AMD ENGAGEMENT OPERATIONS TEAM PRODUCT OWNER

IGNITE; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IGNITE is seeking a Product Owner for the Air and Missile Defense Engagement Operations Team in Huntsville, AL. The PO will prioritize and validate EO software, guide the development team, and provide leadership with status, risks, and recommended actions for each product increment and sprint.

The role requires 10+ years of Government/DoD experience, strong EO domain knowledge, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or advanced) in engineering, sciences, or mathematics (ABET preferred).
• 10+ years Government/DoD experience performing essential duties.
• US citizen and ability to obtain Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and validate development software for the EO engagement team.
• Provide oversight to an EO software development team and verify work against acceptance criteria.
• Deliver technical briefings and advisement to leadership on status, risks, and recommended actions.

Skills

MS Office

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences, or mathematics

Tools

SCRUM

Job description

Job Description

Igniters operate in the world’s most demanding environment. Igniters are self‑motivated, mission‑driven, and relentless in solving the Warfighters’ hardest problems. We move fast, think differently, and execute with precision to tackle high‑stakes challenges across AI/ML, space and missile defense intelligence, EMSO, advanced analytics, and programmatic domains. As an employee‑owned SDVOSB headquartered in Huntsville, AL, our team delivers mission‑critical impact for the Army, Air Force, Space Force, MDA, NASA, DIA, and FBI.

Ignite exists to outpace the threat and deliver results that matter in the moments that count.

The Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Engagement Operations Team Product Owner (PO) will work as a member of the Army Program Acquisition Executive Fires (PEO Fires) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office. The PO will be responsible for the Prioritization and validation of the development software for the Engagement team. The position will include reviewing and understanding Systems Engineering concepts, designs, and algorithms and providing guidance to the development team. The product owner will work with Program management in setting priorities for the capabilities and defects of the team for each product increment and sprint. The position will include technical briefings and advisement to leadership on the status and recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts on the IFMC mission.

Job Requirements

Basic Qualifications

The candidate must have a basic understanding of Engagement Operations (EO) concepts including engagement planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction, and sensor resource management. The candidate must have the ability to provide oversight to an EO SW development team and verify the team's work based on agreed‑upon acceptance criteria, including attending code reviews. The candidate must be able to work directly with the Agile software developers.

The Candidate Must

• Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset
• Be a US citizen
• Have a bachelor’s degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences, or mathematics

• Have a minimum of 10 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed above

Other Qualifications

An additional plus is knowledge in IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS and familiarity with current EO implementations in one or more of the DoD services. Prior Product Owner experience on a SCRUM team is a plus.

Security Requirements

Candidate must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance or higher.