Product Owner – Configurable Logic

Location: Huntsville, AL (onsite)
U.S. citizenship is required; ability to obtain and maintain an active DoD Secret security clearance is mandatory.

About the role

The Effector Subsystems Products (ESP) department develops electronics for weapon-system products, from initial architecture through deployment. Our FPGA-based solutions operate in ground, exo-atmospheric, and space environments worldwide.

We are seeking a Product Owner to lead the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle of configurable-logic products across the Electrical Engineering organization. In this role you will define features, prioritize work, and ensure delivery of high-quality, mission-critical FPGA solutions that meet customer, program, and enterprise needs.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the long-term product vision and roadmap for FPGA and configurable-logic solutions across multiple programs.
• Partner with senior engineering leaders, program managers, and customers to establish product strategy aligned with business priorities.
• Prioritize features and product increments based on value, risk, cost, and alignment with enterprise strategy.
• Drive multi-release planning, cross-team alignment, and resource forecasting to support strategic development activities.
• Lead stakeholder engagement to balance competing needs across systems engineering, hardware, software, and leadership organizations.
• Oversee product lifecycle management, including technology refresh, obsolescence strategies, reuse strategy, and long-term sustainment planning.
• Facilitate data-driven decision-making using metrics, performance analysis, and business-case justification.
• Champion organizational improvements, best practices, and digital transformation efforts within configurable-logic development workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in FPGA design, verification, configurable-logic development, or embedded hardware engineering.
• Experience working in Agile development environments or serving as a product owner, scrum master, or equivalent role.
• Experience with FPGA architectures, tool flows (e.g., Vivado, Quartus, Libero), constraints, and hardware/software integration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience with DO-254, aerospace/defense design standards, or safety/mission-critical hardware development processes.
• Hands-on experience with system-on-chip (SoC) FPGA architectures, partial reconfiguration, or advanced synthesis techniques.
• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar agile lifecycle management tools.
• Experience contributing to product strategy, roadmaps, or multi-release planning in a technical hardware environment.
• Strong communication skills with ability to translate complex technical content into business-relevant decisions.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program (tuition assistance).
• Parental leave.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (eligibility dependent on role and collective-bargaining status).

Pay

The salary range for this role is $86,800 – $165,200 USD. Relocation assistance is available for this onsite position in Huntsville, AL.