Director of Facilities (AI Hardware)

Location: Austin, Texas; full-time onsite position

Salary: $240,000–$280,000 per year plus equity

Company

hirify.global is an innovative startup developing silicon photonics and programmable metasurface technology for energy-efficient AI inference hardware.

What you will do

• Own the physical infrastructure and site operations of the first testing and production facility.
• Direct multi-million-dollar building improvements, greenfield expansions, facility fit-outs, budgets, schedules, permitting, and commissioning.
• Manage general contractors, architectural and engineering firms, MEP contractors, trade specialists, vendors, and equipment acceptance testing.
• Oversee cleanrooms, electro-optical test environments, metrology spaces, precision equipment layouts, rigging, and MEP tool hookups.
• Manage critical utilities, including high-capacity power, DC supply systems, process cooling, bulk process gases, DI water, HVAC, and backup generators.
• Lead facility operations, preventive maintenance, access control, physical security, vendor SLAs, and site Environmental Health & Safety.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive facilities management and leadership experience in high-tech hardware, semiconductor, microelectronics, optics, or advanced cleanroom manufacturing.
• Experience program-managing major facilities projects and greenfield fit-outs with multi-million-dollar budgets.
• Deep technical familiarity with cleanrooms, precision HVAC, bulk nitrogen, DI water systems, and hazardous chemical security.
• Experience managing general contractors, MEP engineers, trades, municipal inspections, building codes, zoning, and environmental permitting.
• Direct leadership of workplace safety, hazardous chemical management, regulatory compliance, emergency response, and permitting renewals, including OSHA and EPA requirements.
• Must work onsite in Austin, Texas.

Nice to have

• Professional certification in facilities management or safety.
• Experience with laser and optics laboratories, Class 4 laser safety, ESD-sensitive environments, optical sub-assemblies, active alignment, or wafer-level integration.
• Experience scaling greenfield facilities into operational NPI and hardware validation centers.

Culture & Benefits

• Health plan premiums fully covered for employees and dependents, with HSA contributions.
• Unlimited PTO.
• 401(k) matching and stock option opportunities.
• Dental, vision, life, hospital, critical illness, and accident insurance.
• Personalized benefits plans with cash-back options for declined coverage.