Advanced Software Development Engineer (Manufacturing)

Location: On-site in Woodbury, Minnesota, at least four days per week. Travel may include up to 10% domestic or international travel. Relocation assistance may be authorized. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.

Salary: $98,964–$120,957 per year, including base pay and eligible variable incentive pay.

Company

hirify.global develops technology, materials, and products across global industrial and commercial markets.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support custom software applications for process development and manufacturing environments.
• Build applications for process monitoring, production data collection, workflow execution, reporting, visualization, and operational decision-making.
• Integrate software with PLCs, data historians, IoT platforms, manufacturing systems, laboratory hardware, HMI, edge computing, and cloud or hybrid environments.
• Develop dashboards, reporting tools, analytics applications, and AI/ML-enabled solutions for process understanding, quality, and operational performance.
• Troubleshoot software, hardware, interfaces, and process systems while implementing reliable corrective actions.
• Support the transition of prototypes and pilot implementations into scalable manufacturing solutions, including documentation and knowledge transfer.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Information Systems.
• At least three years of experience in software development, industrial software, manufacturing software, automation-related software, or related technical work.
• Experience with one or more modern programming languages, such as C#, .NET, Python, Java, or JavaScript.
• Experience with databases, APIs, system integrations, connected data environments, or industrial automation.
• Knowledge of software lifecycle practices including source control, testing, release management, deployment, documentation, and support.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Experience with smart manufacturing, process manufacturing, digital process development, or custom shop-floor applications.
• Experience with dashboards, reporting, data visualization, analytics, or AI/ML-enabled manufacturing solutions.
• Experience in R&D, pilot-line, laboratory-to-manufacturing, or production scale-up environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across multidisciplinary teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with R&D, process development, manufacturing, automation, quality, and IT teams.
• Work in a technically rigorous environment focused on innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, disability and life insurance, paid absences, and retirement benefits.
• Employees are expected to follow corporate policies, security standards, and environmental health and safety practices.