Staff Technical Program Manager (Hardware NPI Test)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States; at least 3 days per week in the office

Salary: $181,000–$290,000 per year, plus annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits

Company

hirify.global develops self-driving technology for safer, more efficient transportation and logistics.

What you will do

• Plan, coordinate, and execute Hardware NPI test activities across design engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, supply chain, and contract manufacturing.
• Drive readiness of hardware modules, including lidar, computers, and pods, for manufacturing end-of-line testing.
• Coordinate with contract manufacturers, development teams, systems engineers, and test technical leads to resolve schedule and execution issues.
• Track manufacturing test yield, test data, and Pareto analysis, and communicate status to stakeholders.
• Prepare readiness updates, risk assessments, and mitigation plans for weekly hardware program reviews.
• Run the Hardware Test Change Control Board from B-sample onward and manage change-request schedules and execution.

Requirements

• Experience managing engineering changes during short-schedule development cycles.
• Experience developing safety-critical hardware and launching new hardware products through their life cycles.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and end-of-line test processes and test data management.
• Strong PLM experience with tools such as Arena.
• Experience with project and task management tools such as Smartsheet, MS Project, Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience managing complex hardware development programs and manufacturing processes; seven or more years is preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience in robotics, automotive, aerospace and defense, or medical devices.
• Experience moving prototype products to high-volume manufacturing or bringing up new production lines in Asia.
• Experience with autonomous vehicles, the full product lifecycle, or Agile development methodology.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person collaboration is emphasized, with office attendance expected at least three days per week and potentially up to five days based on operational needs.
• Annual bonus eligibility, equity compensation, and employee benefits are provided.
• Safety, integrity, collaboration, inclusion, and long-term responsibility are core workplace values.