Senior Scientist, Brita Systems & Devices R&D Product Development

Location: Pleasanton, California, USA; minimum three days per week in the office. Relocation assistance is offered, and travel to suppliers, plants, and manufacturing partners may reach approximately 25%.

Salary range: $91,200–$175,000, $100,300–$192,500, or $109,400–$210,000 annually, depending on U.S. labor-cost zone. The role is also eligible for incentive plans.

Company

hirify.global develops consumer products and brands, including Brita water filtration systems designed to improve access to better-tasting water and reduce reliance on single-use bottles.

What you will do

• Lead Brita device, rigid systems, molded part, assembly, packaging, and small electronic product development from concept through commercialization and start of production.
• Develop product specifications, prototypes, test methods, process parameters, and performance requirements using structured problem solving, statistics, DOE, tolerance analysis, and reliability evaluation.
• Lead complex technical programs involving product architecture, supplier capability, tooling, manufacturing locations, scale-up, and ambiguous technical requirements.
• Serve as the R&D technical lead across Marketing, Design, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Legal, suppliers, plants, and external manufacturers.
• Drive partner development, tooling qualification, validation, manufacturing trials, risk assessment, and design-for-manufacturing decisions.
• Develop technical best practices, train colleagues, capture knowledge, mentor others, and apply digital tools, data, models, and AI-enabled methods to improve R&D work.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in R&D, product development, product design, device or systems engineering, packaging, process development, manufacturing scale-up, or a related technical field.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Packaging, Product Design Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, undefined technical work and translate consumer, business, regulatory, quality, sustainability, and manufacturing needs into technical specifications and execution plans.
• Strong experience with hands-on testing, data analysis, statistics, DOE, tolerance assessment, capability analysis, reliability evaluation, and risk-based decision making.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and manage external technical partners, suppliers, tooling partners, plants, and manufacturers.
• Must work from the Pleasanton, California office at least three days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience with injection molding, rigid consumer product systems, small electronics, sensors, packaging development, DFM, tooling qualification, ASTM packaging test methods, CAD, FEA, basic electronics, or process validation.
• Background in consumer products, durable goods, beverage systems, appliances, medical devices, diagnostics, plastics, molded components, regulated products, or technology transfer.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive, values-based culture focused on employee wellbeing, respect, diversity, and professional growth.
• Comprehensive health plans and inclusive fertility and adoption benefits.
• Market-leading 401(k) program with company match.
• Flexible time off, including half-day summer Fridays depending on location.
• Hybrid work arrangement with office collaboration and field travel to development and manufacturing partners.