Principal Product Manager - Sensor Hardware

At Hidden Level, we’re building the future of airspace awareness through cutting-edge RF sensing technology. Our mission is to make the world safer—whether it’s protecting troops, securing infrastructure, or enabling smarter cities. We design, manufacture, and deploy advanced sensor systems that deliver real-time insights for defense and commercial applications.

Position Overview:

Hidden Level is seeking a Principal Product Manager to own the strategy, roadmap, requirements, and lifecycle of RF sensor products. This individual will translate customer and market needs into product development priorities and lead cross-functional collaboration from early concept and development through production, deployment, sustainment, and continuous improvement. This will ensure that Hidden Level's sensor products deliver differentiated customer value while remaining technically achievable, manufacturable, supportable, and aligned with the broader product portfolio and company vision.

Location:

This role is ideally hybrid in Syracuse, NY, but we are open to considering remote candidates.

Responsibilities:

Develop and Maintain a Product Roadmap throughout the Product Lifecycle:

• Own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and priorities for your Hidden Level sensor product
• Engage customers, operators, and internal stakeholders to understand missions, workflows, and unmet needs.
• Partner with Sales and Growth leaders to combine customer and market needs with technical and business objectives to create clear product development priorities and measures of success
• Ensure the sensor roadmap remains aligned to adjacent products and the broader Hidden Level portfolio.

Manage the Execution of Product Development Objectives:

• Partner with Technical Program Managers and Engineering leaders to turn product priorities into executable plans and deliver agreed capabilities on schedule and within budget.
• Work closely with Engineering leaders to shape and understand the technical solutions that deliver product objectives.
• Work with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations to design for manufacturability, testability, reliability, serviceability, and cost, and to transition products successfully into production.
• Help prioritize development, manufacturing, quality, and sustaining-engineering needs based on customer impact, delivery risk, and business objectives.

Provide Broader Product Leadership:

• Communicate product direction, decisions, status, tradeoffs, and risk clearly across technical, executive, and customer-facing teams.
• Bridge technical and business objectives by supporting proposals, requests for information, and other strategic growth efforts.
• Represent Hidden Level products in customer, partner, and industry engagements, clearly articulating their capabilities, differentiation, limitations, and direction.
• Improve product management processes, tools, and operating rhythms to strengthen decision-making, alignment, and execution within the organization.
• Contribute to consistent product management practices

Travel:

Approximately 10%-20% travel may be required to support customers, field activities, partners, and manufacturing operations.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Management, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or other relevant technical or management degree.
• 10 or more years of combined relevant industry experience, including5or more years of progressive product management, technical product leadership, or closely related experience.
• Technical fluency across integrated hardware and software systems, with the ability to work credibly with engineering teams.
• Experience engaging customers and translating operational needs into clear requirements, priorities, and product decisions.
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills, including the ability to influence and lead.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with RF sensing, radar, communications, electronic warfare, or related sensor technologies.
• Experience bringing integrated hardware and software products from concept through production, deployment, and sustainment.
• Experience with design for manufacturability, supply-chain risk, quality, product cost, reliability, or sustaining engineering.
• Experience in defense, public safety, aviation, critical infrastructure, or other regulated and mission-critical markets.
• Familiarity with government acquisition, proposal development, product economics, export controls, cybersecurity, or regulatory certification.

Compensation and Benefits: Hidden Level offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, paid parental leave, flexible time off, 401(k) with employer contributions, life insurance, disability insurance, and potential stock options.

Salary Range: The salary range for this position is estimated at $162,000 to $210,000 annually. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Hidden Level considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Hidden Level is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 

Security Note: Due to the nature of Hidden Level’s technology, only U.S. citizens can be considered for this position. Hidden Level Employees must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance, if required for the position. Please click here to review the National Security Clearance Adjudicative Guidelines.