Are you passionate about crafting products that impact industries and delight users? If you thrive in a dynamic, highly technical environment and love working across teams to shape the future of technology, this role is for you! As a Product Manager, you’ll help define and launch groundbreaking software products that enable innovation in fields like autonomous vehicles, healthcare and defense systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with customers and RTI’s customer-facing teams to understand market needs and prioritize them based on their business and strategic impact.
- Collaborate closely with R&D, the CTO, and internal Steering Committees to create and update product roadmaps and release plans.
- Ensure product investments align with company objectives, vertical market strategies, and profitability goals.
- Partner with product marketing to drive successful launches, contributing to content creation and product evangelism.
- Provide essential support to Sales and Services teams, empowering them with insights, tools, and product knowledge.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s in CS, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years in a B2B technical software, product, or program management role building platform/ecosystem products such as middleware, infrastructure software or networking products.
- Strong product sense, customer empathy, and effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Software development or adjacent technical experience.
- Demonstrates a proactive, learning mindset with excellent time management.
- Owner/founder mindset: bring an entrepreneurial spirit, balancing strategic thinking with attention to detail.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At RTI, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with all qualifications in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway! You may be just the right candidate for this or another one of our open roles. Learn more about RTI’s Diversity initiatives here!
Bonus Points:
- MBA or coursework in business disciplines.
- Security experience/expertise.
- Familiarity with product functions, like writing requirements and conducting market analysis.
What we offer you:
- Flexible Work: Hybrid office schedule (2 days a week in office) + Home Office Stipend to cover the costs of working from home
- Flexible Paid Time Off + “Real Vacation Bonus,” an additional bonus for taking more than 1-week of uninterrupted vacation
- Annual bonus based on individual and company performance + other prizes and awards
- We recognize employees for their achievements, offer great opportunities for career growth and development, and provide the tools they need to succeed
How is life at RTI:
- We have been certified as a Great Place to Work for six consecutive years both in Spain and the US. In addition, we were listed as one of the Best Companies for Women to Advance.
- We live and work by our core values, which emphasize excellence, teamwork, and reaching your potential. Our motto is “Enjoy the journey,” above all we must enjoy what we do and have fun at work. At RTI, you will work in a positive, supportive, diverse environment with a team that truly cares about you.
- We are defined by our “Working as One” culture and truly care about team’s interaction. That is why we plan trips for teams to get together in person, enjoy fun team-building activities and events, and feel more connected.
About RTI:
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is the largest software framework provider for smart machines and real-world systems. Our software runs the largest power plants on the continent, connects perception to control in over 200 autonomous vehicles, drives the new generation of medical robotics, controls hyperloop and flying cars, and provides 24x7 medical intelligence to hospital patients and emergency victims. RTI is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
The compensation range for this role is $120k - $160k a year in Sunnyvale, California. The salary range displayed on this job posting reflects a minimum and maximum target. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that this range reflects the base salary target range only, and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits.
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What We Do
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is the largest software framework company for autonomous systems. RTI Connext is the world's leading architecture for developing intelligent distributed systems. Uniquely, Connext shares data directly, connecting AI algorithms to real-time networks of devices to build autonomous systems.
RTI is the best in the world at ensuring our customers’ success in deploying production systems. With over 1,700 designs, RTI software runs over 250 autonomous vehicle programs, controls the largest power plants in North America, coordinates combat management on U.S. Navy ships, drives a new generation of medical robotics, enables flying cars, and provides 24/7 intelligence for hospital and emergency medicine. RTI runs a smarter world.
RTI is the leading vendor of products compliant with the Object Management Group® (OMG®) Data Distribution Service™ (DDS) standard. RTI is privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with regional offices in Colorado, Spain and Singapore.
