Business Development Manager – Automotive & Transportation (FPGA)

Location: San Jose, California, United States. Shift 1, United States of America. Applicants must be eligible for required U.S. export authorizations.

Salary: $166.9K–$241.6K USD annually for the Bay Area, with additional incentive opportunities based on individual and company performance.

Company

hirify.global develops FPGA-based solutions for automotive and transportation applications.

What you will do

• Drive market development and design wins across ADAS, automated driving, vehicle E/E architectures, electrified powertrain, and transportation systems.
• Build relationships with car OEMs, Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers, transportation integrators, semiconductor vendors, IP providers, and software partners.
• Influence system and safety architecture decisions and position FPGA solutions against SoCs, ASSPs, GPUs, and microcontroller platforms.
• Support technical sales discussions covering sensor interfacing and fusion, real-time motor and inverter control, edge AI/ML inference, and functional safety.
• Create solution briefs, reference architectures, competitive positioning, and ROI/TCO analyses for sales enablement.
• Provide market feedback to product management and engineering and support pricing discussions and business-case development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in automotive or transportation electronics, embedded systems, semiconductor, Tier-1, or OEM environments.
• Strong understanding of automotive E/E architectures, design and qualification cycles, and camera, radar, LiDAR, and sensor-fusion technologies.
• Experience engaging global customers and managing long design cycles.
• Knowledge of real-time control, power-conversion concepts, and AI/ML fundamentals for perception.
• Familiarity with GMSL, FPD-Link, MIPI CSI-2, Automotive Ethernet, CAN/CAN-FD, and LIN.

Nice to have

• Experience with FPGA-based systems or FPGA solution selling.
• Understanding of high-speed I/O, memory subsystems, PCIe, motor/inverter control, and edge AI deployment constraints.
• Familiarity with ISO 26262/ASIL, AEC-Q100, IEC 61508, and ISO/SAE 21434.
• Experience with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, powertrain or ADAS developers, rail integrators, or commercial-vehicle integrators.
• MBA or business training.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment with incentive opportunities tied to individual and company performance.
• Work focused on long-lifecycle automotive and transportation platforms, including 10–15+ year support requirements.
• Collaboration across customers, sales, product management, engineering, and ecosystem partners.
• Artificial intelligence is used to screen, assess, or select applicants.