Mechanical Test Engineer (R&D Engineer)

Location: On-site in Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Company

hirify.global develops materials and solutions for advanced electronics and high-tech industries.

What you will do

• Design, develop, optimize, and validate test methods for thermal, mechanical, electrical, rheological, and reliability performance.
• Build automated test sequences and instrument interfaces to improve throughput, repeatability, and data integrity.
• Design and validate prototype fixtures that reproduce customer application conditions.
• Characterize interactions between thermal interface materials and system components such as heat spreaders, heat sinks, power modules, and IGBT/SiC packages.
• Investigate anomalous results, analyze complex datasets, and establish statistical confidence in test results.
• Collaborate with materials scientists, design engineers, product managers, customer teams, and global test teams; prepare technical reports and train laboratory technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of experience, or a Master’s degree, in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related discipline.
• Hands-on experience with multidisciplinary thermal, material, electrical, and/or mechanical testing.
• Strong knowledge of heat transfer, solid mechanics, and materials behavior.
• Proficiency with data analysis and statistical tools including Python, MATLAB, or Minitab.
• Ability to work on-site in Cleveland, Ohio.

Nice to have

• Experience with phase-transition heat transfer technologies such as heat pipes and vapor chambers.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with scientific, engineering, and global testing teams on advanced electronics technologies.
• Collaborate across materials science, product development, design engineering, and customer validation.
• Comprehensive pay and benefits package.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodation support for applicants.