Senior Manager, Autonomous Vehicle Assembly Operations (Autonomous Vehicles)

Location: Henderson, Colorado, United States; based at the headquarters, with travel as needed.

Salary: $155,000–$215,000 per year, plus benefits, equity, and bonus eligibility.

Company

hirify.global develops zero-emission autonomous systems for logistics yard operations, including self-driving electric trucks, robotic manipulation systems, and proprietary safety systems.

What you will do

• Lead the end-to-end upfit, assembly, integration, inspection, testing, and verification of electric trucks into autonomous vehicles.
• Develop the manufacturing roadmap for scaling from low-volume builds to efficient, repeatable commercial production.
• Lead vehicle assembly and integration technicians while managing safety, quality, delivery, inventory, cost, facilities, and continuous improvement.
• Design production layouts, workstations, tooling, material flow, staffing models, capacity plans, standard work, and technician training programs.
• Implement MES, manufacturing data, ERP/MRP, inventory, traceability, quality-record, and production-control systems.
• Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, OEMs, and contract manufacturers on production readiness, testing, process transfer, and manufacturing strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 7 years of experience in assembly, production, manufacturing engineering, or advanced manufacturing for vehicles, complex hardware, or electromechanical systems, including 3+ years leading manufacturing or technician teams.
• Experience scaling assembly or manufacturing operations from concept or low-volume production through commercial scale.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical and electrical assembly, vehicle wiring and harnesses, sensors, compute hardware, robotics, and integrated electromechanical systems.
• Experience with assembly process design, line balancing, tooling, material flow, capacity planning, standard work, inspection processes, control plans, ERP/MRP, MES, and ISO 9001-compliant manufacturing.
• Ability to work hands-on in a fast-moving production environment and travel as needed.

Nice to have

• Experience managing OEMs, contract manufacturers, outsourced manufacturing, or process transfers from pilot to external production.
• Experience in supply chain management, vendor negotiation, facilities management, manufacturing test automation, digital work instructions, or traceability systems.
• Master's degree or ASQ, CMfgE, CPIM, Lean, or Six Sigma certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k), FSA, and HSA programs.
• Parental leave, flexible time off, wellness programs, and mental health benefits.
• Professional development benefits and a significant equity or stock option package.