Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering

Location: Full-time, on-site role at the Los Angeles headquarters in Torrance, California.

Base salary: $225,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global is electrifying the marine industry through electric powertrains, software, and vessel designs for consumer, commercial, tug, ferry, and defense applications.

What you will do

• Lead the hardware engineering organization across mechanical, electrical, and test engineering for consumer vessels.
• Build and maintain a strong multidisciplinary R&D function and streamline processes for rapid product development.
• Ensure designs are performant, simplified, and aligned with program objectives in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Partner with sales, service, production, product, and industrial design to advance consumer engineering offerings.
• Set the long-term vision for small-vessel design engineering and guide difficult decisions for sub-1MW powertrain platforms.
• Lead low-voltage and high-voltage powertrain platforms and compute, including crossover into commercial applications and full-vessel vertical integration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Robust experience leading teams in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
• Strong understanding of both mechanical and electrical engineering fundamentals.
• Business sense and pragmatism to meet company objectives beyond engineering objectives.
• First-principles thinking and the ability to motivate dissenting opinions when needed.
• Strong interpersonal and people-management skills, including clear written and verbal communication.
• Experience leading cross-functionally to grow a high-performing engineering team.

Nice to have

• Track record of engineering success under tight timelines.
• Experience driving a product from early R&D through high-rate production.
• Ability to work at a fast but sustainable pace.
• Enthusiasm for boating and the water.

Culture & Benefits

• Values include ownership, empathy, humility, pragmatism, and inclusion.
• Full-time employees receive employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid parental leave, PTO, life insurance, and disability insurance.
• Benefits include Traditional and Roth 401(k) access, equity grants, and semi-annual impact-based bonuses.
• Additional support includes a $500 annual water fund, professional development reimbursement, a monthly AI stipend, and annual safety-equipment reimbursement.
• Captain training, access to Arc boats, daily onsite lunches, snacks, and coffee are provided.
• Relocation assistance is available depending on role eligibility.

Hiring process

• Interview discussions may cover alignment with Arc’s values and the candidate’s approach to ownership, collaboration, and problem solving.