PRODUCT OWNER (OEM Hardware (Automotive / IATF)) • TELEMATICS

We are looking for a Product Owner – OEM Hardware to build and lead Teltonika’s entry into OEM-grade hardware development, aligned with automotive and IATF 16949 standards.

This is a foundational role. You will start from zero — defining the business plan, product strategy, team structure, and roadmap required to make Teltonika OEM-ready. You will own the full journey from OEM requirements analysis to SOP readiness, working across hardware, firmware, quality, manufacturing, and sales.

Teltonika develops and produces easy-to-use IoT and telematics devices for global markets. With strong aftermarket leadership, we are now taking the next strategic step: entering the OEM hardware space.

Your Mission

To design, build, and own Teltonika’s OEM hardware product capability, ensuring products, processes, and teams meet automotive-grade expectations.

Core Responsibilities:

• OEM Product & Business Ownership

• Define the OEM hardware product vision, strategy, and long-term roadmap
• Build the business plan: scope, investment logic, milestones, and success criteria
• Own OEM hardware programs from concept → development → validation → SOP

• Team & Capability Build-Up (from zero)

• Define required team structure (HW, FW, quality, program support)
• Participate in key hires and role definition
• Establish ways of working suitable for OEM / IATF environment

• Requirements & Stakeholder Alignment

• Analyze and structure OEM, regulatory, and internal requirements
• Translate requirements into:
• HW architecture inputs
• Validation and test expectations
• Manufacturing and quality constraints
• Act as the single product owner across R&D, quality, manufacturing, and sales

• Delivery & Program Orchestration

• Coordinate:
• Hardware design and supplier alignment
• Firmware dependencies and interfaces
• Manufacturing readiness and ramp-up
• Drive milestones, gates, and readiness reviews
• Own change management (ECR/ECO, design freeze discipline)

• Quality, Compliance & Risk Ownership

• Ensure alignment with IATF 16949 principles (APQP, FMEA, traceability mindset)
• Maintain a risk-driven product approach
• Proactively identify and mitigate:
• Design risks
• Supply-chain risks
• Compliance and audit risks

• OEM & Supplier Interface

• Represent Teltonika in OEM technical discussions
• Lead design and readiness reviews

Coordinate with EMS and component suppliers

What we expect of you:

Experience

• 2+ years in hardware product management, program management, or engineering leadership.
• Proven involvement in NPI / SOP preparation.

Technical & OEM competency

• Strong understanding of:
• Electronics hardware development
• Embedded systems and HW/FW interaction
• Manufacturing and validation processes
• Practical knowledge of IATF / automotive quality concepts
  (APQP, FMEA, change control mindset)

Leadership & Ownership

• Comfortable building things from scratch
• Strong decision-making under uncertainty
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams without formal hierarchy
• Clear communication with engineers, management, and customers

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with IATF 16949 audits or preparation
• Background in EMS / Tier-1 / OEM supplier environment
• Experience with cost modeling, BOM ownership, and supplier negotiations

What Makes This Role Special:

• Foundational role – you are building the OEM capability, not inheriting it
• True product ownership – hardware, quality, delivery, and readiness
• Strategic visibility – direct impact on Teltonika’s long-term direction
• Career accelerator – rare OEM experience in a growing global company

This is not a backlog-only Product Owner role.
This is a builder, owner, and leader role.

What we offer:

• Great opportunities to grow in a strong and rapidly expanding company.
• Interesting and ambitious projects of industrial GPS tracking devices.
• Place where curiosity is key: here, we share knowledge and learn in training courses, conferences or business trips.
• Dynamic, challenging work environment and cooperation-based internal culture.
• Care about your emotional and physical well-being by offering flexible work schedules, hybrid work opportunities, the ability to work remotely, and health insurance.
• Company-paid sports activities (basketball, football, volleyball, yoga) and other sports events.
• Celebrating achievements and having fun together in team building, summer festivals, and other important occasions.
• Opportunity for solid bonuses when participating in the recommendation program.
• We delight with birthday and Christmas gifts and rewards on work anniversaries.
• Lunch snacks.

Salary

We appreciate everyone's efforts and experiences, so we offer an attractive salary matching your skillset and field expertise.

💶 Hourly rate: from 25 EUR/h up to 28 EUR/h (~4170 EUR – ~4670 EUR/month pre-tax), depending on experience
🎯 Bonuses: available based on results and contribution

In the employment agreement, we specify a fixed (tariff) hourly salary rate before taxes.

If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact our recruitment colleague Aistė Mataitytė, email aiste.mataityte@teltonika.lt.

Teltonika aspires to become one of the global leaders in providing unique IoT solutions that contribute to making people’s lives easier. Since 1998, we have gained considerable experience and competence in electronics development and production. Today, our areas of expertise include telematics, networking, telemedicine, EV charging, and electronics manufacturing. While proactively searching for new ideas and ways to create more value for our clients, we also hope to create a better future for our employees and the communities we operate in. Our organisational culture is based on mutual trust and respect as well as creating synergy with our employees and clients.