrate physical processes, thereby enhancing efficiency, productivity, and quality while preparing for AI-supported operations. As an official SAP Endorsed App partner, KINEXON enables seamless synchronization and integration with SAP systems, empowering end-to-end operations and Physical AI execution. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, with another office in Chicago, USA, over 250 employees drive innovation in the IoT landscape. For more information, visit www.kinexon.com. Technology, Information and Internet Specialties: Indoor Localization, Industry 4.0, Smart Factory, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, UWB, IIoT, industrial automation, automation, RTLS, location-based automation, location technology, supply chain, localization, IoT, Digital Transformation, location-based process automation, AI, AMR, AGV, Fleet Management, VDA 5050, Mobile Robots, Operating System Platform, Manufacturing, Logistics, SAP Endorsed App, SAP, Intralogistics, Physical AI, IPS, Autonomous Operations, Lights-Out Operations

About the Job

We are looking for a strategic yet hands-on Senior Manufacturing & Assembly Manager to own the lifecycle of our electronic hardware production. In this central role, you connect engineering, operations, and product teams across our portfolio and serve as the primary interface with our EMS providers - ensuring every build, test, and assembly step is precise, reliable, and cost-efficient. You combine strong management skills with genuine passion and solid expertise in IoT technology - from Linux servers and environments to network topology and deployment. With creativity and a hands-on mentality, you shape the architecture of our entire production ecosystem: from first prototype through production to field-ready solutions.

Role & Responsibilities

  • ● Act as the technical negotiator and operational point of contact for EMS providers' and drive yield and production-line improvements, cost optimizations, and day-to-day alignment on quality, timelines, and delivery.
  • ● Integrate our production-line into the EMS providers' IT infrastructure and ensure our automated testing, flashing, calibration, and assembly workflows run reliably within the EMS setup and can be adapted as products evolve.
  • ● Design and oversee the implementation of automated production line testing, including functional and EOL tests, and define test coverage, pass/fail criteria, and automation strategy for validating electronics and final device assembly.
  • ● Coordinate how our multi-component IoT systems come together - from individual boards and modules to finished, field-ready solutions, and keep the assembly flows efficient, and spot where manual steps can be replaced with smart automation on the line.
  • ● Provide a feedback loop to our engineering - hardware & software - teams to improve manufacturability, testability, and assembly efficiency in an early stage.
  • ● Analyze trade-offs between unit costs, tooling investments, and lead times to ensure our scaling is financially sustainable.

Requirements

Education

  • ● Degree in Industrial Engineering (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen), TUM BWL or Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

Skills

  • ● Hands-on expertise in IoT production environments - Linux servers, network topology, deployment, and device calibration, and are comfortable working in EMS and production line setups where hardware, software, and infrastructure need to work together reliably.