External Engineering Manager

Location: Austin, TX, United States; workplace: On-site

Company

hirify.global executes engineering work through specialized external partners across multiple technical disciplines.

What you will do

• Lead external engineering firms, consultants, and specialist contractors throughout project lifecycles.
• Define scopes of work, technical deliverables, schedules, quality expectations, milestones, and reporting cadences.
• Coordinate chemical, mechanical, electrical, and process-safety analyses across third-party partners.
• Review engineering analyses, deliverables, and modeling results for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with internal requirements.
• Act as the technical interface between external partners and internal engineering, project delivery, licensing, and operations teams.
• Drive partner performance, contract governance, corrective actions, change control, and risk analysis for external technical dependencies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering.
• 5–10 years of experience in technical project leadership, engineering, or engineering-services coordination.
• Experience in complex, heavy-tech environments such as aerospace, robotics, or industrial/manufacturing settings.
• Demonstrated success managing external engineering firms and consulting relationships on complex technical projects.
• Strong project coordination, communication, stakeholder management, and technical review skills.
• Experience developing scopes of work, technical requirements, and governance frameworks for external engineering contracts.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of engineering analysis tools, document control practices, and technical quality assurance standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, on-site work in Austin, Texas.
• Cross-functional collaboration with engineering, project delivery, licensing, operations, Legal, and Project Controls.