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CesiumAstro develops advanced communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. The Skylark product line focuses on rapid design, build, and test of cutting-edge active phased array antennas (AESA) for terrestrial and airborne applications, spanning high-power ground terminals for missile defense to commercial airline and helicopter connectivity solutions.
As Principal Product Manager, you will manage space communications products across their entire lifecycle, from initial definition through customer deployment and operation. You will operate at the intersection of engineering, business development, sales, and marketing, ensuring the product is consistently and accurately understood across all functions and customer interactions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Convert product definitions into clear, accurate descriptions of capabilities, configurations, and performance
- Serve as the source of truth for how the product is described externally
- Own all outbound technical documentation across the full customer lifecycle: evaluation, selection, integration, and operation, including datasheets, user guides, ICDs, integration documentation, and technical specifications
- Ensure all materials describe the product consistently across datasheets, documentation, proposals, and customer discussions
- Identify documentation gaps based on customer questions and address them
- Track product changes and ensure all documentation reflects the current state
- Communicate updates to internal teams and customers when product capabilities or configurations change
- Help customers understand how to use the product through clear documentation and guidance
- Participate in product roadmap discussions with engineering and business development teams
- Contribute technical documentation insights to inform product strategy and feature prioritization
- Support market analysis activities by documenting customer needs and feedback patterns
- Participate in product development activities with concept design and engineering teams to ensure technical accuracy
- Work closely with marketing on outbound materials, ensuring technical accuracy and consistency
- Bridge engineering, business development, sales, and marketing to ensure consistent product descriptions
- Translate technical capabilities into customer-facing value propositions
- Grow into strategic product management through exposure to roadmap planning and competitive analysis
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field
- 15+ years of experience in a technical role, including 2+ years of experience in technical documentation, systems engineering, product management, or similar technical roles in aerospace, communications, or related industries
- Deep technical understanding of RF communications systems, satellite communications, or space systems architecture
- Strong experience creating technical documentation or customer-facing materials
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to explain complex systems clearly to diverse audiences
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, business development, and marketing teams
- Interest in growing into strategic product management responsibilities
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
