Senior Product Manager - Real-Time A&D Platforms

Real--time-Innovation; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work schedule

Home office stipend

Annual bonus

Job summary

RTI is seeking a Sr. Product Manager to shape the future of real-time software for Aerospace & Defense. You will drive product strategy for Connext, translate mission requirements into product needs, and align roadmaps with R&D to deliver defense-grade solutions.

You will own the A&D product direction, build deep knowledge of UAS, autonomy, and C-UAS, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize capabilities, pricing, and market positioning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field (or equivalent military/industry experience).
• Strong understanding of UAS and/or Maritime systems, including autonomy, edge computing, mission control, and data distribution.
• Ability to connect technical features to mission outcomes and business value.
• Experience collaborating across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Professional Services to align strategy and execution.

Responsibilities

• Own the A&D product direction.
• Build a deep view of UAS, autonomy, maritime, C-UAS, and JADC2/MOSA requirements and how they shape needs for distributed systems, security, real-time data, and interoperability.
• Translate customer/mission requirements into clear product requirements, use cases, and roadmap proposals.
• Represent the voice of the defense customer.
• Conduct product discovery: pain points, operational workflows, constraints, integration patterns.
• Validate roadmap direction with key customers and convert insights into actionable product decisions.
• Shape RTI’s platform for A&D use cases.
• Identify capability gaps and growth opportunities across key defense applications.
• Work with other Product and Engineering stakeholders to prioritize capabilities required for A&D adoption (security, interoperability, platform support, performance, tooling, integration).
• Collaborate with Sales and BD to optimize pricing, licensing, and overall product strategy.

Skills

Product management

A&D domain knowledge

UAS

Autonomy

Distributed systems

Security

Interoperability

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Computer Science or related field

Tools

DDS

Real-time systems

Job description

RTI is seeking a Sr. Product Manager to shape the future of real-time software for Aerospace & Defense. You will drive product strategy for Connext, translate mission requirements into product needs, and align roadmaps with R&D to deliver defense-grade solutions.

You will own the A&D product direction, build deep knowledge of UAS, autonomy, and C-UAS, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize capabilities, pricing, and market positioning.