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Principal Product Manager, Space Systems

At ICEYE, we design, build and operate the largest fleet of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites in the world. Using advanced technology, our constellation collects topographical data about any location on Earth, day or night, through any weather conditions.

Headquartered in Southern California, our customers are society’s heroes – intelligence professionals, warfighters, first responders, and scientific researchers. As a trusted mission partner, the United States and its allies depend on us for critical information when it matters most.

Role Description

We’re looking for a confident leader who can guide cross-functional teams in establishing a new range of capabilities and market facing products that meet customer needs and grow market share for ICEYE US.

This role involves significant collaboration with ICEYE US product management, engineering, sales and customer delivery teams through all aspects of the product development and delivery lifecycle.

Through that collaboration, this role is responsible for establishing and delivering a world class payload products capable of integration with a variety of platforms. This role is highly focused on providing value to both domestic and international government agencies.

Active customer interaction and advocacy, including significant interactions with partners, will be needed to understand and codify requirements, help to manage relationships with representatives within the customer’s organization, drive product improvements and competitive advantage for ICEYE US. The Product Manager will play the lead role in quantifying customer value to the product development organization, informing our overall strategy and product roadmap.

This person should be a highly technical leader with a proven ability to establish product strategy for the full product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Ownership of the Vision and Strategy for our commercial payloads.

Leads the full product lifecycle for our commercial payloads line of business which includes refining and potentially diversifying the product offering, guiding development prioritization, go-to-market strategy, and product release.

Fully understands customer use cases and creates product strategy that describes technical requirements, operational impacts and ROI

Develops/maintains the ICEYE US commercial payloads product roadmap, in collaboration with the payload engineering teams and others within product management and sales

Deeply understands the product and capability shortfalls; recommends and prioritizes solutions to leadership to inform future roadmap decisions

Leads product launch checklist(s) and coordinates with the respective teams on OKR execution to ensure go-live readiness and high product reliability

Generates and maintains product information and documentation for internal ICEYE US stakeholders, partners, and customers

Evaluates non-standard product offering/services and supports proposal development based on current and future capabilities.

Coordinates with the US regulatory teams as needed

Required Qualifications

Must be a U.S. citizen with an active U.S. Government security clearance TS/SCI

Master’s degree in a relevant field. Additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree

Minimum of 10 years of related experience, preferably in the development of space based capabilities

Demonstrated experience in project or program management including the release or delivery of complex or highly technical capabilities

Demonstrated experience with space payloads, bus integration, or space industry hardware partnerships.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience defining the Vision and Strategy for commercial or government focused product offerings

Demonstrated experience with RF collection capabilities and customers or the market for space based remote sensing technologies.

Product Management experience including roadmap development, prioritization across multiple internal and external stakeholders, release planning, and execution

Experience with product launches including GTM strategy

Pay Range and Compensation Package

· The estimated base salary range for this role is $190k-$230k depending on experience

· Other benefits include health coverage, flexible PTO, a friendly work environment, plus extra fun perks!

Physical Requirements

This position primarily works in an office environment. It requires the ability to sit or stand for long periods of time and frequent walking. Daily use of a computer, phone, office equipment and other computing and digital devices is required. Some travel may be necessary – the ability to travel by car, plane, train, bus, vessel, or metro, operate a motor vehicle and maintain a valid Driver’s License and/or effectively navigate public transportation is required.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee must be able to read and respond to inter-office communications as well as effectively participate in meetings. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands or fingers, to lift up to 50 lbs., pull, push, carry, handle, or feel. The employee is required to carry, handle items, reach with arms and hands, to stoop, kneel, or crouch; talk, or hear. Mental demands may require prolonged concentration, reading comprehension, understanding and interpretation of concepts, ideas, and philosophies. The physical demands of the position described herein are essential functions of the job and employees must be able to successfully perform these tasks for extended periods. Reasonable accommodations may be made for those individuals with real or perceived disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job described unless such accommodations would cause ICEYE US an undue burden.

EEO Statement

ICEYE US is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.

About the company

ICEYE US provides persistent Earth observation using a large constellation of small SAR satellites, designed, built, and operated on US soil for government and commercial clients. It uses radar to capture all-weather, day-night imagery and change information, offering Data-as-a-Service, subscription analytics (like flood and wildfire assessments), and turnkey satellite missions. Its differentiators are owning the full satellite lifecycle, a dense SAR constellation for rapid revisits, and a US-based, FOCI-mitigated presence. The goal is to deliver continuous GEOINT for national security, disaster response, and environmental monitoring while expanding US access to radar-based imagery and creating recurring government and commercial analytics revenue.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Irvine, California

Founded

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

NRO awarded RCA and SCE work in August and May 2026.
NOAA selected ICEYE US on September 15, 2026, expanding civilian demand.
Irvine expansion and sixty employees signal growing U.S. production capacity and hiring.

What critics are saying

ICEYE US depends heavily on NRO, NOAA, and NASA contracts signed in 2026.
Capella Space and Umbra intensify U.S. SAR competition for budget and tasking.
Any FOCI compliance failure or security incident can freeze U.S. government access entirely.

What makes ICEYE US unique

ICEYE US controls the world’s largest SAR constellation, with cloud-penetrating night coverage.
Its FOCI-mitigated U.S. structure unlocks NRO, NOAA, and NASA procurement pathways.
Rapid tasking-to-imagery delivery and 25-centimeter resolution differentiate it from slower incumbents.

