Senior Product Engineer (Product Manager)

First ResonanceLos Angeles, California

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Overview

Schedule

Full-time

Career level

Senior-level

Benefits

Retirement Savings

Dental Insurance

Health Insurance

Job Description

Are you a Software Engineer turned Product Manager?

First Resonance is looking for a Senior Product Engineer to become the bridge between software development, hardware manufacturing, and customer needs. This is not a role for a Jira administrator or a generalist manager. It is a role for a "builder" with deep engineering roots who is ready to take full ownership of designing, building, and delivering the digital ecosystem that powers modern factories.

You will join a high-impact, small product team working directly with customers (building things like electric airplanes, robotics, and spacecraft) to turn messy, real-world manufacturing chaos into elegant, scalable software solutions.

Responsibilities & Duties

As a Senior Product Engineer, you will treat the product as your codebase. Your primary goal is to ensure technical feasibility meets user desirability from inception to deployment.

Own the Technical Blueprint: Translate complex, raw manufacturing workflows into deep product specifications, user stories, and architectural requirements that our core engineering team can execute against immediately.
Rapid Prototyping & Logic Validation: You won't just draw mockups; you will "code in draft." Use your engineering background and AI tools to build functional prototypes, validate logic flows, and perform initial testing on complex integrations.
"In-the-Weeds" Discovery: Spend significant time with customer engineers and factory floor operators. Use your systems thinking to diagnose root issues and design solutions that traditional generalist PMs would miss.
API & Integration Strategy: Lead the definition and strategy for our external integrations (ERP, PLM, QMS) and internal APIs, ensuring a scalable and performance-oriented ecosystem.
Mentor and Bridge: Serve as the translator between business stakeholders and technical teams, elevating the product fluency of the engineering team.

Qualifications & Skills

Mandatory Engineering Experience: At least 3+ years of professional experience writing production code (Full-stack, Backend, or Systems Engineering).
Manufacturing/Domain Expertise: Deep firsthand experience within manufacturing, hardware development, supply chain, or industrial IoT (e.g., you know the pain of inventory reconciliation or production planning).
Product Fluency: 2+ years of experience in product lifecycle ownership (as a PM, Tech Lead, or a founder).
Technical Stack Comfort: Mastery of web service architectures, API patterns (REST/GraphQL), and common data formats (JSON/XML).
Systems Thinker: Ability to understand a complex physical manufacturing process and immediately visualize the software system required to support it.

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive Health Insurance (medical, vision, dental, life).
Employee Stock Option Plan.
Flexible PTO, Paid Holidays, and Paid Parental Leave.
Team events, happy hours, and an open, collaborative culture.
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First Resonance lists this role as a Full-time position.

What experience level is required for this role at First Resonance?

First Resonance is looking for a candidate with "Senior-level" experience level.

What benefits are offered by First Resonance for this role?

First Resonance offers following benefits: Retirement Savings, Dental Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Vision Insurance, Unlimited or Flexible PTO, Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off, and Parental Leave for this position. Actual benefits may vary depending on the employer's policies and employment terms.

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