Manufacturing Design Program Manager (AI Hardware)

Location: On-site in San Jose, California; willingness to travel internationally to manufacturing partners is required. Relocation support is available for candidates moving to San Jose.

Company

hirify.global builds frontier AI hardware by co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing systems focused on high-throughput, low-latency inference.

What you will do

• Drive manufacturing technical readiness across new product introduction and mass production for transformer-specific AI systems.
• Lead design-for-manufacturing reviews across L6, L10, and L11 assemblies and identify manufacturability risks, integration challenges, and process constraints.
• Own build readiness, factory execution, process capability, yield, schedules, and manufacturing risks for assigned programs.
• Coordinate prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, and production builds with design engineering, test engineering, SMT, FATP, supply chain, and operations.
• Partner with contract manufacturers and supply chain teams on production plans, tooling, line bring-up, and factory ramp strategies.
• Drive root-cause analysis, issue resolution, KPI monitoring, continuous improvement, and executive reporting.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hardware engineering experience with transition into technical, design, or manufacturing program management.
• Background in mechanical, electrical, systems, or manufacturing engineering and experience leading cross-functional hardware programs through NPI and production.
• Experience with complex electromechanical systems or high-performance compute hardware.
• Strong understanding of EVT, DVT, PVT, production ramp, and design-for-manufacturing reviews.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers, FATP partners, or ODM/OEM manufacturing operations.
• Ability to work in person from the San Jose office and travel internationally as needed.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI servers, accelerator systems, networking hardware, storage systems, or other high-performance compute platforms.
• Familiarity with SMT manufacturing, factory operations, automated test systems, or final system integration.
• Experience with yield analytics, SPC, process capability metrics, or manufacturing data systems.
• Experience with liquid-cooled systems, advanced packaging, high-density compute, or ASIC, thermal, reliability, and validation engineering.
• Experience bringing first-generation hardware products into production in a fast-paced startup environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully in-person engineering team based in San Jose's Santana Row.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with generous premium support.
• $500 monthly credit for waiving medical benefits.
• $2,000 monthly housing subsidy for employees living within walking distance of the office.
• Wellness benefits, daily lunch and dinner, and an unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification.
• Cross-disciplinary environment with close collaboration between engineering and research.