Operations Safety Lead (Autonomous Vehicles)

Location: Full-time onsite at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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 point of contact at ATL, identifying and resolving operational hazards.
• Define quantitative safety thresholds, categorize mitigation severity, lead review cadences, and maintain event-to-analysis traceability.
• Review near-miss concepts using Hex, Jira, and operator feedback, and write escalation logic for anomalies and off-nominal conditions.
• Own autonomy release, incident, and pre-departure checklists; assess vehicle readiness and sign off on operational readiness before new feature releases.
• Conduct weekly shadow shifts across morning and evening operations to evaluate driver behavior and field conditions.
• Partner with Operations Training, the Training Supervisor, and Airport Rescue and Firefighting teams on certifications, safety protocols, and mitigation debriefs.

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 mitigation workflows.
• Strong, assertive communication skills and the ability to stop operations when safety is compromised.
• Full-time onsite presence at ATL 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.
• Complete internal autonomous-driving training and certification within the first 60 days of employment.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with airside safety regulations, ramp safety standards, or ground-handling procedures.
• Experience with autonomous functional safety standards such as ISO 26262.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety-first operating environment with authority to pause operations when risks are identified.
• Collaboration across Safety, Operations, Engineering, Training, and airport emergency-response teams.
• Regular shift handoffs, operational planning meetings, weekly risk reporting, and monthly safety bulletins.