
Senior Product Manager, Drone Hardware Platforms – Sensors
Skydio
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Mateo • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Help shape our overall vehicle and hardware strategy in collaboration with our CEO and engineering executives, including the development of new hardware products, including new vehicle form factors.
- Engage with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to understand core business problems and develop visions and strategies to solve them.
- Draw upon direct customer experiences and ride-alongs as well as usage analytics to solve the most important and impactful problems for our customers.
- Continually develop, own, and publish product requirement documents and roadmaps for Skydio’s vehicle hardware, controllers, cameras/sensors and embedded software.
- Partner with designers and engineering leaders spanning hardware, firmware, computer vision, AI, and machine learning to execute your product vision and requirements.
- Capture, document, and distill feedback from customers and prospects to steer product development.
- Collaborate closely with sales and customer success to build and maintain close customer relationships and ensure success.
- Partner with product marketing to develop launch plans, product positioning and messaging to bring your products to market.
Requirements
- 5+ years of proven success in defining and delivering complex hardware products with integrated software.
- Deep technical understanding of IoT or camera/sensors product technologies.
- Experience launching robust hardware products for Enterprise, Public Safety or Defense Customers.
- Detail-oriented with exceptional written and oral communication skills.
- Direct or indirect experience with engineering that allows you to actively participate in deep discussions with engineers on complex technical architecture challenges and tradeoffs.
- Highly facilitative team player who strives to enable others to do their best work.
- A passion for speaking with -- and learning from -- customers.
- A background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science.
- An advanced degree or an MBA would be a plus, but is not required.
- Background experience in utilities, public safety or federal (ISR) workflows
- Experience with enterprise/professional robotics or drones
- Expertise in camera interfaces, either in photography, videography, and/or for drone cameras
Benefits
- Competitive base salaries
- Equity in the form of stock options
- Comprehensive benefits packages
- Relocation assistance if needed
- Paid vacation time
- Sick leave
- Holiday pay
- 401K savings plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
hardware product developmentIoT technologiescamera/sensors technologiesembedded softwarecomputer visionAImachine learningelectrical engineeringmechanical engineeringcomputer science
Soft Skills
written communicationoral communicationteam playercustomer engagementfacilitationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingcollaborationdetail-orientedcustomer relationship management
Certifications
advanced degreeMBA