Senior Manager of Specialty Engineering (Quantum Hardware)

Location: On-site in Broomfield, Colorado, United States. Candidates must be U.S. Persons. Candidates must not be nationals of the People's Republic of China or Russia unless also U.S. citizens.

Base pay: $168,000–$227,000 annually, plus bonus and equity eligibility.

Company

hirify.global develops a full-stack quantum computing platform for real-world applications across pharmaceuticals, materials science, financial services, government, industrial sectors, and research institutions.

What you will do

• Lead and scale Quality Engineering, Materials and Process Engineering, and Reliability Engineering disciplines for complex quantum hardware.
• Build capability roadmaps, competency models, technical standards, hiring plans, succession depth, and career development structures.
• Own the hardware QMS, including controls for design and development, risk management, inspection, traceability, non-conformance, supplier quality, calibration, audits, training, CAPA, and management review.
• Lead hardware failure analysis, including triage, containment, investigation strategy, root-cause determination, reporting, and organizational learning.
• Guide material and special-process qualification, specifications, process controls, supplier requirements, and change control across precision mechanical, optical, photonic, electrical, vacuum, and cryogenic hardware.
• Partner with R&D, product, Supplier Quality, Supply Chain, and senior leadership on architecture trades, technology maturation, design reviews, product realization, risk decisions, and metrics for yield, defects, reliability, supplier quality, and QMS health.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher is required.
• At least 8 years of experience in quality, reliability, materials and process, product, systems, or manufacturing engineering for complex hardware.
• At least 8 years of experience with QMS processes, non-conformance, root-cause analysis, CAPA, risk management, and verification of corrective-action effectiveness.
• At least 5 years of experience leading technical teams, including direct people leadership and capability development.
• At least 5 years of experience partnering with R&D and product teams to mature technology from prototype through qualification and production readiness.
• Must be a U.S. Person: a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or green card holder, or worker granted asylum or refugee status.
• Must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless also a U.S. citizen.

Nice to have

• Master's or PhD in Physics, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience building or significantly improving specialty engineering functions, technical centers of excellence, or cross-functional engineering systems.
• Experience leading technically ambiguous investigations, integrating evidence across disciplines, and making risk-based recommendations.
• Experience developing engineers, setting technical standards, and balancing strategic capability building with urgent program execution.
• Leadership experience across at least two of Quality Engineering, Materials and Process Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Supplier Quality, Failure Analysis, or Systems Engineering.
• Experience with low-volume, high-complexity hardware in quantum, aerospace, semiconductor, photonics, precision instrumentation, medical device, or similarly rigorous environments.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 or comparable quality-system frameworks and practical engineering controls.
• Experience with precision mechanical assemblies, optics and photonics, electronics, vacuum systems, cryogenic systems, cleanrooms, and contamination-sensitive hardware.
• Experience establishing failure-analysis laboratories or external laboratory networks and using SEM/EDS, XPS, FTIR, microscopy, metrology, leak detection, or contamination analysis.
• Experience with reliability planning, FMEA/FMECA, accelerated testing, reliability growth, FRACAS, or field-data analysis.
• Six Sigma, ASQ, reliability, quality-auditor, or related professional certification.
• Excellent judgment, communication, organizational leadership, and cross-functional influence.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site work with flexible work arrangements supporting work-life balance.
• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match and student loan repayment benefit.
• Bonus, equity opportunities, paid time off, sick leave, and 12 paid holidays annually.
• Paid parental leave and employee discount programs.