Fleet Operations Lead Engineer

Location: Onsite in Portland, Oregon; hybrid arrangements may be discussed. Relocation assistance is available to facilitate a move to Portland.

Salary: $175,000–$280,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is a public benefit renewable energy and ocean technology company developing autonomous wave power generators and ultra-low-cost ocean energy systems.

What you will do

• Own at-sea operations for the autonomous Node fleet from initial deployment through decommissioning.
• Design fleet operations requirements, protocols, standards, management processes, monitoring, and repositioning strategies.
• Partner with fleet control software and simulation teams on GUI design, geographic boundaries, fleet movement strategies, and performance optimization.
• Design and run Node operator qualification standards and training programs.
• Prevent nodes from entering major shipping lanes or shallow water.
• Monitor node health and performance trends and coordinate planned or emergent returns to port with engineering and marine operations teams.

Requirements

• Degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of marine operations experience, including planning around ocean conditions, water depth, geography, and weather.
• Extensive experience learning and operating complex mechanical and electrical vehicle or product systems in challenging, high-consequence environments.
• Experience integrating operational requirements into hardware and GUI design.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across varied technical levels.
• Ability to work onsite in Portland, Oregon, with travel to Portland required.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Proficiency with plotting and analyzing data for performance trends and hardware health.
• Experience designing complex vehicle operations from the ground up across software, hardware, communications, operators, and performance requirements.
• Knowledge of marine systems fundamentals, including hydraulics, pneumatics, and industrial automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Creative, scrappy, collaborative engineering and operations environment with high autonomy.
• Flexible working hours, work-life balance, and unlimited paid time off.
• Company equity for employees.
• Health, dental, vision, and disability insurance, with the company covering specified full-time employee and dependent plans.
• Access to 401(k), health FSA, and dependent care FSA accounts.
• Occasional longer hours and weekends may be required to support critical needs.