Production Planner (m/f/d) - UGV

As a Production Planner UGV (m/f/d), you will be responsible for the operational production planning and control of our unmanned ground systems manufacturing at our Göppingen site. You will ensure that materials, capacity, and workforce resources are aligned and available on time, playing a key role in transforming our LAND production from prototype-based manufacturing into a robust, repeatable, and scalable serial production environment.

You will work closely with Production, Logistics, Procurement, Quality, and Program Management teams to ensure realistic and transparent production planning while actively contributing feedback to the continuous improvement of planning processes.

What is your Day to Day Mission:

• Create and continuously adjust production and capacity plans for Mandrill UGVs and future LAND platforms.

• Coordinate customer orders, bills of materials (BOMs), and material availability with Logistics and Procurement.

• Monitor production progress and proactively identify bottlenecks related to materials, capacity, or workforce availability.

• Prioritize and schedule production orders in Operations1/MES in alignment with customer delivery dates and ramp-up targets.

• Support the planning and execution of validation builds and Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) ramp-up activities.

• Prepare reports and KPIs related to production progress, throughput, and on-time delivery performance for management and key stakeholders.

• Collaborate closely with Production, Industrialization, Logistics, Quality, and Sales/Program

• Management to ensure aligned production planning.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of planning processes and planning tools.

What you bring to the team:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or a comparable field; alternatively, equivalent professional experience in production planning.

• Experience in production planning and/or capacity planning, ideally within the automotive, machinery, manufacturing, robotics, or related industries.

• Strong experience working with ERP and MES systems as well as Excel and data analysis tools.

• Excellent analytical thinking and organizational skills, with the ability to adapt effectively to short-term planning changes.

• Structured, proactive, and communicative working style.

• Collaborative and professional approach to working with Production, Logistics, Quality, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams.

• Good German and English language skills.

Why Quantum-Systems:

• We believe in the power of combined efforts: straightforward tech expertise paired with a customer-centric focus.

• We are industry pioneers who are ambitious, bold, and visionary.

• We push limits, think outside-the-box and strive for technological excellence to shape the future of aerial data.

• We promise to be your runway for individual and professional growth.

Our benefits:

• Company pension scheme: We support you so that you can already make provisions for later.

• Flexible working hours: With trust-based working hours, you are not only responsible for your working hours, but also for your work-life balance.

• Mobile Work: If things get a little busy in the office, you have the option to work remotely one flexible day per week to create the right balance.

• Stay active: With EGYM Wellpass, you get access to thousands of fitness and sports facilities — and of course, we subsidize the membership.

• Bike-Leasing: We support you in staying environmentally mobile and healthy.

• Corporate Benefits: Your opportunity for attractive offers and discounts from well-known suppliers and brands, e.g. Adidas, Apple, Expedia.

• Employee events: We not only want to grow together, but also celebrate our successes together.

About us:

Quantum Systems is a leading European deep-tech company for unmanned systems across air, land and maritime domains. We develop and scale integrated hardware, software and AI-powered solutions for mission-critical operations.

At Quantum Systems, you’ll work alongside experts across disciplines, take ownership from day one and help turn ambitious ideas into technology with real-world impact. We move fast, think beyond boundaries and give our teams the space to shape what comes next.

The Future is Unmanned - But the responsibility is not.

Our commitment:

We are an open-minded company that not only values diversity, but actively promotes it. Regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability, we firmly believe that the diversity of our employees is an essential part of our success.

At our company, every voice is heard and every perspective is valued. We believe that our differences enrich us and help us to find creative solutions and generate innovative ideas. We pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment where all employees can reach their full potential.