Director of Product Management - Electronic Warfare (EW)

Motorola Solutions•Washington, NV

1d•$220,000 - $265,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Silvus Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, is seeking a Director of Product Management to own the business performance, multi-year product strategy, and lifecycle execution of its Electronic Warfare (EW), Sensing, and Distributed Effects portfolio. The role owns the business view—the “What & Why”—and leads and mentors Technical Product Managers responsible for technical execution, engineering backlogs, and hardware and software new product introductions. The Director works across commercial, tactical, and operational domains, partnering with DoD program offices, company leadership, Sales, Business Development, Engineering, and Finance to turn defense operational requirements into profitable, scalable market offerings. The position is based at Silvus Technologies’ Engineering and R&D office in Irvine, California, with a hybrid schedule of onsite work Monday through Thursday and remote work on Fridays. Fully remote work may be available to U.S.-based candidates depending on location. The role requires travel of 25–50% to Silvus offices and customer meetings; visits to the Los Angeles headquarters may also be needed. The Director will define the EW portfolio strategy and maintain a comprehensive two-to-three-year roadmap covering Silvus-developed EW products, embedded sensing applications, and integrated solutions across Silvus and Motorola Solutions. The role includes market positioning, requirements definition, investment prioritization, portfolio financial performance, gross-margin and cost targets, business-case development, software monetization, and post-launch performance and lifecycle decisions. The Director will also guide go-to-market planning and competitive intelligence, align partner and acquisition roadmaps, and move products from concept and prototype to scalable, commercially viable solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, RF Engineering, or a highly related technical discipline.
At least 13 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years of progressive product management experience and at least 2 years dedicated to Electronic Warfare, tactical communications, or RF sensing.
Hands-on experience with Electronic Warfare, passive sensing, signal collection (DF/AOA), spectrum monitoring, tactical ISR architectures, or electromagnetic waveform technologies.
Experience managing, leading, or mentoring technical professionals such as Technical Product Managers, Systems Engineers, or Technical Marketing Engineers.
Demonstrated ability to build financial models and multi-year business cases and to develop pricing strategies and optimize gross margins for hardware and software systems.
Strong understanding of defense acquisition cycles, user-needs discovery, and product-market fit challenges in defense.
Active U.S. Government SECRET clearance or ability to obtain one within 15 months of hire.
U.S. citizenship, required due to clients under U.S. government contracts.
Successful completion of a background check and drug test is required for employment.
Ability to travel 25–50% of the time to Silvus office locations and customer meetings.
Ability to lift equipment up to 50 pounds for demonstration and testing setup.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or an MBA from an accredited institution.
Deep experience with formal phase-gate NPI lifecycles, product management frameworks, and lifecycle EOL strategies.
Experience with RF signal detection, geolocation, or jamming/anti-jam systems.
Experience with mesh networking or MANET systems.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the EW portfolio strategy across hardware, software components, software feature packaging, and user experience.
Own and maintain the two-to-three-year roadmap for Silvus-developed EW products, embedded sensing applications, and integrated solutions across Silvus and Motorola Solutions.
Define differentiated product positioning to support winning strategic EW and Sensing programs directly and through platform, prime, and systems-integration partners.
Translate defense industry trends, emerging threats, and warfighter feedback into Market Requirements Documents (MRDs) and product charters.
Evaluate market opportunities, customer requirements, technology investments, and R&D initiatives; recommend priorities based on strategic fit, market potential, differentiation, platform leverage, engineering capacity, and expected return.
Own the EW and Sensing portfolio business plan and performance, including revenue, gross margin, adoption, competitive position, and lifecycle performance; coordinate corrective actions with Finance, Sales, Engineering, and Operations when needed.
Own gross-margin targets and work with Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering on target BOM costs, manufacturing expense reduction, and cost-performance trade-offs.
Develop and present business cases, including three-to-five-year hardware and software revenue projections, R&D ROI, TAM/SAM calculations, and CapEx/OpEx justifications.
Design software licensing tiers, advanced feature monetization, firmware upgrades, and recurring-revenue packages for EW capabilities.
Track post-launch performance against the business plan and initiate corrective product actions or lifecycle sunset/EOL decisions as appropriate.
Partner with Go-To-Market Product Management, Product Marketing, Applications Engineering, and Sales on commercialization plans, competitive materials, pricing matrices, and sales enablement.
Develop and maintain competitive intelligence on competitors, emerging threats, EW and sensing technologies, and adjacent defense market opportunities.
Lead, mentor, and coach Technical Product Managers, setting strategic direction and prioritization for their work across tactical NPI, Jira backlogs, and engineering cadences.
Translate customer insights into structured MRDs and work with TPMs to align engineering priorities with business strategy.
Work with Product Managers to translate portfolio strategy and market requirements into product initiatives aligned with the broader EW and Sensing strategy.
Guide strategic inter-company roadmap alignment to deliver unified, turnkey EW sensing solutions.
Drive hardware and software products from concept and prototype through scalable, sellable, and operationally viable solutions.
Travel 25–50% to Silvus office locations and customer meetings.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Lift equipment up to 50 pounds for demonstration and testing setup and walk or move around laboratories.