Principal Product Manager (Autonomous Vehicles)

Location: Based in the Pittsburgh or Las Vegas office with in-office days each week; travel up to 50% may be required.

Salary: $176,000–$242,000 USD base salary annually, with potential bonus and equity.

Company

hirify.global is a driverless technology company developing autonomous vehicles and fleet operations technology, with operations in the United States and Asia.

What you will do

• Lead the strategy for unified fleet operations tooling covering vehicle mission management, health monitoring, and customer assistance.
• Own the Command Center fleet operations application across configuration and deployment, facility bring-up and launch, on-road fleet management, field support, and maintenance.
• Translate customer and operator insights into product requirements, user stories, technical specifications, acceptance criteria, and a prioritized backlog.
• Drive complex technical products from concept through launch and iteration in an agile environment.
• Partner with cloud, embedded, mobile, hardware engineering, AI/ML, and QA teams to deliver technically sound features.
• Define and track KPIs for customer satisfaction, engagement, task success, operational efficiency, and experience quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, HCI/Human Factors, or a relevant technical field.
• 5+ years of product management experience with a strong technical background focused on customer-facing software products, operational tools, or complex system integrations.
• Proven success delivering technically challenging products from initial concept through multiple iterations and commercial launch.
• Deep understanding of software development lifecycles, agile methodologies, modern software architecture, cloud-based services, and distributed systems.
• Experience with HMI design, IVI systems, iOS/Android applications, platform/API integrations, or operational command-and-control interfaces.
• Ability to translate customer and operator needs into detailed technical requirements and communicate them effectively to engineering teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Experience in autonomous vehicles, automotive technology, ride-sharing, or logistics/fleet management.
• Experience with Android Automotive, QNX, display technologies, and vehicle communication protocols.
• Experience defining, building, and managing APIs for third-party integrations.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, fleet-management technologies, and real-time data processing.
• Experience collaborating with embedded/hardware engineering teams and cloud/mobile software engineering teams.
• Experience with user research methodologies and usability testing for consumer-facing and enterprise/operational tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative culture emphasizing innovation, safety, integrity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, health savings accounts, life insurance, and pet insurance.
• Professional growth and development opportunities in a fast-moving autonomous vehicle technology field.
• Compensation may include base salary, bonus, and equity.
• The position requires travel of up to 50% depending on business purpose and product deliverables.