The Role
Owns the product vision, backlog, requirements, prioritization, and development of software features and hardware drivers for Advantest V93000 digital instruments. Collaborates with hardware, maintenance, marketing, sales, product management, application experts, customers, and international product teams. Guides software development through the full agile feature lifecycle, balances scope and investment decisions, and ensures architectural fit, usability, quality, and application alignment.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
In the role of a Software Product Owner digital (m/f/d) in the SmarTest 8 Software for the V93k platform you will take ownership of the development of HW drivers and features for digital instruments.
- Investigate product requirements in close cooperation with our HW & maintenance organizations, marketing & sales organizations, product management and key customers
- Work with application experts and other product owners to transform customer and business requirements into SW requirements, innovative product definitions and best in class software solutions
- Strive for application fit, quality, consistency of design and usability, consolidating the requirements across multiple domains
- Ensure the product fully utilizes our modular platform and fits into our SW and HW architecture
- Consult product management on market trends and customer test strategies
- Contribute to the product vision and own the backlog for a specific domain or team and drive the prioritization
- Guide a SW development team throughout the entire feature development cycle, based on agile working methodologies
- Cooperate with other teams, especially Product Owners, our world-wide community of Application Experts and Product Marketing
- Have direct interactions with our sales organization and lead customers (occasional travel might apply)
- Make decisions to select between possible solutions, balancing time-to-market, scope and investments
- Work together with partner product owners in other teams developing SW for 93k digital cards, especially in Japan
- Proven experience developing SW for Advantest SmarTest 8 for V93000 digital cards for at least 3 years
- Good knowledge about semiconductor test and applied test methodologies and ATE concepts
- Knowledge of digital/processor fundamentals, technology and equipment
- understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals
- Experience in dealing with partners and customers on international level
- Ability and willingness to effectively collaborate with AI-assisted tools
- Strong team player and soft skills in interacting with people, familiar with working in international matrix organizations
- Ability to lead and drive projects
- Strong customer focus and structured working style
- Fluent English (spoken and written)
- Basic German language skills
- preferred basic Japanese language skills
- Good communication and presentation skills. Open minded, ability to listen and convince other team members
- Experience in agile SW development, preferably SAFe
Skills Required
- At least 3 years of experience developing software for Advantest SmarTest 8 and V93000 digital cards
- Knowledge of semiconductor testing, applied test methodologies, and ATE concepts
- Knowledge of digital and processor fundamentals, technology, and equipment
- Understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals
- Experience working with international partners and customers
- Ability and willingness to collaborate effectively with AI-assisted tools
- Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills in international matrix organizations
- Ability to lead and drive projects
- Strong customer focus and structured working style
- Fluent spoken and written English
- Basic German language skills
- Basic Japanese language skills
- Good communication and presentation skills, with the ability to listen and persuade team members
- Experience with agile software development, preferably SAFe
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The Company
What We Do
For over a half-century, Advantest has been designing innovative electronic measuring equipment and semiconductor test systems essential to the development and manufacture of advanced computer and telecommunications products. On April 1, 2012, Advantest completed its integration of Verigy Ltd. Additional Information about Advantest can be found at www.advantest.com.








