Technical Program Manager - Hardware Systems (Robotics)

Location: Irvine, California, United States; Workplace: On-site

Salary: $70,000–$300,000 per year, plus benefits and equity

Company

hirify.global develops risk-aware, reliable, field-ready AI systems and autonomous robotics solutions for complex real-world environments.

What you will do

• Plan and track timelines, milestones, deliverables, schedules, and roadmaps for hardware development programs.
• Coordinate electrical, mechanical, embedded, software, field operations, product, and business stakeholders.
• Organize design reviews, facilitate meetings, track action items, resolve blockers, and drive decisions.
• Identify program risks, maintain risk trackers, support mitigation planning, and prepare status and executive reports.
• Coordinate prototype builds, component readiness, development cycles, resources, and issue resolution.
• Evaluate vendors, coordinate suppliers and contract manufacturers, and support a resilient hardware supply chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, operations management, or a related field.
• 1–6 years of experience in program management, engineering, operations, or related roles.
• Experience tracking project activities, deliverables, KPIs, and work in tools such as Jira.
• Experience facilitating alignment across internal and external cross-functional teams.
• Basic technical understanding of hardware systems or engineering workflows.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous, high-growth startup environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with hardware or robotics programs and product development or NPI processes.
• Experience driving validation and qualification alignment for prototypes or product changes.
• Technical ability to engage with electrical, mechanical, sensing, and compute teams and assess system-level trade-offs.
• Experience scaling hardware systems from prototype to mass production.
• MS technical degree or PMP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full benefits, equity, and generous time off.
• Work with a close-knit, interdisciplinary team focused on deploying robotics in unstructured environments.
• Inclusive environment with evaluation based on merit, qualifications, and performance.
• Collaboration with globally distributed teammates and experts from leading robotics, AI, aerospace, and technology organizations.