Principal Product Line Manager, Electronic Warfare & Distributed Effects

Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations.

Silvus Technologies, a leading provider of advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems, is reshaping mesh network technology for mission-critical applications. Its Stream Caster family of MANET radios and MN-MIMO waveform provide the vital communications link for defense, law enforcement and public safety agencies around the world. Silvus Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Job Description

The Opportunity

Silvus Technologies is seeking a Principal Product Line Manager who will report to the Vice President of Product on the Product team. The successful individual will lead the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle of capabilities supporting Electronic Warfare (EW) and RF sensing applications. This position is based at Silvus Technologies’ headquarters in West Los Angeles, CA, and is on a hybrid schedule (minimum of 3 days onsite per week: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays).

Candidates should be entrepreneurial technologists who enjoy customer interaction, travel, and a dynamic environment.

This role will define how Silvus’ product portfolio evolves to provide:

• Electronic Support (ES), Electronic Attack (EA), and Electronic Protection (EP).
• Distributed sensing modalities.
• GPS-denied positioning.
• Counter-UAS effects.
• Sensor-enabled radios and standalone sensing systems.

The role serves as the capability owner for EW and Sensing, translating mission needs into scalable product capabilities and guiding investment decisions across both communications and sensing domains. It sits at the intersection of Product, Engineering, and Business Development to deliver differentiated, productized capabilities into evolving EW and sensing ecosystems.

As Principal Product Line Manager, you will own the success of our tactical EW sensor product line.

Responsibilities include:

• Drive the product from prototype to scalable, sellable, operationally viable product.
• Lead market research and competitive analysis to refine product/market fit.
• Engage with end users and customers to uncover pain points and use cases.
• Translate user insights into actionable product requirements and prioritize development.
• Evangelize the product with stakeholders, including military end users, integrators, and prime contractors.
• Own the product roadmap and align priorities with engineering, business development, and leadership.
• Support and drive pilot programs, field tests, and customer engagements.
• Be responsible for market and mission success of the product.

The following outlines some of the essential job functions. Management may reassign duties as needed.

Role And Responsibilities

Capability Strategy & Roadmap Ownership

• Own the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for EW and sensing capabilities.
• Define evolution of sensing and communications capabilities both independently and as an integrated platform.
• Develop a multi-year roadmap spanning:
• Radio-integrated sensing
• Standalone sensing products
• Software-defined sensing and analytics
• Align capability development with long-term platform architecture.

Market & Mission Alignment

• Develop deep understanding of EW and sensing mission areas, including:
• Contested and congested spectrum operations
• RF detection and geolocation
• Spectrum awareness and situational intelligence
• Track DoD priorities such as:
• CEMA
• JADC2
• Multi-domain operations

Productization & Platform Discipline

• Ensure EW and sensing capabilities are delivered as scalable, reusable platform features.
• Define deployment across existing radio platforms, new hardware, and software/analytics layers.
• Balance customer-driven requirements with long-term platform strategy.

Product Lifecycle Management

• Manage lifecycle from concept through deployment and sustainment.
• Track product performance, including adoption, mission effectiveness,…