New Product Insights Development Engineer (AI)

Location: Hybrid onsite in Maplewood, Minnesota, with at least four days per week at the hirify.global Center. Travel may include up to 20% domestic and international travel. Relocation assistance may be authorized.

Expected compensation: $164,612–$201,193 annually, including base pay and variable incentive pay where eligible.

Company

hirify.global develops technology-based products and solutions across industrial and other global markets.

What you will do

• Lead global Voice of Market discovery with customers, application engineers, technology experts, and industry participants.
• Define and prioritize technology-enabled market spaces using customer insights, market trends, competitive dynamics, intellectual property, and manufacturing considerations.
• Build a balanced opportunity pipeline across adjacent and emerging growth spaces for new product introduction.
• Partner with product, technical, and application teams to develop, test, and validate opportunity hypotheses, value propositions, target applications, and technical fit.
• Translate complex technical, customer, and market inputs into clear opportunity narratives and executive-level recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution.
• At least seven years of combined experience in technical, engineering, product, customer-facing market development, strategy, customer insights, sales, or a related field.
• Externally focused, curious, analytical, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and influencing cross-functional teams.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.
• Ability to work onsite at the Maplewood, Minnesota location at least four days per week.

Nice to have

• PhD in science or engineering.
• Knowledge of abrasives, industrial markets, manufacturing processes, or customer applications.
• Experience in NPI, front-end innovation, Voice of Customer or Market research, business development, or growth strategy.
• Experience with patent searches, literature reviews, competitive analysis, or technology white-space assessments.
• Familiarity with lean startup principles, customer discovery, business models, and opportunity assessment frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with colleagues across global locations, technologies, and products.
• Medical, dental, vision, health savings, flexible spending, disability, life insurance, paid absence, and retirement benefits may be available.
• Commitment to environmental health and safety and continuous improvement.
• Full-time employment with compensation benchmarked against comparable companies.