Requirements Engineer (m/f/d) – Laboratory & Logistics Integration

Project overview

For an internationally leading corporation in the life sciences and healthcare sector, we are looking for an experienced Senior Requirements Engineer / Business Analyst for long-term project support.

Project Key Data

Role: Senior Requirements Engineer / Business Analyst

Start Date: ASAP / by arrangement

End Date: 31.12.2027 (long-term engagement)

Project details

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Greater Munich area (hybrid setup with on-site presence required)

Languages: Business fluent English; German B1 or higher

Tasks & Responsibilities

Lead requirements discovery through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process analysis across laboratory, logistics, and integration teams.

Model end-to-end material and information flows spanning frontend portals, lab execution systems, middleware, and backend logistics, including exceptions and system handovers.

Translate business needs into clear, prioritised, and testable functional, interface, and non-functional requirements with measurable acceptance criteria.

Align requirements across Business POs, Technical POs, architects, developers, and QA/Test teams, resolving gaps, contradictions, and cross-system dependencies.

Establish and maintain requirements baselines and traceability linking business processes, requirements, implementation tickets, and test cases; assess the impact of changes.

Required Skills & Experience (Must-Have)

5+ years of hands-on Requirements Engineering or Business Analysis experience in complex enterprise IT projects involving multiple integrated systems.

Proven experience eliciting and specifying requirements for laboratory, logistics, manufacturing, or comparable operational workflows.

Strong process modelling skills using BPMN or equivalent techniques, including exception handling and cross-system interactions.

Practical understanding of APIs and asynchronous, event-driven integration patterns (e.g., Message Queues, Pub/Sub, Webhooks), including data ownership, error handling, and reconciliation.

Ability to define measurable acceptance criteria, user stories, and structured specifications that support implementation and end-to-end testing.

Experience managing requirements, traceability, and controlled changes using tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or equivalent platforms.

Business fluent in English; German B1 or higher.

Based in Germany (ideally near Munich; being on-site will be necessary at least partially).

Essential Soft Skills:

Highly analytical and questioning mindset, with the ability to uncover implicit assumptions and challenge ambiguous requirements.

Constructive communication and strong workshop facilitation skills across business stakeholders, technical teams, and vendors.

High persistence in resolving open questions and maintaining requirements quality, ownership, and traceability.

Supplementary Requirements (Nice-to-Have)

Experience with LIMS, ELN, SAP eWM/WMS, or comparable laboratory and logistics platforms.

Experience supporting vendor evaluation, requirements-based fit-gap analysis, and system migration projects.

IREB CPRE certification or equivalent Requirements Engineering qualification.

Capability to leverage AI tools for requirements drafting and quality checks, subject to confidentiality controls and human review.

Practical experience in regulated life science IT projects, with working knowledge of GxP, Computer System Validation (CSV), data integrity, EU Annex 11, and FDA 21 CFR Part 11.

Experienced in UX Research.

• Start: ab sofort
• Duration: 12 Monate
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: GR München, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: English