Technical Product Manager – Electronic Warfare Sensing

Job Description

Technical Product Manager – Electronic Warfare (EW) & Sensing Solutions | Motorola Solutions

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Motorola Solutions, located in Irvine, CA with hybrid days in West Los Angeles. Motorola Solutions builds and connects technologies to help protect people, property, and places, fostering collaboration for safer communities and nations. Its subsidiary, Silvus Technologies, provides advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems for mission-critical applications. This role is vital for keeping heroes connected by driving the product portfolio for Electronic Warfare and Sensing Solutions, translating complex defense needs into tangible products and experiences.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, Irvine, CA
• Pay: $180000–$220000 yearly
• Team: Reports to the Director of Product Management on the Product team.
• Mission: Own the technical requirements, NPI, and user experience for highly specialized FASST Sensing Technology and related products within the EW & Sensing Solutions portfolio.
• Tech Stack: Jira

What You’ll Actually Do
• Define & Execute Products: Translate high-level tactical EW mission capabilities into granular software user stories and hardware/sensor configurations.
• Drive FASST & LSNRS NPI: Direct technical requirements, drive physical hardware New Product Introduction, and validate end-to-end user experience for FASST Handheld and LSNRS products.
• Manage Tactical Lifecycles: Oversee sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release cadences for specialized EW-related software features, firmware builds, and technical updates.
• Own Product Lifecycle: Manage the technical lifecycle and physical hardware New Product Introduction of FASST and LSNRS products from initial concept through deployment and sustainment.
• Enable Ecosystem Integration: Support defense integrators and system engineers in validating plug-and-play integrations of Silvus EW/Sensing technologies into various terrestrial, aerial, and maritime platforms.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, RF Engineering, or a highly related technical discipline.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of technical product management or systems engineering experience within the defense, aerospace, or wireless communications industries. Strong working knowledge of wireless communications, RF systems, signal processing, software-defined radios, mesh networking, or electromagnetic spectrum operations.
• Skills: Translate high-level military or tactical use cases into logical and structured technical requirements. Influence cross-functional engineering, operations, and sales teams without direct authority. Obtain a U.S. Government SECRET clearance within 15 months of hire. Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Bonus: Hands-on experience with Electronic Warfare (EW), passive sensing, signal collection, spectrum monitoring, tactical ISR architectures, or electromagnetic anti-jam/LPI/LPD waveform technologies. Strong systems-level thinking with proven familiarity coordinating physical hardware manufacturing and supply-chain ramp-up. Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or an MBA. Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development practices and managing complex backlogs using Jira.