Electrical Architect, Body Systems Lead (Automotive)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, or Novi, Michigan, United States. Based at the hirify.global corporate headquarters with 4–5 days per week in the office, regular in-person meetings and occasional travel.

Salary: $160,000–$192,500 annual base salary, plus eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is developing electrified and digitally enabled pickup trucks and rugged SUVs, including all-electric and range-extender powertrains.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end electrical and electronic architecture for assigned Body Systems and align it with vehicle-level architecture and program objectives.
• Lead functional, logical, and physical architecture development, resolving significant cross-domain issues and technical tradeoffs.
• Direct system integration across electrical, software, mechanical, controls, and validation interfaces from concept through launch and post-launch support.
• Define system requirements, design inputs, functional and EOL specifications, test methods, DFMEA, design verification, and product validation deliverables.
• Lead architecture readiness against prototype, VFF, PVS, and vehicle launch milestones, assessing risks and establishing recovery direction.
• Coordinate engineering and business groups, lead design reviews, and align diverse stakeholders on architecture decisions.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field, with 12–15 years of relevant experience; equivalent education and experience combinations may be considered.
• Extensive automotive systems or mechatronics product experience, including Body Systems and cross-domain vehicle integration.
• Strong first-principles engineering capability and experience evaluating significant and unique technical issues.
• Recognized expertise in systems engineering, multi-domain physics, and complex system design involving electrical and software integration.
• Familiarity with embedded-systems software, wiring, and power distribution units.
• Familiarity with CAN, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, LVDS, and vehicle network tools such as CANalyzer and CANoe.
• Expertise in complex problem solving and data analysis, with the ability to influence stakeholders, make independent technical judgments, and drive results across extended teams.
• Experience with model-based design, MBSE/MBD simulation toolsets, and MIL/SIL/HIL.
• Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, Codebeamer, Preevision, CAMEO, GitHub, and JFrog.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, inclusive, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced environment focused on building products and a company from the ground up.
• Medical, dental, vision, and income protection insurance plans.
• 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of planned PTO, 40 hours of unplanned PTO, and 14 company or floating holidays annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, plus paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, and military leave.
• Full-time, exempt employment; applicants must be at least 18 years old. The role is not eligible for remote work in New York City.