Software Project Lead - Warehouse Automation

Role overview

Exotec is hiring a Senior Software Integration Lead based in Munich to own software topics on customer deployment projects. You will coordinate development activities, manage software reporting, and act as the bridge between customers, project teams, and Software Integration Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead software activities on customer-site deployment projects and ensure clear ownership from specification to handover.
• Build and maintain software reporting for stakeholders, covering risks, opportunities, priorities, and progress.
• Facilitate functional analysis workshops to capture customer needs and translate them into software solutions.
• Write software specifications and coordinate development of programs and interfaces between Exotec WES, WMS, and third-party systems.
• Guide Software Integration Engineers during development phases and support tests, simulations, and integration campaigns.
• Ensure a smooth handover of developed software features to Operations and support customer installations.

Requirements

• Master’s/Engineering degree (or equivalent background).
• About 5 years of experience, including software integration and/or coordinating software development and technical project management.
• Experience (or strong interest) in WMS/WES, warehouse automation, logistics systems, or industrial software environments.
• Strong English communication skills and comfort with client-facing work.
• Logical, structured problem-solving and ability to manage conceptual complexity.
• Collaborative mindset: build trust, explain constraints, and coordinate stakeholders.

Nice to haves

• Deeper familiarity with integration between Exotec WES/WMS and external systems (implied by the interface/specification scope).