Senior Global Manager, Application Engineering – Electrical Architecture & Electronics (Automotive)

Location: On-site in Livonia, Michigan, United States; at least four days per week at the hirify.global Center. Up to 30% domestic and international travel. Relocation may be authorized.

Company

hirify.global develops technologies and products across global markets, including transportation solutions for automotive, commercial vehicle, and rail applications.

What you will do

• Lead a global team of field-, account-, and strategy-aligned Application Engineers supporting Electrical Architecture & Electronics customers and growth priorities.
• Shape the global EA&E technology and solution roadmap by translating industry trends, customer needs, and system-level insights into differentiated solutions.
• Build technical relationships with automotive OEMs, Tier suppliers, engineering organizations, manufacturing sites, and ecosystem partners from platform definition through pre-RFQ activities.
• Lead customer and technical engagements for automotive display films, including specification influence, application development, and commercialization.
• Develop modular, platform-based solution architectures and translate customer and market insights into NPI opportunities, value propositions, and cross-portfolio growth programs.
• Drive future E/E architecture and electronics integration opportunities, R&D priorities, operating practices, capability development, and collaboration across global and regional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, completed and verified before starting.
• At least seven years of experience in Application Engineering, systems engineering, product development, or technical service in a customer-facing technical field.
• Legal authorization to work in the country of employment without employment visa sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Ten or more years of customer-facing technical experience with demonstrated success converting customer insights into growth opportunities.
• Experience leading technical teams, programs, or customer engagements across multiple countries or regions.
• Deep knowledge of automotive electrical and electronic architecture, electronics systems, and evolving vehicle technology trends, including engagement with OEM and Tier engineering organizations.
• Experience with automotive displays, display films, optical materials, human-machine interfaces, or adjacent interior electronics applications.
• Skills in global team leadership, talent development, executive customer engagement, business acumen, technology strategy, and NPI execution.

Culture & Benefits

• Global collaboration with colleagues across locations, technologies, and products.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, disability benefits, life insurance, voluntary benefits, paid absences, and retirement benefits may be available.
• Employees are expected to follow safety policies, identify hazards, and contribute to continuous EHS improvement.
• Full-time US employees must sign an employee agreement covering confidential information, trade secrets, conflicts of interest, and invention assignment.