Operations Safety Lead (Autonomous Ground Handling)

Location: Onsite at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, United States

Company

hirify.global is a Series A company developing autonomous ground-handling solutions for airlines and ground service providers.

What you will do

• Act as the onsite safety contact at ATL, identifying, escalating, and resolving operational safety concerns.
• Apply hirify.global’s Safety Management System and define quantitative safety thresholds, mitigation severity categories, review cadences, and escalation logic.
• Review near-miss concepts and operational data using Hex, Jira, and operator feedback to identify and mitigate risks.
• Gate vehicle software releases, assess vehicle readiness, evaluate human factors, and sign off on operational deployment readiness.
• Maintain autonomy checklists, airside incident procedures, daily pre-departure checks, and compliance with airport and airside driving standards.
• Conduct weekly shadow shifts, deliver safety reporting and bulletins, and coordinate with Operations, Training, and Airport Rescue and Firefighting teams.

Requirements

• Experience in ramp operations, airfield safety, airline or airport operations, industrial robotics, or automated logistics hubs.
• Demonstrated ability to identify operational hazards and establish structured risk-mitigation workflows.
• Strong, assertive communication skills and the ability to stop operations when safety is compromised.
• Full-time onsite presence at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is required.
• Valid U.S. driver’s license, clean driving record, ATL airport badge eligibility, fingerprint-based background check, and ATL airfield driving permit are required.
• Willingness to complete internal autonomous-driving training and certification within the first 60 days is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with autonomous functional safety standards such as ISO 26262.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety-first operational culture with independent authority to identify and escalate risks.
• Close collaboration across Safety, Operations, Engineering, Training, and airport emergency-response teams.
• Regular field exposure through weekly shadow shifts across morning and evening operations.