Junior Project Manager R&D
If you’re driven by operational excellence and safeguarding performance through the full lifecycle of the product roadmap — from series production until end-of-life — we invite you to apply for this role. For our business line in power conversion, we are currently expanding our team of project operations managers who are taking full ownership of a product group for a key customer.
Summary
Location
The Netherlands - Eindhoven
Education
Bachelor-Master
Years of experience
2+
Function field
Research & Development
Hours
38
Full-time salary
€4.000 - €5.200 excluding holiday allowance
About the role
You’ll continuously elevate product quality, manufacturability, cost performance and supply robustness. Together with your product team, you will ensure that every lifecycle phase—from introduction to maturity and ultimately phase‑out—is managed in a structured, predictable, and data‑driven way. Your leadership will help secure long-term reliability and customer satisfaction while enabling our technologies to evolve with confidence and clarity. Your key responsibilities are:
Lead a dedicated product team, taking full ownership of a product group for a key customer throughout the entire lifecycle
Manage timelines, resources, risks, and budgets across multiple disciplines to ensure stable, predictable product performance
Secure strong QLTC performance together with your product team, consistently meeting customer expectations
Collaborate closely with cross‑functional experts, including hardware, software, design, industrialization, and quality teams, to drive lifecycle improvements
Continuously improve products, focusing on manufacturability, reliability, cost optimization, and long-term supply robustness
What we offer
An environment where your daily output counts, with short lines, high dynamics and visible impact.
Our values: Trust, Collaboration and Excellence, embedded in our company culture
A young, entrepreneurial, and innovative company culture where initiative is encouraged
Performance-based salary growth that rewards your results
33 vacation days per year, including public holidays
Flexible working hours
Strong focus on personal development, supported by a tailored growth and learning plan
Extensive career opportunities, with progression across a wide range of functions and projects
Free access to the company gym
Free lunch, dinner and healthy snacks available every day on-site
What you bring
BSc or MSc ideally in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Software-, Computer Engineering, or similar.
Initial experience (academic, internship, or early career) supporting team coordination or contributing to group projects, with an interest in fostering collaboration and accountability
You excel in a highly operational and hands-on environment. You make bold, confident decisions that move things forward with clarity and momentum.
Comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, with adaptability to changing priorities
A proactive attitude, learning agility, and the ability to build relationships with team members and stakeholders
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in team environment
A solution-oriented mindset
Solid organizational and time-management abilities
- Science Park Eindhoven 5501
- 5692 EM Son
- The Netherlands
- recruitment@prodrive-technologies.com
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