Director of Product

Caliola Engineering•Colorado Springs, CO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Product will lead the development, execution, and management of Caliola's product portfolio for radically reprogrammable radios and associated electronic payloads. This role requires identifying and capturing DoD opportunities, building strong customer relationships, and guiding products from concept through regulatory approval and manufacturing scale-up. The Director of Product will represent Caliola to clients, partners, and the broader defense community, ensuring that product strategy aligns with market demand and operational needs.

Requirements

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Experience developing go-to-market strategies for DoD-facing products.
Demonstrated understanding of DoD contracting, requirements generation, and budgeting for the purposes of transitioning prototype capabilities to products.
Ability to network and build strong customer relationships across the DoD.
Ability to communicate and interact with technical & non-technical stakeholders.
Self-driven and relentlessly proactive with a just-get-it-done mindset.
Demonstrated knowledge of Radio Frequency ( RF ) theory.
Ability to travel 50% of the time, with a home base in the Colorado Front Range or near a key customer site (e.g., National Capital Region, Tampa, San Diego).
Must be able to obtain a US Top Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Experience in a senior-level technical sales role working with DoD customers.
Experience working with the Special Operations and/or Navy EW communities.
Demonstrated knowledge of the EW domain.
Active US Secret or Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute go-to market strategy for radically reprogrammable radios.
Generate, identify , and capture DoD opportunities for low-cost, expendable communications and electronic attack payloads.
Develop product roadmap for radio products based on quantified demand signals from potential customers in the Navy, Army, Air Force, SOCOM, and DHS.
Develop regulatory and manufacturing scale-up plans for those radio products.
Represent Caliola to our clients, partners, competitors, and the interested public.