Technical Product Manager, FPGA, RD & DSP

Henpen Corporation•Huntsville, AL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

A well-established technology organization is seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, definition, and lifecycle management of advanced FPGA, RF, DSP, and mixed-signal embedded computing products. This position combines deep engineering knowledge with product strategy. The successful candidate will understand how RF and DSP concepts translate into real-world hardware, FPGA, firmware, and embedded-system implementations. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced technical product manager or accomplished design engineer ready to transition into product management. The position supports advanced, high-reliability technologies used in demanding defense, aerospace, industrial, and commercial applications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a closely related technical discipline.
Seven or more years of experience involving FPGA, RF, DSP, embedded electronics, mixed-signal systems, or related high-reliability technology markets.
Strong technical understanding of FPGA architectures, RF systems, and digital signal processing.
Strong understanding of the complete RF-to-digital signal chain, including RF front ends, data converters, FPGA processing, and DSP.
Ability to understand practical hardware implementations—not only theoretical RF or DSP concepts.
Experience with embedded electronics, firmware, and/or embedded software.
Experience evaluating system-level architecture, technical tradeoffs, performance constraints, cost, and manufacturability.
Ability to translate technical concepts into product requirements, product definitions, roadmaps, and business cases.
Strong written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to work effectively with engineering, sales, customers, suppliers, and executive leadership.
Must meet applicable work-authorization and customer-access requirements.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in engineering, business, or a related discipline.
Product-management experience involving FPGA, DSP, RF, mixed-signal, embedded computing, or related technical products.
Previous experience as a design engineer who transitioned into product management.
Direct product-design experience combining FPGA, DSP, RF, and mixed-signal technologies.
Experience with rugged embedded computing, commercial off-the-shelf products, defense, aerospace, or other high-reliability applications.
Experience creating and managing multiyear product roadmaps.
Experience developing and presenting business cases, investment proposals, and product strategies to executive leadership.
Experience with new-product introduction, new-product development, product launches, and lifecycle management.
Familiarity with military standards and requirements development for defense-related products.
Experience delivering customer-facing technical presentations, demonstrations, and strategic engagements.
Embedded software or firmware-development experience.
Experience managing product revenue, cost, profitability, and overall portfolio performance.
Experience providing technical or product leadership without direct reports.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain the product strategy for FPGA, RF, DSP, and mixed-signal solutions.
Develop multiyear product roadmaps based on customer requirements, technology trends, competitive intelligence, and business objectives.
Translate complex system requirements and engineering tradeoffs into clear product strategies and technical requirements.
Identify market opportunities and define differentiated product concepts.
Develop business cases for new products and present recommendations to executive leadership.
Lead product-concept development and support the new-product introduction process from initial requirements through launch.
Evaluate competing products, technologies, system architectures, and industry-standard form factors.
Partner with engineering teams to establish product requirements, technical differentiation, and development priorities.
Evaluate performance, architecture, cost, manufacturability, and schedule tradeoffs.
Work directly with customers, sales teams, and strategic partners to understand technical and market requirements.
Participate in complex customer discussions and provide technically credible product support.
Develop technical presentations, training materials, product collateral, and other product communications.
Manage product-line performance, including revenue, cost, profitability, investment priorities, and lifecycle decisions.
Recommend product enhancements, new investments, repositioning strategies, and end-of-life actions.
Influence cross-functional teams and drive results without direct reporting authority.
Support secure customer engagements when required.
Communicate complex FPGA, RF, DSP, and embedded technologies clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.