Director, Environmental Health & Safety (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite in Mountain View, California, United States, with approximately 40% travel within the Bay Area to other facilities and flight-test locations.

Salary: $198,000–$248,000 per year, with the starting base salary dependent on location, experience, and business factors.

Company

hirify.global develops safe, all-electric, autonomous aircraft for urban mobility and is advancing aerospace R&D, certified production, and flight testing.

What you will do

• Lead the strategic vision, design, and long-term deployment of Wisk’s global Environmental, Health, and Safety program.
• Define and champion the company-wide safety strategy in partnership with Safety Management Systems, RAMS, Quality, Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing, Certification, and flight-testing teams.
• Own regulatory compliance, workplace safety, and the EHS Management System across current and future facilities.
• Build and manage a proactive, high-performing EHS organization, including annual planning, budgeting, capital allocation, and resource development.
• Embed hazard mitigations into operational workflows and address risks involving advanced electrical systems, composite manufacturing, and chemical management.
• Run executive compliance reviews, facility audits, incident investigations, and regulator and aerospace-partner engagements, including Boeing EHS audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Environmental Safety, Occupational Safety and Health, or a related engineering or scientific discipline.
• 10–15+ years of EHS experience, including at least 10 years in organizational leadership.
• Experience in high-tech, mission-critical, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, or safety-critical hardware development environments.
• Hands-on experience building and scaling enterprise-wide EHS programs across multi-site organizations.
• Applied knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and local compliance standards, accident investigation, root-cause analysis, and mitigation reporting.
• Experience leading EHS teams, reducing TRIR, managing regulatory inspections, developing emergency response programs, and influencing employees and executives.

Nice to have

• CSP or CIH certification.
• DOT hazardous materials and California Title 22, Division 4.5 certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety is treated as a foundational organizational principle through a proactive “Just Culture” framework.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Flexible vacation time, 11 company holidays, and nine off Fridays for full-time employees.
• 401(k) plan with 50% company matching, immediately vested.
• Commuter assistance, education assistance, wellness allowances, catered lunches, and flight lessons.