Application Engineering Supervisor (Automotive)

Location: Remote, with the employee based in northern Mexico; listed location is Mexico City, Mexico. Regular travel within Mexico, especially in northwest and border regions, may reach 50% domestically.

Company

hirify.global is an innovation-focused manufacturing company developing solutions across industrial and automotive applications.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of automotive application engineers.
• Provide technical guidance, prioritize projects, and support professional development.
• Partner with automotive customers on product recommendations, application development, trials, troubleshooting, and demonstrations.
• Build relationships with customer engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, product development, quality, manufacturing, and global technical resources to identify growth opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, completed and verified before starting.
• At least 7 years of experience in application engineering, technical service, product engineering, manufacturing engineering, or customer-facing technical support.
• Strong intermediate-to-advanced English communication skills.
• Ability to be based in northern Mexico and travel domestically as required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting automotive OEMs, Tier suppliers, or industrial manufacturing customers.
• Previous supervisory, team lead, or people leadership experience.
• Experience with automotive manufacturing processes or materials applications.
• Experience with tapes, adhesives, acoustics, films, thermal management, or related technologies.
• Current, valid driver’s license and strong problem-solving, project management, and customer relationship skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Innovation-focused environment that encourages curiosity, creativity, and new ideas.
• Collaboration with colleagues and technical resources around the world.
• Programs supporting physical and financial well-being.
• Competitive pay and benefits benchmarked against comparable companies.
• Safety and continuous improvement are core workplace priorities.