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Advanced Navigation & Positioning Corporation

<div>Position Description:
<div>The Mission: At ANPC, we solve the worlds most difficult airfield challenges. We arent looking for a &quot;task-tracker&quot;were looking for an execution specialist who lives for the &quot;how.&quot; Youll be the heartbeat of our internal engineering cycles, turning high-precision navigation and surveillance requirements into flight-ready reality.</div><div><br>
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The Day-to-Day:
</div><div>80% Internal Engine: You are in the trenches with our Systems, Software, and Hardware teams. Youre the one running the standups, clearing the technical blockers, and owning the Agile rhythm.
</div><div>20% Strategic Interface: You get a seat at the table. Youll be the primary point-of-contact for our external development contracts, making sure our partners and customer stakeholders are in sync with what we are building.</div><div><br>
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Why this is different: This isn't a &quot;cog in the machine&quot; role. Reporting directly to the Director of Program/Project and Development, youll have the autonomy to lead cross-functional teams through the high-stakes world of New Product Development (NPD) and sustainment. Youll work with modular systems and concurrent engineering in an environment where precision is the only option.</div><div><br>
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This is a full-time in-office position in Hood River, Oregon.</div><div><br>
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Essential Job Functions
</b></div><div>Orchestrate Delivery: Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of internal and external technical projects using an Integrated Project Plan (IPP) framework.
</div><div>Own the Agile Rhythm: Develop and report on project scope, cost, and schedule; maintain Project Charters, Product Backlogs, and Burndown Charts to drive team velocity.
</div><div>Lead Technical Governance: Schedule and lead critical technical reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and facilitate daily standups to ensure constant internal alignment.
</div><div>Strategic Stakeholder Interface: Manage development contracts and act as the primary point-of-contact for external development partners, working directly with customer stakeholders to ensure deliverables meet technical and contractual requirements.
</div><div>Cross-Functional Integration: Partner across all functional areasincluding Engineering (Systems, Signal Processing, Software, Hardware, Mechanical), Production, Finance, and Executive Leadership.
</div><div>Configuration &amp; Baseline Control: Integrate development efforts with Configuration Management to ensure proper baseline controls across functional, allocated, and product levels.
</div><div>Financial Oversight: Manage material and direct cost budgets; initiate purchase requisitions aligned with project plans and financial forecasts.</div><div><br>
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Education and Work Experience Requirements
</b></div><div>Bachelors degree in Engineering.
</div><div>Experience in technical project management, preferably in the aerospace or defense industries.</div><div><br>
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Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics
</b></div><div>Strong leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
</div><div>Experience with Agile values and principles, including leveraging Agile over Waterfall methodologies.
</div><div>Practiced at the art of relative sizing versus estimating.
</div><div>Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical teams through the full product life cycle.
</div><div>Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
</div><div>Familiarity with project management and requirements management tools (e.g., JIRA, JAMA) preferred.
</div><div>Skilled in data analysis, strategic planning, and decision-making based on quantifiable insights.
</div><div>Strong customer focus and ability to manage stakeholder expectations.</div><div><br>
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Nice to have
</b></div><div>Familiarity with aerospace industry standards, or other highly regulated industry, preferred.
</div><div>Ensure compliance with ITAR, FAA certification processes, and relevant software/hardware development guidelines (e.g. RTCA DO-178C, RTCA DO-278A, RTCA DO-254).</div><div><br>
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Physical Demands
</b></div><div>The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job in an office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing for periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; talk and hear at normal room levels; using hands to finger, grasp, and feel; repetitive motion; close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; lift, push, carry, or pull up to 20 pounds.</div><div><br>
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Work environment
</b></div><div>The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. Employee is exposed to the typical office environment with computers, printers and telephones.</div><div><br>
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In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:
</div><div>401(k) plan with match with immediate vesting.
</div><div>Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.
</div><div>Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care).
</div><div>Generous paid time off including 4 weeks of vacation per year, 11 paid company holidays, including a winter company shutdown.</div></div><div></div>