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Benefits

Health Insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off

Company News

PR Newswire

Sep 15th, 2026

ICEYE US selected under NOAA contract to provide SAR imagery for Environmental Monitoring.

ICEYE US selected under NOAA contract to provide SAR imagery for Environmental Monitoring. Sep 15, 2026, 15:51 ET Award gives NOAA a pathway to task the world's largest SAR constellation for flood, sea ice, and disaster monitoring, day or night and through cloud cover IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - ICEYE US, a U.S. leader in commercial remote sensing and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite technology, today announced it has been selected as an awardee under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, a key part in the agency's effort to expand its use of commercial satellite data for environmental monitoring and weather forecasting. Under the program's Active Sensors category, ICEYE US will provide NOAA access to commercial SAR imagery of land, coastal, and ocean conditions. ICEYE US's radar satellites can collect imagery through cloud cover and darkness, supporting applications including flood and inundation monitoring, sea ice tracking, marine surveillance, disaster management, and resource mapping. That capability gives NOAA another way to observe conditions during hurricanes, floods, and other fast-moving events when adverse conditions can reduce optical visibility. ICEYE US operates as part of the world's largest SAR satellite constellation. In practical terms for NOAA, that means: * Faster answers when it matters most: more satellites in orbit means more frequent revisits over any given location, and imagery can be delivered in hours, not days, from order acceptance. * All-weather, day-or-night visibility: SAR imaging works through cloud cover and darkness, filling the gap left by optical satellites during active storms or overnight events. * Direct applicability to NOAA's mission: NOAA has identified SAR as useful for flood and inundation monitoring, sea ice characterization, marine surveillance, disaster management, and resource mapping, all areas where speed and reliability of data determine how fast responders can act. Ann Stevens, Chief Executive Officer of ICEYE US, said: "NOAA sees the value commercial SAR provides during environmental emergencies, and this award creates a long-term pathway to build on that experience. Across government, agencies recognize that commercial SAR can fill critical observation gaps by seeing through cloud cover and darkness and delivering intelligence at the speed of need. We're proud to support NOAA's mission and help protect lives, infrastructure, and assets." This selection adds to a growing list of U.S. government agencies relying on ICEYE US SAR data. In August 2026, the National Reconnaissance Office selected ICEYE US for its operational Radar Commercial Augmentation program, following a multi-year evaluation of commercial SAR capabilities. ICEYE US also provides commercial SAR data through NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program for Earth science and research. Taken together, these selections reflect an accelerating shift toward commercial SAR as a standard tool in U.S. government environmental and national security missions. About ICEYE US ICEYE US is an industry-leading American remote sensing company based in southern California. ICEYE US engineers, qualifies and operates radar imaging satellites, delivering real-time monitoring of global economic activity, empowering U.S. government, allied, and commercial partners to make more accurate, timely decisions for the betterment of society. ICEYE US delivers persistent monitoring capabilities in support of national security, disaster response, infrastructure monitoring, and a broad range of government and commercial missions. For more information, visit iceye.us. SOURCE ICEYE US

PR Newswire

Aug 5th, 2026

ICEYE US awarded contract under NRO's Radar Commercial Augmentation (RCA) program.

ICEYE US awarded contract under NRO's Radar Commercial Augmentation (RCA) program. Aug 05, 2026, 13:00 ET Award expands U.S. Intelligence Community access to commercial radar imagery and advances the role of commercial remote sensing in national security missions IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - ICEYE US, a U.S. leader in commercial remote sensing and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite technology, today announced it has been awarded a contract under the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO) Radar Commercial Augmentation (RCA) program. Awarded by the NRO's Commercial Systems Program Office, the contract positions ICEYE US to deliver commercial SAR imagery tasking along with archive imagery, imagery-derived products, and development efforts for the U.S. Intelligence Community, Department of War, and authorized government users. RCA is the NRO's dedicated vehicle for procuring commercial radar imagery on behalf of the U.S. Government, and selection under the program reflects growing readiness to leverage commercial remote sensing alongside national systems - a step in maturing commercial radar for the U.S. Government that builds on ICEYE US's prior multi-year study contract with the NRO. Because ICEYE US SAR data is unclassified, collections can be shared across the defense, intelligence, civil, and allied and coalition partner community under existing sharing agreements, maximizing collaboration when it is needed most. "Commercial remote sensing is increasingly part of how the Intelligence Community augments some of its hardest collection challenges, and earning a place on the RCA program reflects the trust the NRO places in our technology and our team. We're focused on delivering the reliability and responsiveness this mission requires, and on continuing to advance what commercial radar can contribute to national security," said Ann Stevens, Chief Executive Officer of ICEYE US. ICEYE US satellites pair rapid tasking-to-delivery timelines - order acceptance to imagery in hours - with the flexibility to capture areas as large as 120,000 km^2 or at resolutions as fine as 25 cm from the same satellite. About ICEYE US ICEYE US is an industry-leading American remote sensing company based in southern California. ICEYE US engineers, qualifies and operates radar imaging satellites, delivering real-time monitoring of global economic activity, empowering U.S. government, allied, and commercial partners to make more accurate, timely decisions for the betterment of society. ICEYE US delivers persistent monitoring capabilities in support of national security, disaster response, infrastructure monitoring, and a broad range of government and commercial missions. For more information, visit iceye.us. SOURCE ICEYE US

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