Principal Product Line Manager - Electronic Warfare

Silvus Technologies • Los Angeles, CA

10d • $200,000 - $240,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Silvus Technologies is seeking a Principal Product Line Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle of capabilities supporting Electronic Warfare (EW) and RF sensing applications. This role will define how Silvus’ product portfolio evolves to provide Electronic Support (ES), Electronic Attack (EA), and Electronic Protection (EP), distributed sensing modalities, GPS denied positioning, Counter UAS effects, and sensor-enabled radios and standalone sensing systems. The position serves as the capability owner for EW and Sensing, translating mission needs into scalable product capabilities and guiding investment decisions across both communications and sensing domains. This role sits at the intersection of Product, Engineering, and Business Development, ensuring Silvus delivers differentiated, productized capabilities into rapidly evolving EW and sensing ecosystems. The Principal Product Line Manager owns the success of our tactical EW sensor product line, driving the product from current prototype stage to a scalable, sellable, operationally viable product. This includes leading market research and competitive analysis, engaging directly with end users and customers, translating user insights into actionable product requirements, evangelizing the product with stakeholders, owning the product roadmap, and supporting pilot programs and field tests. Ultimately, this position is 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.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• RF signal detection, geolocation or jamming systems.
• Software-defined radio (SDR) platforms.
• Mesh networking / MANET systems.
• DSP algorithms and signal processing.
• Experience supporting DoD or defense programs.
• Familiarity with acquisition pathways (OTA, IDIQ, FAR/DFARS).

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for EW and sensing capabilities.
• Define how sensing and communications capabilities evolve both independently and as an integrated platform.
• Develop a multi-year roadmap spanning: Radio-integrated sensing, Standalone sensing products, Software-defined sensing and analytics.
• Align capability development with long-term platform architecture.
• Develop deep understanding of EW and sensing mission areas, including: Contested and congested spectrum operations, RF detection and geolocation, Spectrum awareness and situational intelligence.
• Track DoD priorities such as: CEMA, JADC2, Multi-domain operations.
• Engage with government customers, primes, and integrators to understand evolving needs.
• Ensure EW and sensing capabilities are delivered as scalable, reusable platform features, not one-off implementations.
• Define how capabilities are deployed across: Existing radio platforms, New hardware products, Software and analytics layers.
• Balance customer-driven requirements with long-term platform strategy.
• Manage lifecycle from concept through deployment and sustainment.
• Track product performance, including adoption, mission effectiveness, and competitive positioning.
• Identify opportunities for next-generation capabilities and expansion.
• Support and drive pilot programs, field tests, and customer engagements.
• Evangelize the product with stakeholders, including military end users, integrators, and prime contractors.
• Perform other related duties of which the above are representative.

Benefits

• Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
• We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world.
• We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal