Senior Software Product Manager, Strategic Defense
Core
Shape and deliver features for next-generation autonomous air and missile defense systems, translating warfighter needs into actionable roadmaps and specifications.
Role type
Senior Software Product Manager (Autonomy & Defense Systems)
Builds
Scalable software solutions for integrated air and missile defense, including autonomy capabilities, human-machine interfaces, and backend services.
Domain
Defense, National Security, Autonomous Systems, AI/ML
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Product roadmap ownership, autonomy and controls concepts (state estimation, planning, closed-loop control), software execution management, stakeholder communication, prototyping, technical project decomposition, distributed systems understanding
Preferred skills
Autonomous systems shipping experience, mathematical optimization, AI safety/assurance, operations research, defense/aerospace domain familiarity, test design for complex systems
Technologies
AI/ML, distributed systems, autonomy software stacks
Responsibilities
Own product roadmap for autonomy capabilities; define autonomy behavior and human-machine interfaces; support software execution by sequencing workstreams and managing dependencies; communicate roadmaps and status to stakeholders; interview defense operators to propagate user needs; partner with test engineers to devise rigorous testing scenarios
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
