Technical Product Manager – Launched Effects Systems

griffonaerospace; Madison (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary commensurate with经验

Medical/dental/vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off & federal holidays

Relocation assistance

Small company where decisions matter

Job summary

Griffon Aerospace is seeking an experienced product owner to lead airframe system engineering, from drawing board to flight line, with a focus on integration, test, and producibility.

You will own SRDs, ICDs, and CONOPS, coordinate with aero, structures, GNC, and manufacturing, and serve as the main technical interface with government offices and primes.

Active Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred) and 7+ years in defense aerospace are required; relocation and a strong team culture are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Electrical Engineering; shipped hardware matters.
• 7+ years in defense aerospace product development with on UAS, launched effects, or precision-guided UAS programs.
• Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI preferred for sensitive programs.
• Experience with PEO Aviation, Missiles & Space, AvMC, or SOCOM offices is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product engineering for one Griffon Group 3 launched effects product.
• Own requirements, design priorities, and performance envelopes for airframe systems—aero, structures, propulsion, electrical, software, payload.
• Write SRDs, ICDs, and CONOPS that engineers can actually build to.
• Run trade studies on platform configurations and manufacturing approaches with design and producibility teams.
• Lead hardware development through flight test; read data and drive corrective action.
• Own configuration control across development, qualification, and production baselines.
• Serve as primary technical interface between Griffon's engineering teams and government offices, primes, and BD.
• Partner with SW and external autonomy teams on PX4-based or custom GNC architectures.
• Support IPTs across aero, structures, GNC, propulsion, electronics, payload, and manufacturing.
• When design matures, coordinate with supply chain to enter low-rate production at target unit cost and delivery rate.

Skills

Product ownership

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S. in Aerospace/Mechanical/Systems/Electrical Engineering

M.S. in engineering (preferred)

Job description

Who We Are

Griffon Aerospace designs, builds, and flies unmanned aerial systems that perform. We are a focused team of engineers and operators who care about mission success before satisfying any other 'metrics.' We don't hand work off and walk away. We own it. Our culture is defined by technical rigor, follow-through, and refusal to accept 'good enough.'

The Role

We're looking for someone who has built things that fly and knows what it means to get hardware from a drawing board to a flight line.

You should know your way around an aircraft development program, understand what integration involves, and be comfortable working at a test range or a factory floor as easily as a government program office.

Key Responsibilities

Product Ownership

• Define and own the product engineering for one of Griffon's Group 3 launched effects products.
• Hold the line on requirements, design priorities, and performance envelopes for your airframe system - aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, electrical, software, and payload all roll up to you.
• Write SRDs, ICDs, and CONOPS that engineers can actually build to, not just check a box with.
• Run trade studies on platform configurations and manufacturing approach alongside the design and producibility teams.

Work the hardware side

• Get out to develop and operational flight test. Read the data yourself, identify performance shortfalls, and drive corrective action - don't wait for someone to hand you a summary.
• Own configuration control across development, qualification, and production baselines.

Be the connective tissue

• Serve as the primary technical interface between Griffon's engineering teams and government program offices, primes, and internal BD. Translate field feedback and customer requirements into something the team can execute.
• Partner with SW development and external autonomy partners on PX4-based or custom GNC architectures.
• Support IPT working groups across aero, structures, GNC, propulsion, electronics, payload, and manufacturing.

See it through production

• When the design matures, work with supply chain and manufacturing engineering to get it into low-rate production at the right unit cost and delivery rate.
• Track and communicate program status, risk, and technical performance to leadership and customers - no sugarcoating.

What You Need to Bring

• A bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Electrical Engineering. Master's is a plus, but what you've shipped matters more.
• 7+ years in defense aerospace product development, with real time on UAS, launched effects, or precision-guided UAS programs.
• Experience working with PEO Aviation, Missiles & Space, AvMC, or SOCOM acquisition offices is a strong plus.
• Active Secret clearance required. TS/SCI preferred given program sensitivity.

The Kind of Person Who Thrives Here

You show up.

When something is broken in the field, you're on a plane. You don't manage from behind a screen.

You don't quit.

Problems are resolved, not deferred. You find a way or you make one.

You own the outcome but share the glory.

The whole thing. If the program is late, that's yours. If it delivers, the team is praised not just you.

You communicate first.

Plans, issues, and new data travel fast here.

What Griffon Offers

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience and clearance level
• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and 10 federal holidays
• Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates
• A small company where your decisions matter and your fingerprints are on real hardware flying real missions

Griffon Aerospace – Come Build the Unfair Advantage.