Head of Product

About the Role

North Vector Dynamics is seeking a Head of Product to be the senior technical product authority at NVD, owning the full system: the missile itself, its ground support and handling equipment, and complete launch systems. The successful candidate will own the system architecture, requirements, and maturation plan, driving the product through design maturity, qualification testing, and design-for-manufacture until it is ready for rate production. They will build and lead a team spanning systems engineering, requirements and verification, and integration and test, working closely with engineering, manufacturing, and customers. We are seeking a candidate with a demonstrated record of maturing complex aerospace or defence hardware from technology demonstration through qualification and into production.

What You’ll Do

• Own the system architecture across the full product: the missile, ground support and handling equipment, and integrated launch systems, including the interfaces between them.

• Lead requirements definition, flow-down, and traceability from customer and program needs to subsystem and component specifications, through to verification and validation.

• Plan and run the design review cycle (SRR, PDR, CDR, PRR), making the technical trade-offs on performance, mass, cost, reliability, and schedule.