Sr Manager, Manufacturing Test Engineering (Robotics)

Location: Onsite at the Salem, Oregon office; all roles are U.S.-based. Current authorization to work in the United States is required. Occasional travel to contract manufacturers, suppliers, or remote production sites may be required.

Salary: $162,000–$210,000 USD base salary annually.

Company

hirify.global develops commercially deployed humanoid robots for warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary Manufacturing Test Engineering team for electronics and controls.
• Define and execute the global PCBA test strategy across prototyping, NPI, production ramp, and sustaining operations.
• Oversee fixture selection, calibration, spares, Gauge R&R validation, and deployment to internal and supplier sites.
• Drive test data infrastructure, real-time dashboards, yield analysis, root-cause investigation, and predictive failure monitoring.
• Coordinate with Design Engineering, System Engineering & Integration Test, Manufacturing, and Product teams.
• Manage test asset lifecycle programs, documentation, handoffs, and continuous improvements in reliability and throughput.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of manufacturing test engineering experience for electromechanical or embedded systems, including 3+ years in leadership or management.
• Experience building and scaling test teams and owning end-to-end manufacturing test systems.
• Expertise in mixed-signal bed-of-nails ICT and functional test hardware, custom test-interface PCB design, fixture integration, and DFT.
• Proficiency in Python or LabVIEW, test instruments, communication protocols including I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, and EtherCAT, plus MES and production test data pipelines.
• Current authorization to work in the United States and availability for onsite work in Salem, Oregon.

Nice to have

• Experience in robotics, aerospace, automotive, or other complex electromechanical systems.
• Exposure to safety-critical product testing and regulatory compliance.
• Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or structured quality improvement experience.
• Experience with SEIT-to-MTE handoffs, test coverage reviews, ATE platforms such as NI/TestStand, and cable harness validation.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employee benefits begin on the first day of employment.
• 6% 401(k) company match, equity, and company-paid medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
• Paid parental leave, employee assistance support, professional development, and tuition reimbursement.
• Flexible unlimited PTO for exempt employees or vacation and paid sick leave for non-exempt employees, plus 12 company holidays and a winter shutdown.
• Relocation assistance, catered lunches four days per week, and an annual discretionary bonus for eligible roles.