Senior Program Manager, Production & Manufacturing — NGCM

Location: Huntsville, Alabama, United States; ability to travel to suppliers, manufacturing facilities, and other program locations as required.

Salary: $128,000–$217,500 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous defense systems across air, land, sea, space, and cyber, including AI-powered drones and loitering munitions.

What you will do

• Lead the NGCM program transition from prototype development through initial production and full-rate production.
• Develop manufacturing readiness plans covering facilities, equipment, tooling, staffing, materials, suppliers, quality, and acceptance testing.
• Establish repeatable production flows, work instructions, configuration-controlled processes, traceability, tooling, test equipment, and workforce training.
• Assess supplier readiness, capacity, long-lead materials, make-or-buy options, alternate sources, and phased production capacity needs.
• Own manufacturing execution against delivery schedules, budgets, quality objectives, throughput, yield, rework, scrap, labor efficiency, shortages, and unit-cost targets.
• Build and lead the manufacturing organization while coordinating engineering, quality, supply chain, operations, suppliers, and executive leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• At least 10 years of relevant aerospace or defense manufacturing experience, including leadership of complex hardware production.
• Successful personal leadership of at least one program from prototype or engineering development into repeatable production with increasing delivery rates.
• Experience establishing production readiness, manufacturing processes, tooling, staffing, supplier capacity, production schedules, manufacturing budgets, recurring unit costs, and capital requirements.
• Working knowledge of configuration management, engineering change control, material planning, ERP/MRP systems, and production quality systems.
• Ability to resolve production constraints across engineering, supply chain, quality, and program management, and present performance, risks, and recovery plans to senior leaders.
• Ability to qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR/EAR or obtain an applicable export license; some positions may require current U.S. citizenship due to contract requirements.
• Secret clearance level is specified for the position.

Nice to have

• Experience transitioning missile, interceptor, munition, or comparable complex defense hardware into production.
• Experience with accelerated fielding programs, manufacturing readiness assessments, production readiness reviews, first article inspections, and AS9100 environments.
• Experience scaling assembly and acceptance-test operations across internal facilities and multiple suppliers.
• Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or comparable continuous improvement experience.
• Experience developing capital investment business cases and executing manufacturing facility expansion.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment with a 9/80 work schedule and paid holiday shutdown.
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits with company matching.
• Safety, quality, disciplined execution, and continuous improvement are emphasized.
• Principals only; agencies are not accepted.