Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer (Autonomous Vehicles)

Location: Mountain View, CA, or Pittsburgh, PA, United States. The role is listed as remote, but employees are expected to work from the office at least 3 days per week, with some roles requiring up to 5 days.

Salary: $181,000–$290,000 per year for Mountain View, CA roles; $163,000–$261,000 per year for Pittsburgh, PA roles. Annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits are also available.

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead hardware reliability assessments and design test campaigns for internal and external hardware systems.
• Own complex reliability failures, conduct failure analysis, and drive corrective actions and design or process mitigations.
• Facilitate Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis sessions and implement risk mitigation plans.
• Develop predictive reliability models for individual and integrated modules across different climates and road conditions.
• Collaborate with hardware design, systems engineering, hardware safety, field operations, embedded software, and contract manufacturing teams.

Requirements

• Extensive experience developing and validating hardware products, including compute systems, automotive sensors, and thermal management or sensor-cleaning systems.
• Deep knowledge of the physics of failure for electronic, mechanical, and optoelectronic components.
• Strong ability to design and execute shock, vibration, and thermal reliability tests for contract manufacturing environments.
• Experience analyzing hardware performance data and translating findings into design improvements.
• Direct experience improving the reliability of mass-produced optomechanical assemblies and managing feedback with external vendors.

Nice to have

• Automotive R&D leadership experience and familiarity with AEC-Q, ISO-16750, and related reliability standards.
• Experience evaluating manufacturing and assembly processes during scale-up to mass production.
• Working knowledge of hardware-firmware interactions, material science, PCBAs, BGA structural integrity, and conformal coatings under humidity exposure.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on autonomous vehicle technology and complex transportation systems.
• Collaborative environment involving automotive partners and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Annual bonus, equity compensation, and employee benefits.
• Strong emphasis on safety, integrity, inclusion, and responsible engineering.