Position Summary

As our Technical Hardware Product Manager, you’ll own and drive the full lifecycle of law enforcement-grade hardware systems - from first sketch to deployment in the field.

You’ll live at the intersection of hardware, embedded software, cellular networking to deliver high-performance, ruggedized hardware solutions designed for always-on, real-time environments. You’ll work hand-in-hand with engineering, operations, and public safety stakeholders to bring powerful, rugged, and intelligent tech to life.

Your Core Focus Areas:

• Communication Gateways: Enable secure, seamless LTE/5G, Wi-Fi, and mesh connectivity.
• In-Vehicle Video: Own vision, performance, storage, and user experience.
• License Plate Recognition (LPR): Define specs, accuracy, optimize edge analytics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute multi-year product strategies for communication hardware products, in-vehicle video, and license plate recognition with a focus on reliability, real-time performance, and network connectivity.
• Identify new market opportunities and technical enablers that shape the product roadmap across the portfolio.

Product Development & Technical Ownership

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of hardware products—ideation through prototyping, field validation, regulatory compliance, and volume production.
• Drive product definition and detailed technical requirements for:
• • On Vehicle applications
  • • Communication gateways (e.g., 4G/5G cellular, mesh networks)
    • In-vehicle video systems
    • License plate recognition (LPR) cameras
    • Antennas

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, embedded software, and systems engineers to develop reliable and ruggedized solutions.
• Partner with supply chain, operations, and manufacturing teams on build, partner, buy strategies, sourcing, production planning, and quality control.
• Interface with software product teams to ensure seamless integration between hardware, firmware, and cloud systems.

Field-Driven Innovation

• Engage with customers, field users, and technical partners to capture detailed feedback and translate real-world needs into product features.
• Support early deployments and pilot programs; lead triage and analysis of field issues from hardware and connectivity perspectives.

Performance, Connectivity & Compliance

• Develop clear requirements and lead technical discussions around imaging performance, low-light optimization, thermal management, onboard storage, and bandwidth utilization.
• Understand and guide choices around
• • network standards (LTE/5G), fallback mechanisms, SIM/eSIM, and over-the-air updates. 
  • V2V (vehicle to vehicle) or C-V2X (cellular to vehicle to everything)
• Ensure compliance with standards such as FCC, CE, PTCRB, MIL-801H and relevant video surveillance regulations.

Mandatory Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of product management experience in hardware systems, with at least 3 years focused on imaging or sensor technology.
• Deep understanding of camera systems, optics, video compression (H.264/H.265), and edge video analytics.
• Strong working knowledge of 4G/5G LTE, Wi-Fi, GPS, and other wireless technologies.
• Experience designing products that get bolted into vehicles or deployed in extreme environments.
• Experience working with field-deployed, ruggedized devices and managing OTA software/firmware updates.
• Comfortable getting into the weeds with engineers—electrical, mechanical, and software alike.
• You can write a killer PRD and talk shop with a field officer and debug a pilot issue—all in one day.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, cross-disciplinary product environments.

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