Engineering Manager, Application Software (Automotive AI)

Location: Hybrid, full-time role based in Detroit, Michigan, or Sunnyvale, California, USA. The role includes in-person collaboration in offices, vehicle workshops, and labs. Relocation support and visa sponsorship are available where applicable.

Salary: $276,100–$293,750 annually, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops an end-to-end AI platform for autonomous driving that enables vehicles to learn from real-world experience and adapt across vehicle platforms.

What you will do

• Build and lead the US Application Software engineering team, including hiring, mentoring, and hands-on technical leadership.
• Lead software bring-up on customer hardware platforms such as NVIDIA DRIVE and Qualcomm Ride.
• Port and configure Linux, QNX, and Adaptive AUTOSAR environments on automotive hardware.
• Validate drivers, middleware, boot-time configurations, diagnostics, logging, and secure boot configurations.
• Partner with OEM and Tier 1 teams to resolve hardware-specific integration issues.
• Integrate hardware into CI/CD, hardware-in-the-loop infrastructure, and automated flashing, health-check, and test workflows.

Requirements

• 8+ years of embedded or automotive software development experience, including hands-on platform bring-up.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++, Bash, and Python.
• Experience leading and growing high-performing engineering teams.
• Deep knowledge of embedded Linux, including Yocto, systemd, bootloaders, and device trees, plus experience with QNX and Adaptive AUTOSAR.
• Experience with automotive-grade SoCs such as NVIDIA Orin, Qualcomm SA8295/SA8650, Renesas, or TI, as well as BSPs, hardware debuggers, flashing tools, serial consoles, CAN, Ethernet, PCIe, SPI, and I2C.
• Experience integrating embedded platforms into CI/CD pipelines and test automation frameworks.

Nice to have

• Experience with HIL systems, Vector toolchains, custom CI rigs, Docker, Jenkins, Git, or JFrog Artifactory.
• Experience in safety-critical development, ISO 26262, boot-time determinism, watchdogs, secure boot, over-the-air updates, or system-level cybersecurity.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work combining office collaboration with focused remote work.
• Market-benchmarked salary, meaningful equity, and learning and development budgets.
• Health and dental insurance, enhanced parental leave, retirement or pension benefits where applicable, therapy access, wellbeing partnerships, and team socials.
• Opportunities to work hands-on in vehicle workshops and labs.
• Flexible core hours and a culture emphasizing ownership, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Hiring process

• 30-minute initial recruiter call.
• One-hour competency interviews and three hours of technical deep-dive interviews.
• 45-minute final interview.