Product Manager - FPGA - Defense

PRODUCT MANAGER – FPGA, MIXED SIGNAL RF & DSP

Location: Austin, TX
Compensation: $120,000–$160,000 Base
Industry: Defense / Aerospace / Rugged Embedded Computing
Employment Type: Salaried

A leading defense and aerospace technology organization is seeking an experienced Product Manager – FPGA, Mixed Signal RF & DSP to lead the strategy, definition, roadmap, and lifecycle management of a portfolio of advanced RF, DSP, FPGA, and rugged embedded computing solutions.

This position requires a technically strong product leader who understands real-world RF and mixed-signal systems and can translate complex system requirements and engineering tradeoffs into competitive product strategies.

The company is a U.S. Department of Defense supplier supporting demanding military, aerospace, and mission-critical applications.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own product strategy and multi-year roadmaps for RF/DSP and FPGA-based solutions.
• Manage product-line financial performance, including revenue, cost, and profitability.
• Develop business cases and requirements for new products.
• Lead product concept definition and new product introduction (NPI/NPD) activities.
• Conduct market and competitive analysis.
• Manage a multi-product technical portfolio.
• Work directly with customers, sales, engineering, operations, suppliers, and executive leadership.
• Translate customer and market requirements into technically differentiated products.
• Support secure customer engagements and provide technical presentations and product training.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; Master's preferred.
• 7+ years of experience within RF, DSP, FPGA, embedded electronics, defense, aerospace, or closely related technology markets.
• Strong technical knowledge of:
  • FPGA architectures
  • RF system design and performance
  • Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
  • Mixed-signal systems
  • Embedded electronics and/or software
• Experience evaluating system-level tradeoffs across the signal chain from RF front-end through data conversion and digital processing.
• Experience translating RF/DSP concepts into real hardware or FPGA implementations.
• Product management or significant technical/product leadership experience.
• Experience developing product requirements, roadmaps, and business cases.
• Familiarity with Military Standards (MIL-STD) and defense-related product requirements.
• Strong customer-facing, technical communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Ability to effectively use AI-enabled tools to improve productivity, analysis, decision-making, and work quality.

DEFENSE / EXPORT REQUIREMENTS

This position supports a Department of Defense supplier and may involve access to export-controlled and/or classified information.

Candidates must meet applicable U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, export-control, and/or security-clearance requirements based on the information and programs they will support.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

The strongest candidate combines deep RF/DSP/FPGA technical expertise with commercial product leadership. This is not a traditional marketing-focused Product Manager position.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have progressed from hands-on RF, DSP, FPGA, embedded systems, or electrical engineering into product management or technical product leadership.

All candidate inquiries and submissions will be handled confidentially.