Sr Staff Technical Program Manager (Hardware Systems)

Location: Boston, MA, United States; flexible hybrid workplace model

Salary: $217,000–$252,000 USD base salary for the Sr Staff level. Total compensation also includes equity and other rewards.

Company

hirify.global develops photonics-based AI data center infrastructure, including 3D-stacked photonics engines for extreme-scale AI and HPC workloads.

What you will do

• Coordinate all Hardware Systems programs, maintaining integrated schedules, priorities, dependencies, and resource visibility across concurrent workstreams.
• Facilitate alignment between electrical, mechanical, systems, software, signal integrity, power integrity, supply chain, and external manufacturing teams.
• Manage hardware development milestones from design and bring-up through NPI, EVT, DVT, PVT, system integration, and production.
• Coordinate component orders, PCB fabrication, PCBA and mechanical assemblies, engineering samples, tester boards, lab fixtures, calibration equipment, and tooling.
• Manage program interfaces with contract manufacturers, ODMs, PCB and sheet metal fabricators, and assembly houses.
• Track budgets, risks, decisions, deliverables, and status updates for engineering leadership and broader company programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of program management experience in hardware engineering, including electrical and mechanical development cycles.
• Experience managing concurrent engineering programs with shared resources and overlapping timelines.
• Strong knowledge of PCBA, mechanical enclosures, PCB fabrication, system integration, bring-up, EVT/DVT/PVT, production, material flow, component tracking, and BOM management.
• Experience coordinating contract manufacturers and ODMs, managing schedules, tracking deliverables, and resolving open issues.
• Expertise with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or equivalent platforms; strong communication and facilitation skills.

Nice to have

• Experience managing programs for complex hardware development.
• Experience defining and improving program management processes in a startup or new business unit.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid workplace model.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement savings matching, life insurance, disability coverage, and paid family leave.
• Vacation, sick leave, and public holidays.
• Training and development, commuter benefits, and equity grants for full-time employees.
• Export-control compliance is required under applicable U.S. federal regulations.