• Together with the CEO and Director of Business Development (Defense), shape and advance our strategy and market positioning, especially in the defense sector, translating our vision into actionable initiatives across German, NATO, Ukraine and other international markets
• Build strategic relationships with key industry players, such as military forces, defense primes and defense tech players. Organize and execute testing and experimentation campaigns in close collaboration with the technical team
• Be a core part of the commercial growth team with a hands-on and get things done mentality, ensuring alignment across business units to drive business development & sales initiatives across defense & civil applications.

Fundraising & Investor Relations

• Shape the equity story in close collaboration with the CEO and prepare investor materials, pitch decks, and financial models
• Shape & drive ongoing communication with current and potential investors
• Identify & position driveblocks according to capital market opportunities and drive internal activities to support this positionings

Company Growth

• Collaborate closely with the broader management team on operational topics of scaling the company
• Take ownership of special projects that drive efficiency, scalability, or innovation across the organization as well as internal communication

Your Background

• 3+ years of experience in Tier-1 management consulting, venture capital, or a high growth venture backed company in the technology sector
• First experience within the German defense sector, ideally already touchpoints with the emerging defense tech ecosystem across Germany, NATO and Ukraine
• Excellent verbal & written board level communication skills in German & English
• Willingness & ability to dive into ambitious challenges on day one
• High urgency on driving company and business growth combined with the willingness to take on whatever needs to get done to achieve our goals
• Collaborative approach & strong team-player mindset

We understand that not everyone will meet all the criteria! If you see yourself in these points, we’d love to learn more about you!

About Us driveblocks develops off-road ground autonomy that works under harsh and challenging conditions. We build systems designed for operation in 3D terrain, vegetation, and heavy dust and dirt, where 100% reliability is core to success, even in GNSS-denied environments.

Working with multiple OEM partners across agriculture, construction, and defense, our focus is to deliver value to vehicle operators and solve the toughest challenges when deploying Physical AI in real world applications. Every deployment helps us to gather the operational data required to build the next generation of reliable and safe autonomous driving systems.

From our office in Munich, we operate as a focused, highly ambitious team with deep expertise in autonomy, Physical AI, and embedded software engineering. We move quickly and set high standards. If you want to build autonomy that is deployed, tested, and operated in the field - we’d love to hear from you!

Working at driveblocks

• Ownership of your work – Take responsibility for the full value chain
• Competitive Compensation & Benefits
• Participate in driveblocks’ success via a Virtual Stock Option Plan

How To Apply

• Prepare your CV & additional documents
• Show your unique motivation

We look forward to receiving your application!