Help shape our overall vehicle and hardware strategy in collaboration with our CEO and engineering executives, including the development of new hardware products, including new vehicle form factors.
Engage with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to understand core business problems and develop visions and strategies to solve them.
Draw upon direct customer experiences and ride-alongs as well as usage analytics to solve the most important and impactful problems for our customers.
Continually develop, own, and publish product requirement documents and roadmaps for Skydio’s vehicle hardware, controllers, cameras/sensors and embedded software.
Partner with designers and engineering leaders spanning hardware, firmware, computer vision, AI, and machine learning to execute your product vision and requirements.
Capture, document, and distill feedback from customers and prospects to steer product development.
Collaborate closely with sales and customer success to build and maintain close customer relationships and ensure success.
Partner with product marketing to develop launch plans, product positioning and messaging to bring your products to market.

5+ years of proven success in defining and delivering complex hardware products with integrated software.
Deep technical understanding of IoT or camera/sensors product technologies.
Experience launching robust hardware products for Enterprise, Public Safety or Defense Customers.
Detail-oriented with exceptional written and oral communication skills.
Direct or indirect experience with engineering that allows you to actively participate in deep discussions with engineers on complex technical architecture challenges and tradeoffs.
Highly facilitative team player who strives to enable others to do their best work.
A passion for speaking with -
and learning from -
customers.
A background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science.
An advanced degree or an MBA would be a plus, but is not required.
Background experience in utilities, public safety or federal (ISR) workflows
Experience with enterprise/professional robotics or drones
Expertise in camera interfaces, either in photography, videography, and/or for drone cameras

Senior Product Manager, Drone Hardware Platforms – Sensors

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