Lead Engineering Technician (Vehicle)

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States; hybrid with onsite work required four or more days per week

Salary: $95,300–$159,400 per year

Company

hirify.global develops vehicles and electric mobility solutions through its Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design team.

What you will do

• Perform vehicle and subsystem instrumentation, data acquisition setup, test preparation, troubleshooting, and test support.
• Lead daily technician assignments and prioritize work according to test schedules, vehicle availability, and engineering requirements.
• Install, configure, validate, troubleshoot, and remove sensors, wiring, data loggers, and related test equipment.
• Prepare vehicles for dynamics, braking, handling, durability, thermal, NVH, road, and proving-ground testing.
• Verify sensor operation, calibration, signal quality, vehicle configuration, and data acquisition channels.
• Document instrumentation records, calibration data, issues, deviations, test findings, and vehicle readiness using Jira and other Atlassian tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with vehicle instrumentation, sensors, data acquisition, vehicle networks, and test support.
• Ability to lead technicians while contributing hands-on, set priorities, and translate engineering requirements, drawings, schematics, and procedures into executable work.
• Strong communication, organization, judgment, problem-solving, documentation, and safety skills.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice to have

• Working-lead experience in automotive testing, prototypes, motorsports, aerospace, or a similar development environment.
• Knowledge of high-voltage electric vehicles, electrical safety, vehicle software flashing, and module or data-logger configuration.
• Familiarity with Linux, scripting, technical documentation, configuration control, and engineering workflow tools.
• Experience improving instrumentation standards, test procedures, and data-quality processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, family care, and paid parental leave benefits.
• Family-building benefits, backup childcare support, and employee vehicle discounts.
• Tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and paid community-service time.
• Paid holidays, paid time off, and the option to purchase additional vacation time.