Product Manager, Hivemind Pilot (R2904)

San Diego Metro Area
Hivemind Division – Product Management /
Full Time Employee /
On-site
The Hivemind Pilot (HMP) Product Manager guides the development and product roadmap for the AI and autonomy software developed by Shield AI and flown on real-world aircraft. As HMP Product Manager, you will set priorities for software releases based on a deep understanding of both internal and external autonomy needs. These will be driven by direct interaction with autonomy engineers and technical directors, as well as a deep understanding of the technical landscape and both government and commercial customers. You will be the owner and primary driver of Shield AI’s autonomy software.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

    • Develop and maintain a roadmap for Hivemind Pilot that provides world-class autonomy across air, sea, land, and space domains in collaboration with engineering leadership. 
    • Create and oversee solutions to some of the world's most challenging autonomy problems, including multi-agent teaming, resilience to communications and GPS/GNSS jamming, inertial and visual state estimation, multi-modal and multi-hypothesis object tracking, and many more. 
    • Interface directly with customers to understand their goals, needs, and priorities with respect to autonomy. 
    • Develop product requirements based on deep understanding of customer needs. 
    • Be an expert user and evangelist for your product. 
    • Ensure the Hivemind Pilot product has world-class capabilities, extensibility, quality, and documentation. 
    • Understand the business and technical landscape that affects your product. 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 9 years and a Master’s degree; or 7 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
    • B.S. in Computer Science; Similar degree or equivalent practical experience acceptable.  
    • You have both breadth and depth of experience contributing to autonomy and robotics solutions. 
    • You are an expert communicator and collaborator with both technical and non-technical audiences. 
    • You are an expert at balancing technical vs business risks and turning engineering output into business outcomes. 
    • You are a relentless learner who can comfortably develop the specialized knowledge necessary for drive the roadmap of a highly technical product. 
    • You have deep customer empathy and are highly creative at crafting technical solutions to solve customer problems. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Advanced degree in Computer Science or MBA
    • 3+ years of experience as a software engineer or similar development experience
    • Experience developing and shipping real-world autonomous robots 
    • Experience developing and shipping a developer-oriented product or platform
    • Experience in highly technical customer facing roles 
    • Expertise in modern C++ and algorithmic development for autonomous perception, cognition, and action 
    • Expert user of robotics frameworks such as ROS/ROS2, NVidia ISAAC, or similar 
    • Experience with unmanned air systems Experience with airworthiness, functional safety, or cybersecurity
$157,199 - $235,796 a year
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