Technical Project Manager

<div>Position Description: <b>Job Summary
</b><div>Advanced Navigation and Positioning Corporation (ANPC) is a global supplier of precision approach guidance and area surveillance solutions aimed at improving the safety and capacity of civil and military aviation for customers on all seven continents. Our transponder-based solutions are designed to serve airfields where others cannot. We are a team of extraordinary professionals working together to perform an important mission to uniquely serve airports with terrain, obstacles and other challenges that no other business can provide.</div><div></div><div><br>
</div><div>ANPC is seeking a highly visible Strategic Product Manager (SPM), reporting to the CEO, to serve as the primary external face and voice of the company's core product line. This role is centered on market engagement, customer partnership, and driving product strategy based on external insights. The SPM will be the essential industry liaison, attending conferences, managing partner relationships, and translating the critical voice of the customer directly into our strategic roadmap to ensure commercial success and financial alignment.</div><div><br>
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We are recruiting exclusively for candidates at our Hood River, Oregon headquarters. This role is not remote eligible.</div><div><br>
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Essential Job Functions
</b></div><div>Act as the key liaison and spokesperson for our product line at industry conferences, trade shows and high-level customer briefings.
</div><div>Lead continuous efforts to actively listen to and translate the voice of the customer and market feedback into clear, prioritized, and quantifiable market requirements.
</div><div>Establish and maintain robust relationships with key aviation and defense associations. Track complex, emerging regulatory and policy changes (FAA, DoD) to guide strategic investment decisions.
</div><div>Conduct continuous competitive analysis and market research to define product positioning, differentiation, effective value propositions, and successful commercial strategies.
</div><div>Articulate a compelling product vision, strategy, and roadmap that balances long-term market opportunities with the companys overall financial and revenue objectives.
</div><div>Develop comprehensive business cases, including detailed financial forecasting and return on investment analysis, to justify all product development investment.
</div><div>Lead the process to translate market requirements and user needs into clear, prioritized user stories and manage the product backlog for maximum business impact.
</div><div>Define pricing, positioning, and value propositions; then lead cross-functional teams (Engineering, Sales, Business Development, Marketing, and Operations) for successful product launch and full market lifecycle management.</div><div><br>
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Education and Work Experience Requirements
</b></div><div>Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Marketing or related field. Technical background preferred)
</div><div>3+ years experience as a Product Manager focusing on market strategy, commercialization and customer discover in a complex or regulated industry.</div><div><br>
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Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics
</b></div><div>Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the proven ability to influence customers, partners, and C-level executives.
</div><div>Demonstrated success in acting as an industry liaison, attending and contributing to standards bodies, or representing a product line publicly.
</div><div>Proficiency in strategic planning, financial forecasting, ROI analysis, and risk mitigation related to market entry and product success.
</div><div>Familiarity with aerospace industry market structure, regulatory policy, and the product lifecycle within a regulated sector.
</div><div>Proven experience applying Agile methodologies in a requirements definition environment (focused on the &quot;what&quot; and &quot;why&quot;).
</div><div>Proven ability to build trust and rapport across all organizational levels, from the CEO to individual contributors, necessary to drive alignment and ensure execution.
</div><div>Strong leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills necessary to align disparate internal teams (Engineering, Sales) around the external market vision.</div><div><br>
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Physical Demands
</b></div><div>The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job in an office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing for periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; talk and hear at normal room levels; using hands to finger, grasp, and feel; repetitive motion; close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; lift, push, carry, or pull up to 20 pounds.</div><div><br>
</div><div><b>
Work environment
</b></div><div>The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. Employee is exposed to the typical office environment with computers, printers and telephones.</div><div><br>
</div><div>
In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:
</div><div>401(k) plan with match with immediate vesting.
</div><div>Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.
</div><div>Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
</div><div>Generous paid time off including 4 weeks of vacation per year, 11 paid company holidays, including a winter company shutdown.</div></div><div></div>

