Senior Product Manager, Dock Hardware Platform

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and execution for the Skydio X10 Dock ecosystem across hardware and software.
• Engage customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to identify business problems and develop product visions and strategies.
• Use customer discovery, ride-alongs, and analytics to prioritize high-impact problems.
• Own and publish product requirements documents and roadmaps for current and future dock products.
• Partner with hardware, firmware, computer vision, AI, and machine learning engineering leaders and designers to execute product vision.
• Capture and synthesize customer and prospect feedback to influence product direction.
• Collaborate with sales and customer success on customer relationships and enablement.
• Partner with product marketing on launch plans, positioning, and messaging.
• Prioritize reliability, scalability, maintainability, future-proofing, and the broader ecosystem experience.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of experience defining and delivering hardware products and associated end-to-end software experiences, with ownership of strategy, execution, and go-to-market.
• Experience shipping robust hardware products in commercial, public safety, or defense markets, or strong interest in serving those customers.
• Strong systems thinking and ability to balance product opportunities with ecosystem health, simplicity, and extensibility.
• Interest in customer discovery, system scaling, reliability, data analysis, and hands-on product work.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Technical background enabling participation in discussions about architecture challenges and tradeoffs.
• Background in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science.

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced degree or MBA.
• Experience with drones, robotics, autonomous systems, or products operating in demanding physical environments.
• Experience building product ecosystems with modular attachments or accessories and forward/backward compatibility challenges.
• Experience with remote fleet management, high-availability systems, or unattended operation at scale.
• FAA Part 107 certification; obtaining certification within the first 60 days is encouraged and required for certain positions.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual base salary: $196,000–$240,000.
• Equity through stock options.
• Health insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, and 401(k) savings plan.
• Relocation assistance may be available for eligible roles.