Senior Product Manager, Hardware
Red 6
Company Overview
Red 6 is an innovative Augmented Reality (AR) technology startup leading the way in synthetic air combat training. Our primary technology, supporting our ATARS product, enables pilots to simulate the cognitive challenges of flying while accessing realistic, scalable training in dynamic outdoor environments.
The Role
We are seeking a Hardware Product Manager (open level: Product Manager through Principal) to help drive the development of Red 6’s next-generation hardware systems. This role will work closely with the VP of Product, our current Director of Product Management, Business Development, Program Management, and Hardware/Firmware Engineering teams to deliver mission-ready solutions.
The Hardware PM will take on highly technical decision-making, weighing trade-offs across custom computing platforms, optical stacks for AR, mechanical assemblies, and helmet system configurations. In addition, this role will work closely with R&D to establish technical capability pipelines and translate emerging technologies into productized solutions.
This is a unique opportunity to help define the hardware foundation of augmented reality systems that will transform military training.
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with the product management team, customers, and cross-functional leaders to define and define and execute the hardware product roadmap.
Partner with R&D teams to evaluate new technologies, build technical capability pipelines, and transition them into productized solutions.
Lead trade-off analysis and decision-making across computing platforms, optical stacks, helmet configurations, and mechanical subsystems.
Translate complex customer mission needs and operational constraints into precise hardware and firmware requirements.
Work closely with Hardware/Firmware Engineering to ensure product requirements are feasible, testable, and aligned with technical standards.
Drive productization of prototypes into manufacturable, reliable, and scalable systems.
Collaborate with Business Development and Program Management to align hardware deliverables with customer contracts and program milestones.
Define and track KPIs for hardware performance, reliability, safety, and user satisfaction.
Represent the voice of the customer in highly technical discussions, ensuring that engineering trade-offs reflect mission and user needs.
Present product recommendations and updates to leadership and the Product Steering Committee.
Experience, Skills, and Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required; BS or higher in a hardware-based engineering discipline strongly preferred.
5+ years of product management or technical program management experience in hardware-intensive industries (e.g., AR/VR devices, optical systems, robotics, aerospace, defense, or similar).
Hands-on familiarity with hardware development processes including optics, computing platforms, mechanical assemblies, and system integration.
Experience working with cross-disciplinary engineering teams (hardware, firmware, mechanical, and optical).
Proven ability to make technical trade-off decisions across competing constraints of performance, cost, reliability, and manufacturability.
Strong collaboration skills with R&D teams, with experience transitioning technologies from lab to product.
Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills; able to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-complexity environment and make decisions under uncertainty.
Must be able to commute or relocate to Louisville, Colorado.
This position may require a security clearance. To obtain clearance, employees must show proof of US Citizenship.
Full-Time Employee Benefits
Healthcare, Dental, and Vision (100% coverage for Employees)
Paid time off, including vacation, sick, paid holidays, and parental leave
Short and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
401(k) Retirement Plan
Voluntary Worksite Benefits (Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity)
Note
Red 6 reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations.
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Red Six Aerospace, Inc, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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