RF Product Management

Are you passionate about building great products at the intersection of RF engineering and software? Do you thrive in environments where you are empowered to make high-impact decisions and bring clarity to complex, ambiguous problems? Do you want to be part of a fast-moving startup with massive upside potential? Come and join us at Spectrum Effect!

Spectrum Effect’s mission is to solve the most challenging and costly problems in the wireless industry through innovation and automation. Our team is passionate about creating disruptive technologies, developing solutions with engineering excellence, and delivering substantial value to our customers. Protected by 30 patents and deployed by leading mobile operators across the globe, our Spectrum-NET software solution performs automated ML-driven analysis of radio access networks. Spectrum-NET is a cloud-native, horizontally scalable solution based on a Kubernetes-orchestrated microservices architecture.

Our 50 person team is located primarily in Seattle (USA) and Monterrey (Mexico), with team members enjoying ownership in our private company through stock options and competitive salaries. This is an amazing opportunity to join an emerging leader in the ML-driven automation space and make an impact on the mobile industry.

Job Description

We are seeking a Technical Product Manager with a strong background in RF engineering and familiarity with software development. This role is essential to ensuring we deliver high value innovations to our customers. The ideal candidate will excel in navigating ambiguity, driving cross-functional collaboration, and translating complex technical concepts or customer insights into thoughtful designs and sets of requirements.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Can

• Product Ownership: Lead end-to-end product lifecycle for key features from concept and requirements gathering through delivery.
• Customer Engagement: Serve as the primary interface with customers to collect, iterate on, and validate requirements. Collaborate with Customer Success to bring real-time customer feedback from end users into product decisions.
• System Translation: Work with system engineers to translate customer needs into detailed designs and work with development owners to implement those designs into Spectrum-NET. Ensure every feature is grounded in solving key customer needs.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate with systems engineering, software engineering, QA, and operations teams to ensure features are technically sound, feasible, and aligned with business goals.
• Comfort with Ambiguity: Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment with shifting priorities. Maintain a pragmatic, solutions-oriented outlook. Bring structure and clarity when navigating situations with high uncertainty.
• Technical Communication: Communicate complex RF/software concepts effectively to both internal and external stakeholders, including executive audiences.
• Roadmap Development: Collaborate with the VP of Product to define, sequence, and maintain product roadmaps based on market insights, customer feedback, and inputs from internal stakeholders.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent 3–7 years of experience in product management, systems engineering, or related technical leadership roles
• Proven ability to translate customer insights and feedback into clear technical requirements and designs Successful track record of working cross-functionally to deliver features and improvements
• Highly skilled at collaborating with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong organizational, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Customer obsessed, with the ability to effectively and relentlessly represent customers’ needs and interests in every conversation with internal stakeholders
• Excellent written and communications skills in English
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of LTE and 5G NR RF network optimization and troubleshooting processes and experience with Nokia, Huawei, Ericsson and/or Samsung RAN products
• Experience with radio propagation planning and radio parameter optimization for cellular networks
• Experience in analyzing and identifying source of interference, troubleshooting and optimization of Nokia, Huawei, Ericsson and/or Samsung based LTE and/or 5G NR networks
• Understanding of machine learning techniques and its applications is considered a plus
• Working knowledge of 3GPP standards
• Experience with at least one of the following programming languages: MATLAB, Python (with Numpy, Pandas)
• Familiarity with software development methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
  
  

Why Join Us

• Dynamic Team: Collaborate with passionate experts driving real innovation in the telecom space
• Career Growth: Work on high-impact problems with real ownership and visibility
• Meaningful Work: Help shape the next generation of ML-driven network analytics
• Attractive Benefits: Competitive salary, stock options, and a flexible work environment
  
  

This is a hybrid position. The candidate should be based in or willing to relocate to the Greater Seattle Area.

Do you have the technical chops and product sense to help shape the future of wireless automation? Apply now—your next big opportunity starts here.