Technical Product Manager (Aerospace)

Company Overview:

At Overair, we are dedicated to bringing next generation sustainable air transportation to everyone. Our answer is Butterfly, an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft designed to safely and affordably carry passengers over traffic and congestion. Butterfly leverages over two decades of VTOL aircraft development, patented VTOL technology, and flight vehicle experience.

Overair believes in the lofty goals of sustainable air mobility, and we are committed to solving the hard challenges along the way. We are building an industry leading team covering an expanse of skills, talents, and expertise in order to build a superior electric VTOL aircraft. If you enjoy solving difficult problems, and seeing your ideas and visions expressed in flight hardware, we want you on our team.

Job Overview:

We are seeking an ambitious technical product manager to oversee the product requirements documentation (PRD) for the certified version of Butterfly our eVTOL aircraft. This role will interface with various stakeholders on the commercial, certification and technical engineering teams. To 1) capture the requirements necessary for Butterfly to meet the intended use - applications, 2) communicate the requirements to the technical team and 3) track success criteria through development. The PRD will specify all commercial aspects of the aircraft, such as performance, environmental, mission cases, usage spectrums, passenger integration, avionics, connected vehicle, infrastructure integration and more. It's not expected the applicant will be an expert in all areas, as they will work directly with the product director to capture the primary information for the requirements capture. This will be in addition to conducting various trade studies, assisting with supplier engagements, and other related activities under the product group.

This is a great opportunity for a technical contributor looking to transition into a new role on the management side.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Must have experience in aerospace development. Understanding of aircraft performance trades, certified development, and technical design development phases.
• Experience with cradle to grave product lifecycle.
• Capture, write, and maintain the aircraft product requirements with assistance from various stakeholders.
• Define objective requirements with success criteria.
• Research various nascent topics to generate a preliminary definition of developing requirement areas.
• Conduct trade studies to help determine optimal aircraft attributes to meet the mission cases.
• Assess and track technical risks of all product requirements.
• Build a product culture of defining the requirements around the aircraft operators and end users.
• Coordinating and managing integration meetings with the engineering team.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: BS, MS in an engineering-related field.
• Must have strong technical engineering background.
• 2 years in a lead, management, or senior team role.
• Experience creating, developing, and managing requirements for an extensive program.
• Demonstrated experience as a key contributor on challenging technical programs.
• Excellent technical writing and documentation skills.
• Experience with fast-paced cross-functional teams.
• Experience with Jama or similar requirements tracking systems.

Desired Qualifications:

• Certificates: MBA, or Related Management Cert
• Industry experience with electric vehicles is a major plus.

Summary of Benefits:

• No cost comprehensive medical coverage for employees and dependents.
• Dental & Vision – Company pays for 80% of dental and vision coverage for employee and 50% for each dependent
• Flexible Spending Account with a company match of up to $1,000.
• 401(k) plan with a 6% company match, no vesting period, and immediate eligibility.
• 12 weeks of supplemental paid family leave.
• Company-paid life Insurance plan.
• Employee equity incentive program (stock options) with vesting starting after 1 year.
• Generous paid time off policy, including 4 weeks' vacation, 10 holidays, 6 sick days, and volunteer time.

Overair expects to pay: $140,000 - $165,000 per year. Your level and the compensation package offered will be determined by location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Location: Santa Ana, CA (On-site position)

Diversity and Inclusion:

Overair believes that diversity and inclusion are vital to our success. We believe that by embracing different ideas and approaches, we enhance our ability to deliver the best results for our employees, our environment, and ultimately our business partners and customers. We foster a culture where all colleagues are able to share their passions and ideas in order that we may collectively embrace and overcome the challenges in our industry, and work toward a brighter future.

Overair is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action 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 federally protected class.