Product Lead​/Mission Lead

Base Pay Range

$/yr - $/yr

iMETALX, Inc. is pioneering the future of space accessibility, resilience, and sustainability in support of U.S. national security objectives. We deliver advanced Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and In‑Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) solutions to government and commercial customers, with a strong focus on supporting the warfighter and maintaining space superiority.

Our work centers on developing, testing, and deploying mission‑critical autonomy and perception software that operates in real‑world, operational environments. We are a mission‑driven organization committed to technical excellence, integrity, and delivering the highest quality capabilities at scale, believing it is our responsibility to support our customers and the missions they serve.

As a Product Lead / Mission Lead
, you will serve as iMETALX's primary customer‑embedded technical and product representative, responsible for discovering customer needs, distilling mission requirements, and translating those insights into actionable product and engineering direction.

This role intentionally blends customer discovery, business development, and deep technical understanding. You will spend significant time working on‑site at customer locations, often embedded within customer offices, engaging directly with operators, engineers, program managers, and decision‑makers. Your goal is to deeply understand how missions are executed today, identify capability gaps, and help define what success truly looks like for the customer.

You will act as the ear and voice of iMETALX—bringing customer needs, constraints, and priorities back to the company with clarity, context, and technical rigor—while also representing iMETALX's capabilities, roadmap, and vision to customers. This position requires comfort operating in ambiguous environments, asking the right questions, and shaping requirements before they are fully formed.

Initially, this is an individual contributor role with no direct reports, requiring a high degree of autonomy and ownership. As customer programs mature and products scale, the role is expected to grow into a leadership position, building and guiding a team of engineers and mission personnel aligned to customer programs.

Regular travel between customer sites is expected (approximately 50% travel at times), with flexibility to work from customer offices for extended periods as mission needs require.

• Serve as Product Lead and Mission Lead for iMETALX customer programs, acting as the primary interface between customers and internal teams.
• Embed with customers on‑site to perform customer discovery, gather mission and operational requirements, and understand real‑world constraints.
• Translate ambiguous, evolving customer needs into clear product requirements, problem statements, and engineering priorities.
• Support early‑stage business development and capture activities by shaping requirements, refining concepts, and aligning solutions with customer missions.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, autonomy, and operations teams to guide end‑to‑end product development, integration, testing, and deployment.
• Coordinate and support product demonstrations, mission rehearsals, testing events, and validations in mission‑relevant environments.
• Ensure product and mission deliverables align with customer objectives, operational timelines, and broader national security goals.
• Engage with government stakeholders, partners, and (as applicable) regulatory bodies to validate requirements and manage expectations.
• Monitor evolving mission needs, threat environments, and competitive dynamics to inform product strategy and prioritization.
• Identify risks early—technical, operational, or programmatic—and work cross‑functionally to mitigate them.
• Uphold and reinforce a culture of integrity, accountability, and ethical decision‑making across all customer engagements and internal activities.

• 6+ years of experience in product management, mission engineering, systems engineering, technical program leadership, or similar roles supporting government or defense customers.
• Demonstr…