Sr. Specialist - AI Automation & Testing (Automotive)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States; 4–5 days per week in the office. Regular in-person meetings, company events, and occasional travel are required.

Salary: $140,000–$170,000 annual base salary, plus eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is developing electrified, digitally enabled pickup trucks and rugged SUVs, including all-electric and range-extender powertrains.

What you will do

• Design and implement end-to-end toolchains covering code commits, builds, ECU flashing, vehicle and HIL testing, data logging, and analysis.
• Build ML models for test prioritization, failure prediction, intelligent test selection, anomaly detection, and AI-based release readiness scoring.
• Develop NLP pipelines for automated log triage and defect classification, including analysis of CAN traces, diagnostic logs, and vehicle telemetry.
• Integrate AI modules into Jenkins, GitLab CI, and GitHub Actions pipelines and orchestrate scalable execution with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Automate ECU flashing, OTA package workflows, smoke validation, HIL integration, and regression testing across benches, dynos, and fleet vehicles.
• Create dashboards and quality gates for release health, defect leakage, test effectiveness, and risk-based release decisions.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or a related field with 8+ years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of vehicle E/E architecture, ECU software stacks, embedded systems, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Automotive Ethernet, UDS, and diagnostic tools.
• Advanced Python skills with SQL and Bash; experience with scikit-learn, TensorFlow or PyTorch, time-series analysis, and anomaly detection.
• Expertise with GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux-based development environments.
• Experience with vehicle toolchains, SIL/HIL frameworks, fleet data systems, CANalyzer, CANoe, and ALM/PLM tools such as Codebeamer, Polarion, DOORS Next, or Windchill.
• Ability to work in the Charlotte office 4–5 days per week and attend in-person meetings and events.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build new vehicle products and contribute to an organization from the ground up.
• Medical, dental, vision, and income protection plans.
• 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of planned PTO, 40 hours of unplanned PTO, and 14 company or floating holidays annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, plus paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, and military leave.