Program Engineering Manager – Software & Electronics Platform (Automotive)

Location: Hybrid; report to the Warren Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, or Milford Proving Grounds in Milford, Michigan at least three times per week. Travel is required for less than 25% of the role. Relocation benefits are available for eligible candidates.

Company

hirify.global develops vehicles and mobility experiences spanning hardware, battery systems, software, safety, and connected technologies.

What you will do

• Define the persistent HIL, night-regression, Co-Sim, CVF, and physical-validation strategy for SDV2 and future vehicle platforms.
• Build asset roadmaps covering purpose, ownership, capability, capacity, availability, lifecycle, upgrades, and retirement.
• Integrate bench and lab readiness into platform execution plans, milestones, launch reviews, issue resolution, and recovery actions.
• Establish the SDV2 asset portfolio, repeatable onboarding model, Bench BOM, configuration baselines, and release pathways.
• Organize infrastructure including ECUs, harnesses, power supplies, networks, instrumentation, simulators, compute, storage, and lab space.
• Lead operating rhythms with software, hardware, systems engineering, validation, quality, manufacturing, suppliers, PMO, and lab owners.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant engineering experience; 10 years is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading complex hardware, software, systems, validation, laboratory, or vehicle-program execution from strategy through delivery.
• Experience with HIL, SIL, Co-Sim, vehicle integration, night regression, test automation, validation infrastructure, or comparable engineering environments.
• Experience managing physical engineering assets, laboratories, test benches, ECUs, harnesses, instrumentation, networks, compute, configuration baselines, risks, and recovery plans.
• Strong understanding of hardware/software integration, software releases, calibration, test content, and vehicle readiness, with the ability to lead across organizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or computer science discipline.
• Experience with software-defined vehicles, centralized or high-performance compute, vehicle networks, OTA delivery, diagnostics, or vehicle-level integration.
• Experience with Teamcenter, Bench BOMs, DSI/VPI release processes, configuration management, calibration, and digital-thread systems.
• Experience building investment cases, capacity plans, lifecycle strategies, spares strategies, or obsolescence plans for engineering infrastructure.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with regular on-site collaboration at GM technical facilities.
• Medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, life insurance, and sickness and accident benefits.
• Retirement savings plan, paid vacation and holidays, tuition assistance, and employee assistance program.
• GM vehicle discounts and eligibility for the company vehicle evaluation program after a motor vehicle report review.

Hiring process

• Applicants may be required to complete role-related assessments and pre-employment screening.