Senior Product Manager, Ground Control Systems
$132,000–$193,000 year
On-siteCosta Mesa, California, United States
Job Summary
Conduct a deep dive into technical baselines of Ground Control Station (GCS) systems, establish partnerships with engineering leads, and develop roadmaps for other business lines to identify friction points. Define and secure cross-functional alignment on a 12-month roadmap prioritizing modular hardware and software interfaces. Drive internal adoption by managing the full product lifecycle—from requirement analysis and MVP definition through hardware sourcing, software integration, launch, and commercial sales enablement. Consolidate disparate, customized systems into a cohesive, polished platform that standardizes interfaces across divisions. Build strong relationships with multiple business lines to drive adoption of a unified hardware interface while balancing unique team needs.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of product management experience managing complex, physical hardware products (ruggedized systems, edge compute, or mechanical controls) that tightly integrate with real-time software
- Proven ability to take systems in disparate, highly customized, or unrefined states, clean them up, resolve technical debt, and standardize them into a cohesive, polished product that actually gets sold and scaled
- Demonstrated end-to-end product lifecycle mastery—from analyzing fragmented requirements and defining the MVP, through hardware sourcing/manufacturing and software integration, to launch, commercial sales enablement, and scaling
- Ability to build strong relationships across multiple business lines to drive adoption of a standardized hardware interface, balancing the unique needs of different internal teams while keeping the product baseline unified
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and balance resources, priorities, and requirements across engineering and business stakeholders
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
Desired Qualifications
- Prior experience in high-growth commercial technology companies, startups, or fast-paced hardware-software product environments
- Hands-on experience with tactical command and control (C2) systems, including establishing, configuring, or operating within Tactical Operations Centers (TOCs) in the field
- Active U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearance
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