Principal Product Line Manager, Electronic Warfare & Distributed Effects

About the role

Join Silvus Technologies, a leading provider of advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems, as a Principal Product Line Manager. Reporting to the Vice President of Product on the Product team, this role is based at Silvus Technologies' headquarters in West Los Angeles, CA, with a hybrid schedule.

Responsibilities

• Drive the product from current prototype stage to a scalable, sellable, operationally viable product.
• Lead market research and competitive analysis to refine product/market fit.
• Engage directly with end users and customers to uncover pain points and use cases.
• Translate user insights into actionable product requirements and drive development priorities.
• Evangelize the product with stakeholders, including military end users, integrators, and prime contractors.
• Own the product roadmap and collaborate with engineering, business development, and leadership to align priorities.
• Support and drive pilot programs, field tests, and customer engagements.
• Be responsible for the market and mission success of the product.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8-12+ years of experience as a Product Manager, Technical Program Manager, or Mission Solutions Lead in Defense technology, EW, SIGINT, ISR, RF sensing, or adjacent domains.
• Proven ability to engage with military operators, acquisition personnel, and defense industry stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of defense acquisition cycles, user needs discovery, and product-market fit challenges in defense.
• Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, uncertain, and agile environment.
• Technical familiarity with RF systems, sensors, embedded systems, or tactical UAS.
• Deep sense of ownership—you think in terms of outcomes, not just features, and hold yourself accountable for your product’s performance in the market.
• Experience serving as a product evangelist or spokesperson, internally and externally.
• Strong analytical skills with a data-informed approach to decision-making.
• Technical fluency and an ability to collaborate closely with engineering, design, and other cross-functional partners.
• Customer-obsessed mindset—you advocate for the user while balancing business goals.
• Passion for building great products and the tenacity to see them succeed.
• Travel Requirement – requires frequent travel to customer locations, OEM partners, tradeshows, events, etc.
• Active U.S. Government SECRET clearance or the ability to obtain one within 15 months of hire.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.