Product Owner

As the Senior Product Owner on the ATLAS program, you will lead an integrated software product team to shape the vision, backlog, and roadmap for Space Domain Awareness capabilities within ATLAS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain a user-centric, capability-focused vision and roadmap for the team, aligned with ATLAS priorities and customer mission needs.
• Define and sequence the team backlog to direct development toward the highest value capabilities.
• Balance new capabilities, sustainment, and technical debt in collaboration with the ATLAS Lead Engineer and peer Product Owners.
• Coordinate with peer Product Owners to sequence cross-team dependencies and maintain alignment with the integrated ATLAS baseline.
• Draft user stories and acceptance criteria clear enough for development and testing to proceed without ambiguity.
• Refine the backlog with the team so upcoming work is prepared, understood, and properly sized before planning.
• Represent the customer in program increment and sprint planning, delivering prioritized and well-formed work for planning.
• Accept or reject completed work against defined acceptance criteria and maintain a predictable release cadence.
• Partner with the Scrum Master on delivery flow and impediment resolution; escalate risks affecting scope, schedule, or cross-team dependencies to ATLAS program leadership.
• Capture and advocate stakeholder needs among developers, testers, and management.
• Articulate SSA and SDA capability needs to stakeholders and developers, translating operational language into implementable requirements and technical constraints back into mission terms.
• Serve as the day-to-day product interface with government stakeholders and mission users; conduct demonstrations and convert feedback into backlog items.
• Coordinate with lateral development and user teams to maximize synergy between concurrent development efforts.
• Advocate for software accuracy, usability, and output consistency with the operational systems ATLAS supports.
• Support the team by addressing skill gaps as needed, including software development, software testing, document generation, and user training.
• Contribute to onboarding of new team members and ensure lessons learned are captured and applied across increments.

Requirements

• US Citizenship required
• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Space Operations, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field; four additional years of relevant experience may substitute for the degree
• Eight or more years of relevant experience in software development, astrodynamics engineering, or SSA/SDA operations
• Demonstrated experience as a Product Owner, technical lead, or equivalent on an Agile software development team, including ownership and prioritization of a product backlog
• Experience in astrodynamics software development, SSA or SDA operations, or technical software development using an Agile philosophy
• Proven ability to write user stories and acceptance criteria that yield predictable delivery
• Strong time management and task prioritization skills across competing stakeholder demands
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to brief development teams and government leadership
• Ability to work independently and drive process improvements to adoption

Technologies

• Java
• Jira
• Confluence
• SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
• Full-stack web development
• Cloud-integrated architectures

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• HSA or FSA accounts
• Company-paid Short-Term/Long-Term Disability and AD&D insurance
• Paid Federal Holidays
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) with company match
• Supplemental insurance options (AFLAC, Voluntary Life)
• Professional Development Reimbursement

Compensation and Benefits

Salary range: $150,000 to $200,000 per year.

• E-Verify Participation

Position Overview

Omitron supports the U.S. Space Force's Space Domain Awareness mission with software that tracks tens of thousands of objects in Earth orbit. The Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System ATLAS delivers scalable, cloud-integrated capability across every phase of satellite tracking, from launch to reentry. ATLAS is built by multiple product teams, each responsible for a portion of the overall capability and each dependent on the others to deliver a cohesive operator experience.

Company Overview

Omitron is an Aerospace Engineering and Information Technology small business headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland, with a field office in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Since 1984, Omitron has delivered engineering services and product development to government and industry customers across civilian and military aerospace programs. The company emphasizes highly qualified, motivated individuals as key to its success.

Schedule and Environment

This is a remote position with a preference for proximity to the Colorado Springs office; on-site presence is required for program increment planning, software testing, deployment, and problem resolution.

Work is typically Monday through Friday during standard business hours; due to mission requirements, occasional work outside those times may be necessary.

Travel is required. Product Owners travel for program planning events and to user sites to support engagements and software rollouts. Expect approximately 4 to 8 weeks of travel per year for a Colorado-based candidate, with roughly 3 additional weeks of travel per year for candidates based outside Colorado to attend planning events in Colorado Springs.

Travel and Environment Notes

Remote work arrangement complemented by periodic on-site collaboration as required by program needs. The role includes travel commitments tied to program planning and user engagement activities.