Product Manager

As a Product Manager- FPGA, Mixed‑Signal RF & DSP, you will lead the strategy, definition, and lifecycle management of Abaco's portfolio of RF, DSP, and FPGA‑based COTS solutions. You will be responsible for shaping a competitive and innovative product roadmap across VPX, FMC/FMC+, and SOM‑based architectures, ensuring offerings meet evolving customer and market needs. Working closely with engineering, sales, and program teams, you will drive product development, oversee feature and technology differentiation, and support go‑to‑market initiatives. By combining technical insight with strong business acumen, you will ensure Abaco's mixed‑signal and high‑performance computing products deliver value, align with market trends, and maintain a leadership position within the embedded computing industry.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Owns and maintains the product strategy for RF/DSP and FPGA solutions within the overall Abaco Systems product system
• Develops long‑range roadmaps aligned to industry trends and customer need.
• Conducts competitive analysis across relevant form factors.
• Authors business cases and requirements for new products.
• Leads kickoff process for new NPD launches.
• Oversees performance of the multi‑product portfolio.
• Interfaces with customers, sales, and partners.
• Supports secure customer engagements.
• Provides technical presentations, Marketing collateral and training.
• Partners with engineering, operations, and leadership.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, from an accredited college or university (Masters preferred).
• 7+ years in RF, DSP, FPGA, or embedded defense markets.
• Product management or technical leadership experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to build and justify multi-year business cases to the Abaco leadership team.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs
• Expertise in FPGA architectures, RF system design and performance, Digital Signal Processing, and packaging.
• Experience in managing relationships with customers and suppliers and interfacing with leadership within the company.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts.
• Experience with product concept definition and NPI launches.
• Experience with embedded electronics and/or software.
• Familiarity writing requirements with Military Standards.
• Ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and external customers.
• Ability to create positive outcomes in an influential leadership position without direct reports.
• Strong oral, written, interpersonal, and customer communication skills.
• Self-starter, inclusive, highly motivated individual.

Abaco Systems is a global leader in modular, high performance, open architecture, standards-based rugged embedded computing for the most demanding applications in defense and industry. Our products and solutions are found in high-profile military/aerospace sea, land and air programs, plus commercial and industrial organizations in which rugged reliability is mission critical. Abaco Systems is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc.

Abaco is a Department of Defense (DoD) supplier and as such employees may work with or be exposed to export controlled information and/or information that has been designated as classified information. This information may only be seen or handled by US citizens or qualified permanent residents or those with proper clearances.

Compensation

Employee Type: Salaried

Currency: USD

Salary Minimum: 140,000

Salary Maximum: 180,000

Incentive: No

Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

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AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers' most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should call 1 (866) 263-8359.

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