Strategic Product Manager

<div>Position Description:
<p>ANPC is a global supplier of precision approach guidance and area surveillance solutions aimed at improving the safety and capacity of civil and military aviation for customers on all seven continents. Our transponder-based solutions are designed to serve airfields where others cannot. We are a team of extraordinary professionals working together to perform an important mission to uniquely serve airports with terrain, obstacles and other challenges that no other business can provide.
</p><p><b>Job Summary
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The Software Engineering Manager is a tactical role, based on strategic initiatives, ensures successful tactical execution of ANPCs software department. This role manages a multi-disciplinary team encompassing Software Development, Systems Architecture (including the Principal Architect), and Implementation &amp; Test. The successful candidate will bridge the gap between executive business objectives and technical execution, ensuring that our navigation and surveillance solutions are delivered on time, within budget, and in strict accordance with safety-critical standards. You will be responsible for fostering a high-performance culture, managing complex resource allocations, and maintaining the technical integrity of life-critical software systems. You also perform as a hands-on individual contributor with the ability to participate in the success of the team as needed.
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Essential Job Functions
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Lead, mentor, and develop a diverse team including the Principal Architect, Software Engineers, and the Implementation/Test team.
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Oversee the full talent lifecycle, including selection, hiring, performance evaluations and exits.
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Identify skill gaps and implement training or hiring strategies to address them.
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Design and execute comprehensive onboarding plans to reduce time-to-proficiency for new hires in a complex technical environment.
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Maintain an engineering culture rooted in discipline, professional pride, hard work, and camaraderie.
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Communicate and execute a clear technical vision for all software products and systems in collaboration with the Director of Engineering.
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Manage multiple concurrent development projects, balancing resources and timelines in close coordination with Project Managers.
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Partner with the Principal Architect to define high-level product architecture, design specifications, and integration strategies.
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Review code, design documents, and test plans to ensure maximum maintainability and security.
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Ensure all output meets RTCA DO-278 standards for safety-critical aviation software.
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Establish and enforce Lean product development methodologies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to maximize value-added work.
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Lead annual planning and budgeting, including CAPEX justifications, infrastructure roadmaps, software licensing, and hardware requirements for development and testing.
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Act as a key cross-functional partner to gather requirements and ensure software delivery meets business, customer, and schedule objectives.
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Track development progress and implement corrective actions to keep projects aligned with organizational goals.
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Education and Work Experience Requirements
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Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
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7+ years of progressive experience in software development.
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3+ years in a management role.
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Proven ability to lead cross-functional software teams and manage full project lifecycles.
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Proven experience in safety-critical environments; direct familiarity with RTCA DO-278, DO-178C, or similar rigorous regulatory standards.
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Ability to engage deeply with a Principal Architect on system design while simultaneously managing the tactical needs of a Test/QA team.
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Experience managing departmental budgets (CAPEX/OPEX) and aligning technical roadmaps with commercial goals.
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Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics
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Strong background and knowledge of DoD and Army Airfield (AAF) operations and requirements.
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Deep knowledge of regulatory compliance and industry safety standards (DO-278A, DO-254, ARP4761).
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Proficiency in software programming languages such as C, C++, C#, and Python.
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Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including Agile methodologies, CI/CD, and version control (e.g., GitHub).
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Demonstrated success in mentoring and developing engineering talent through a &quot;servant leader&quot; approach.
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Proven ability to balance high levels of team empowerment with the strict discipline required for safety-critical engineering.
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Experience managing remote or distributed teams and collaborating across multi-disciplinary engineering functions.
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Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with a rigorous attention to detail.
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Exceptional time management skills and the ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
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Strong verbal and written communication skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite or related project management software.
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Experience with embedded systems or avionics software is highly desirable.
</p><p>
Physical Demands
</p><p>
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job in an office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing for periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; talk and hear at normal room levels; using hands to finger, grasp, and feel; repetitive motion; close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; lift, push, carry, or pull up to 20 pounds.
</p><p>
Work environment
</p><p>
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. Employee is exposed to the typical office environment with computers, printers and telephones.
</p><p>
In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:
</p><p>
401(k) plan with match with immediate vesting.
</p><p>
Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.
</p><p>
Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care).
</p><p>
Generous paid time off including 4 weeks of vacation per year, 11 paid company holidays, including a winter company shutdown.</p></div><p></p>

Software Engineering Manager

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