Aerospace & Defense, Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Security, Radar Technology, Hardware

Product Manager – Software 

Kirkland, WAOnsiteFull Time$114,330–$170,980 /yrPosted 29 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

software product role
software engineering teams
user stories
acceptance criteria
product backlogs
technical tradeoffs
technical dependencies
fast-moving environment
multiple stakeholders
competing priorities

Nice to have

radar
sensor software
defense
security
airspace management

Role summary

Echodyne is seeking a Product Manager to support the development and delivery of EchoWare, their radar software product. This role involves translating product priorities into actionable work for Engineering, maintaining the product backlog in Jira, and serving as the primary product contact during development. Responsibilities include breaking down requirements into user stories, leading backlog refinement, resolving questions, and capturing feedback. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of experience in product management or a related software product role, with a proven ability to translate requirements into user stories and manage backlogs in Jira. Familiarity with Agile practices and technical tradeoffs is essential. Desired experience includes radar, sensor software, defense, security, or airspace management applications.

Radar Reinvented.

Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).

Echodyne is seeking a Product Manager to join our fast-growing team.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Echodyne is seeking a Product Manager to support the development and delivery of EchoWare, our radar software product. This role turns established product priorities into clear, actionable work for Engineering and helps ensure delivered functionality meets product requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Break product requirements and epics into well-scoped user stories with clear workflows, edge cases and testable acceptable criteria.

Maintain and prioritize the EchoWare backlog in Jira, keeping upcoming work ready for development and aligned with established product and release priorities.

Lead backlog refinement with Engineering and sequence work around priorities and technical dependencies.

Serve as the day-to-day Product contact during development, resolving requirements questions and documenting decisions and changes.

Make tactical product decisions within established direction; escalate changes affecting scope, priorities, product intent, or customer commitments.

Partner with Engineering, UX, and Test to resolve tradeoffs, agree on what done means, and validate delivered functionality against requirements.

Capture defects, limitations, and follow-up work and bring customer and field feedback back to the Product team.

Build working knowledge of EchoWare, customer workflows, integrations, and operational use cases to inform product decisions.

REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

2+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, or a related software product role.

Experience working with software engineering teams through development and release.

Ability to translate product requirements into clear user stories and testable acceptance criteria.

Experience maintaining and refining product backlogs in Jira or a similar tool.

Working knowledge of Agile development practices and the ability to understand technical tradeoffs and dependencies.

Strong written and verbal communication with excellent attention to detail.

Ability to operate effectively in a technical, fast-moving environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

DESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

Familiarity with radar, sensor software, defense, security, or airspace management applications.

Echodyne’s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant’s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.

WHAT WE OFFER

This is an exempt role.
The expected annual salary range for this role is$114,330—$170,980 USD
If your skills generally align but not perfectly, please apply anyway. There may be another role that’s a great fit for you!

We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time, US-based employees, including:

RSU (Restricted Stock Units)

Generous Benefits:

Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you

Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA

Virtual Care – 98Point6

Employee Assistance Program

Mental Health coverage through Springhealth & Talkspace (Premera)

Travel Assistance Insurance

Company Paid Life Insurance

Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability

Flexible PTO (exempt) / 15 days per year (non-exempt)

401(k) match

Pet Insurance

Prepaid Legal Program

Commuter Benefits

Paid Company Holidays

All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.

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