Technical Program Manager - Hardware & Manufacturing (Autonomous Vehicles)

Location: San Francisco, California; onsite five days a week

Salary: $122,000–$151,000 per year, plus potential equity awards

Company

hirify.global develops and deploys production-ready autonomous vehicle technology and Autonomous Haulage Systems for mines, quarries, and construction sites.

What you will do

• Own a centralized intake queue for hardware and quality-control issues from build lines and field sites.
• Triage issues by severity and impact, distinguish line-stopping defects from cosmetic issues, and establish response-time expectations for build partners and plant contacts.
• Prioritize the engineering development queue based on build and site impact, consolidating duplicate reports into unified engineering fixes.
• Escalate onsite QC failures and inventory shortages between field or build operations, engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing.
• Trace recurring defects involving part revisions, brackets, jigs, and wiring harnesses to root causes and assign them to the appropriate engineering, supplier, or production owner.
• Coordinate hardware issue escalation across on-road transport upfit lines and off-road mining kit installations.

Requirements

• Hands-on background in hardware, manufacturing, or field operations, with experience working directly on the production floor.
• Experience acting as a triage point between build sites or partners and engineering, making prioritization decisions with incomplete information.
• Experience creating an intake or QC process from scratch.
• Experience with vehicle or heavy-equipment hardware, including wiring harnesses, sensor or compute mounting, and electromechanical assemblies.
• Ability to work onsite in the San Francisco office five days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience with Class 8 truck upfit, kitting, or OEM production-line environments.
• Experience with off-road or heavy industrial equipment, including mining or construction hardware builds.
• Familiarity with supplier and inventory escalation and part-revision control.
• Experience using Linear or a similar ticketing tool.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on production-deployed autonomous vehicle technology in demanding real-world environments.
• Collaborate closely with experienced engineers and industry operators.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options, 401(k), equity, sick time, unlimited flexible time off, and paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave, pre-tax commuter benefits, and team lunches at the SoMa office on Tuesdays and Thursdays.