Staff / Senior Deployment & Release Manager (Autonomous Systems)

Location: Toronto, Canada; Poland; Frankfurt, Germany; Atlanta, United States; London, United Kingdom; Vancouver, Canada; or remote

Company

hirify.global is a Series A company developing autonomous ground support equipment for airlines and airport ground service providers.

What you will do

• Own the evaluation and approval process for deployments within defined Operational Design Domains.
• Verify that system and vehicle releases meet validation and approval requirements before deployment.
• Support autonomous vehicle bring-up from receipt and commissioning through first autonomous missions.
• Manage recurring software releases, including quality gates and validation through simulation, closed-course testing, shadow mode, and supervised testing.
• Schedule fleet software updates with zero downtime during peak operations and maintain reversion readiness.
• Define vehicle configurations and lead change management, documentation, and review-board processes for regulatory and customer compliance.

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience developing and managing safety-critical autonomous deployments.
• Strong understanding of software development, system architecture, and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and aligning them around unified processes.
• Ability to communicate technical issues and solutions across engineering and business audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace, or an equivalent discipline preferred.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience fostering a safety culture in aviation, airline, or robotics applications.
• Familiarity with airport and airline operations or airside driving environments.
• Experience with safety standards including ISO 26262, ISO 21448, UL 4600, IEC 61508, ANSI B56.5, ISO 3691, and ANSI 15.08.