Product Manager, Attritable Multirotor (AM) Aircraft

PDW • Huntsville, AL

28d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is the strategic and product lead responsible for defining, executing, and scaling the product vision for the AM category within PDW’s product portfolio. This role ensures that the AM is designed for mission flexibility across reusable and attritable use cases; meets cost targets, customer needs, delivers mission readiness and differentiation in global defense markets, and aligns with PDW’s long-term innovation and growth objectives. The Product Manager will collaborate across engineering, operations, program management, and GTM teams to guide AM product strategy through rapid iteration cycles across the full product lifecycle—from capability definition and requirements prioritization through fielding, sustainment, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Background in Engineering, Systems Design, Computer Science, or related field.
• 7+ years’ experience in product management or product ownership in aerospace, defense systems, or unmanned systems.
• Demonstrated knowledge of UAS product domains, mission requirements, and DoD acquisition ecosystems.
• Strong technical acumen in electro-mechanical systems, software platforms, and modular payload architectures.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence technical and business stakeholders.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Group 1 / Class I UAS, including FPV or attritable multirotor systems.
• Background in user-centered design, operational testing, and iterative product development.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the AM product category vision, configuration strategy, and roadmap in alignment with PDW’s business strategy and customer needs. Ensuring designs can be scaled to customer demand while driving down costs.
• Lead market, competitor, and customer analyses to identify opportunities and threats within tactical UAS and related mission domains.
• Translate one-way strike, ISR, and payload delivery needs from military, civilian, and international partners into product strategies. Optimize product decisions around mission types.
• Drive product design decisions that enable high-rate manufacturing and rapid assembly.
• Make trade decisions between endurance, cost, performance, and scale.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive capability requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for the AM portfolio and AM configurations and mission-specific variants.
• Prioritize features, tradeoffs, and investments across hardware, software, sensor suites, and mission payloads.
• Partner with systems engineering to ensure requirements are technically feasible, testable, and aligned with pertinent standards (NDAA/Blue UAS compliance)
• Own operator experience including control systems, training requirements, and usability.
• Serve as the primary product liaison to Engineering, Program Management, Test & Flight Operations, Sustainment, and Operations teams.
• Partner with GTM to gather voice-of-the-customer feedback, identify product gaps and product improvements, and product use cases.

Benefits

• Comprehensive BCBS medical, dental, and vision coverage; 80% sponsored by the company.
• Safe Harbor 401(K) with company match.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• On-site gym at our Huntsville, AL location.
• Employer provided life insurance.
• Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• A work environment that encourages teamwork and innovation.
• Competitive salary, generous paid time off (PTO), and flexible leave options.

What This Job Offers

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