High Point Aerotechnologies is hiring a Product Manager (software & data science)

About High Point Aerotechnologies

High Point is a technology company developing autonomous defense and robotic systems for multi-mission capabilities. We develop software, data science, and integrated hardware solutions to meet the most pressing needs of the modern battlefield and security environment.

We are a counter-autonomous solution provider and systems integrator serving the United States and other foreign allied governments, as well as civilian government and commercial operators of critical infrastructure. Our mission is to protect lives and property from autonomous threats with an initial emphasis on various unmanned systems (UxS).

High Point builds Counter-UxS (C-UxS) systems to provide continuous protection across varied threat environments and mission sets. We focus on managing the C-UxS kill chain to optimize data fusion from multiple sensors. We provide autonomous detection, classification, tracking, and selection from multiple kinetic, cyber, and low- collateral defeat capabilities to support the mission.

High Point is a rapidly growing company, and the right person for this role should be able to work in partnership with engineers and designers, and thrive in a fast-paced environment with many competing priorities. You often will be expected to self direct, and to be comfortable navigating ambiguity.

Job Description

This role is an opportunity to immediately have an outsized impact on real-world operations. Our focus is on creating groundbreaking technology that operators need and trust, and all your work will feed into this. You will go deep to learn about gaps in existing defense capabilities, engage with users, synthesize feedback, and build the product infrastructure to support our goals.

DefenseOS is the AI-powered sensor fusion network that underpins all High Point products, enabling better real-time decision making. The software provides operators with real-time information regarding their operational environment, command & control (C2) of critical counter-autonomy systems, and data science applications.

Qualifications

• About You - You have experience in software product development and have taken something from a nacent idea through a shipped solution for defense or intelligence customers
• You have a solid understanding of both software development lifecylces and data science and are comfortable interfacing with teams of engineers.
• Experience in a defense or intelligence setting, able to connect directly to our user community and develop actionable insights for product feature development.
• You can turn conflicting or incomplete ideas into concrete action plans

• Likewise, you can clearly say “No” when needed in order to cut through ambiguity

• You’re excited about building a team to achieve ambitious goals, and bias towards action to help with any task that furthers this, whether that’s developing a demo, helping test a piece of hardware in the field, writing documentation, or QA'ing a new release

• 2 - 5 years in software product development, with at least 1 year specifically in a hands-on product management capacity

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Aptitude for working with internal and external stakeholders, across a wide range of technical comfort

• Demonstrated success decomposing a problem into addressable component parts

• Proven ability to motivate cross functional teams to do their best work

• Comfort working with data and complex analyses

• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

• Defense, national security, or aerospace domain familiarity through industry or education
• A deep enough understanding of basic front-end and back-end web technologies to consider capabilities and limitations
• Experience with or interest in working with visual design tools to communicate ideas
• Active TS/SCI clearance helpful but not required

High Point Aerotechnologies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.