Engineering Leadership·Confirmed live in the last 24 hours·
Full-timeHamburg, GermanyNo salary listedHybrid
About the Job
Requirements
A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience is required.
Substantial professional experience in software development is required.
Proven experience in a leadership role such as Team Lead, Line Manager, Scrum Master, or Product Owner is required.
Experience owning a backlog and writing user stories with clear acceptance criteria is required.
Practical experience working in Agile or Scrum environments is required.
Experience with navigation software or shared software platforms is required.
Technical depth sufficient to guide architectural discussions and review engineering decisions is required.
Fluent written and spoken German and English are required.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are required.
Responsibilities
Lead, develop, and grow a team of software engineers, with full line management responsibility.
Set and uphold the team’s technical standards and engineering practices.
Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction for navigation software.
Ensure the team has the capacity, skills, and ways of working to deliver reliably.
Ensure software is developed in line with applicable quality, safety, and cybersecurity requirements.
Own and prioritize the team backlog, balancing customer needs, technical health, and delivery commitments.
Write and refine user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Work with stakeholders across Product Management, Engineering, and Service to agree needs and scope.
Translate product and customer requirements into a realistic development roadmap for the team.
Make and communicate trade-off decisions on scope, quality, and timing.
Company Overview NACOS Marine delivers advanced navigation, automation, and control systems for vessels worldwide. Our integrated solutions help ship owners and operators improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability at sea. With proven reliability, innovative technology, and dedicated support, we enable smarter maritime operations. Let’s shape the future of maritime technology together.
Role Overview We are seeking a Manager, Navigation Software (m/f/d) to lead one of our navigation software development teams. This is a combined leadership role. You will be accountable for the people in your team, their development, performance, and working environment, while also owning the team’s backlog and acting as the product-side counterpart to your stakeholders. Alongside this, you will stay close enough to the technology to set direction on architecture and quality, and to hold the team to a high engineering standard. The role suits an experienced software engineer who has moved into leadership and wants both responsibilities: developing people and shaping the product and technical direction of navigation software that runs on vessels worldwide. Key Responsibilities People and technical leadership
Lead, develop, and grow a team of software engineers, with full line management responsibility
Set and uphold the team’s technical standards and engineering practices
Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction for navigation software
Ensure the team has the capacity, skills, and ways of working to deliver reliably
Ensure software is developed in line with applicable quality, safety, and cybersecurity requirements
Product ownership
Own and prioritize the team backlog, balancing customer needs, technical health, and delivery commitments
Write and refine user stories with clear acceptance criteria
Work with stakeholders across Product Management, Engineering, and Service to agree needs and scope
Translate product and customer requirements into a realistic development roadmap for the team
Make and communicate trade-off decisions on scope, quality, and timing
Key Requirements
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Substantial professional experience in software development
Proven experience in a leadership role such as Team Lead, Line Manager, Scrum Master, or Product Owner
Experience owning a backlog and writing user stories with clear acceptance criteria
Practical experience working in Agile / Scrum environments
Experience with navigation software or shared software platforms
Technical depth sufficient to guide architectural discussions and review engineering decisions
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken
Why choose us and why we’d choose you? At NACOS Marine, you’ll become part of a global organization delivering innovative maritime technology solutions to customers around the world. You’ll lead a team building navigation software that ships operate on every day, working alongside experienced engineering, product, and service colleagues. We value collaboration, ownership, curiosity, and continuous learning. We’re looking for someone who enjoys developing people as much as solving technical problems, and who can hold the line on quality while keeping a team delivering.