Sr Mgr/Deputy Director, Aerospace & Defense End Market

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States; supports customers and partners across North America and allied international markets. Approximately 25% travel, including frequent travel throughout the Western United States and occasional domestic and international travel.

Salary: $143,000–$275,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a semiconductor foundry providing design, development, and fabrication services with a global manufacturing footprint.

What you will do

• Generate, qualify, and mature strategic business opportunities from initial engagement through award, production, and long-term growth.
• Develop customer engagement strategies across aerospace, defense, space, national security, and critical infrastructure markets.
• Build executive-level relationships with defense contractors, aerospace manufacturers, government agencies, laboratories, and technology partners.
• Analyze market trends, government investment priorities, competitive positioning, and emerging technology requirements.
• Translate customer needs into product, technology, packaging, and service opportunities, including RF, secure processing, sensors, photonics, and radiation-tolerant solutions.
• Lead cross-functional pursuits with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and executive leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, space, semiconductor, electronics, national security, or related industries.
• Demonstrated success in business development, market development, strategic sales, customer engagement, or capture management.
• Ability to create, develop, and close strategic business opportunities and engage executive-level customers and government stakeholders.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills, with working knowledge of semiconductor technologies and microelectronics applications.
• The role may require obtaining a U.S. Department of Defense security clearance; the candidate must consent to related citizenship and background questions if requested.

Nice to have

• Established relationships across defense, aerospace, space, national security, government, and semiconductor ecosystems.
• Semiconductor foundry, trusted manufacturing, government contracting, acquisition, or public-private partnership experience.
• Experience with sensors, imaging, radiation-tolerant electronics, advanced packaging, chiplets, photonics, RF, power management, or memory technologies.
• Advanced degree in Engineering, Science, or Business.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with strategic customers, government stakeholders, laboratories, and partners across the aerospace and defense ecosystem.
• Participate in customer meetings, industry conferences, government forums, technical events, and strategic industry initiatives.
• Support environmental, health, safety, and security programs.
• Employment is subject to applicable pre-employment conditions and laws.