Senior Director, Radar Technical Program Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Menlo Park, California, United States. The role requires eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. personnel security clearance and satisfy U.S. export-control and ITAR requirements.

Base salary: $230,000–$250,000 per year, plus bonus, stock options, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global operates a global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform for space domain awareness, space traffic management, satellite operations, and aerospace security.

What you will do

• Lead multidisciplinary radar, hardware, manufacturing, deployment, and operational-readiness programs from definition through completion.
• Own the integrated Radar program plan, including scope, schedule, cost, readiness, risks, dependencies, critical paths, and change control.
• Drive technical and deployment readiness reviews across requirements, architecture, design release, prototype builds, verification, validation, site integration, acceptance, and operational handoff.
• Coordinate the transition of radar and hardware products from engineering development into repeatable production, integrating materials, tooling, testing, quality, capacity, yield, and cost targets.
• Integrate supply chain, infrastructure, permitting, logistics, installation, system integration, and operational requirements into credible deployment plans.
• Provide executive program reviews and build a scalable technical program-management function supporting radar products, production, deployment, and sustaining initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, computer science, or a relevant technical discipline, or equivalent technical experience.
• 12+ years of experience in engineering, systems engineering, technical program management, hardware program leadership, or a related field.
• Successful leadership of multidisciplinary systems through development, prototype builds, verification, production readiness, integration, deployment, and operational use.
• Experience with complex electronic, RF, or electromechanical systems in aerospace, defense, space, telecommunications, or another hardware-intensive environment.
• Strong understanding of requirements, interfaces, architecture, verification, validation, configuration, technical risk, integrated plans, critical paths, and recovery planning.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. personnel security clearance and satisfy applicable U.S. export-control and ITAR requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on mission-critical space, aerospace, national-security, and AI-enabled technologies.
• Partner across Radar Systems, Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Operations, Product, Finance, and customer-facing program management.
• Bonus, stock options, and benefits are included in the compensation package.
• Opportunity to establish and lead a technical program-management team as the portfolio grows.