Senior Manager, Servo Firmware Engineering (HDD)

Location: San Jose, CA or Irvine, CA, United States; onsite at the San Jose Great Oaks Headquarters.

Salary: $184,500–$246,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops data storage systems and infrastructure for hyperscale data centers, cloud platforms, enterprise infrastructure, and AI-driven data workloads.

What you will do

• Lead the strategic vision and execution of servo subsystem firmware architecture for next-generation HDD products with multiple concurrent data streams and multi-actuator control.
• Define and implement HDD servo firmware covering real-time motion control, parameter management, microarchitecture, instruction set architecture, and associated toolchains.
• Coordinate SoC microarchitecture decisions, FPGA prototyping, accelerator design, and production-ready firmware and tools models.
• Own servo compute resource management, including instruction and data memory allocation, processor cycle limits, regression thresholds, and continuous integration practices.
• Lead co-design of firmware platforms, control loops, multi-cluster and multi-actuator orchestration, and tools for characterization and debugging.
• Coordinate geographically distributed teams and communicate architectural trade-offs and strategic recommendations to senior management and cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or an equivalent degree and professional experience.
• 10+ years of professional experience in embedded architecture and development, focused on real-time control, storage technology, or related servo control applications.
• 5+ years of experience in senior technical leadership roles with a consistent record of delivering results.
• Proficiency in digital signal processing and real-time systems development.
• Experience with FPGA and/or ASIC design for embedded applications.
• Proficiency in C/C++ programming, including compiler toolchain awareness.
• Familiarity with MATLAB, Simulink, and modeling and simulation tools such as Renode.
• Understanding of hardware-software co-design, system-level integration, product development lifecycle, design-for-manufacturability principles, and storage technology standards and practices.
• Ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams across geographically distributed locations, manage complex technical projects, solve problems analytically, communicate effectively in English, and collaborate in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Master's degree or relevant professional certification in embedded systems or real-time architecture.
• PhD or specialist certification with demonstrated expertise in real-time, multi-core computing platform architecture.
• Proficiency in servo control theory, including loop design, stability analysis, and performance optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across geographically distributed and worldwide engineering teams.
• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, accident, and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts, employee assistance, transit benefits, and voluntary insurance programs.
• Tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k) savings plan, and potential bonus or long-term incentive eligibility.
• Inclusive workplace and equal employment opportunities.