Manufacturing Engineer I – Tooling Specialist

Location: 100% onsite in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States; production floor and lab environment, minimal travel under 10%, and extended hours as needed.

Base compensation: $54,678–$101,546 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops automation and analytics solutions for managing medications and supplies across hospitals, pharmacies, and home healthcare.

What you will do

• Manage the tooling lifecycle, including procurement, inspection, inventory, replacement, repair, and refurbishment.
• Stage tooling for production schedules and changeovers, and maintain documentation and traceability records.
• Inspect tooling against drawings, specifications, and quality requirements while troubleshooting safety, quality, and efficiency issues.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, vendors, and internal engineering teams.
• Support preventive maintenance, NPI launches, equipment commissioning and qualification, and tooling performance monitoring.
• Drive continuous improvement through Lean, 5S, waste reduction, DOE, validation, alternate materials, and data-driven problem solving.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Proficiency with Excel and general business applications.
• Basic CAD knowledge.
• Ability to work 100% onsite in St. Petersburg, Florida, in a production floor and lab environment.

Nice to have

• Quality Management Systems experience.
• CAD experience, preferably SolidWorks.
• ERP knowledge, preferably SAP.
• PLM experience, preferably Agile.
• Familiarity with Lean manufacturing and 5S principles.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration focused on tooling readiness and operational excellence.
• Opportunities to build expertise in manufacturing and tooling systems.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for eligible US employees and dependents.
• Wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement plans with matching, and paid time off.