Principal Product Line Manager, Electronic Warfare & Distributed Effects
Core
Lead the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle of capabilities for Electronic Warfare (EW) and RF sensing applications, translating mission needs into scalable product capabilities for defense, law enforcement, and public safety agencies.
Role type
Principal Product Line Manager (Defense Technology)
Builds
Tactical EW sensor product line, including radio-integrated sensing, standalone sensing products, and software-defined sensing/analytics.
Domain
Defense technology, Electronic Warfare (EW), RF sensing, SIGINT, ISR, and tactical communications.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Defense acquisition cycles, user needs discovery, product-market fit in defense, cross-functional leadership, product evangelism, data-informed decision-making, RF systems familiarity, embedded systems familiarity, tactical UAS familiarity.
Preferred skills
RF signal detection, geolocation, jamming systems, Software-defined radio (SDR), Mesh networking/MANET, DSP algorithms, DoD program support, acquisition pathways (OTA, IDIQ, FAR/DFARS).
Technologies
MANET radios, MN-MIMO waveform, SDR platforms, embedded systems.
Responsibilities
Own strategy and roadmap for EW and sensing capabilities; define evolution of sensing/communications as integrated platform; engage with government customers and primes; drive product from prototype to scalable sellable product; support pilot programs and field tests; balance customer requirements with long-term platform strategy.
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship