Product Development Specialist (Materials)

Location: On-site at the hirify.global Center in Austin, Texas, requiring at least four days per week on-site. Travel may include up to 15% domestic and international travel. Relocation assistance may be authorized. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.

Expected compensation: $145,676–$178,049, including base pay and variable incentive pay if eligible.

Company

hirify.global develops innovative products and technologies across global markets, including electrical and advanced materials applications.

What you will do

• Translate customer needs and market requirements into technical product specifications.
• Design and execute experiments evaluating materials, formulations, processes, and product performance.
• Develop prototypes, conduct feasibility studies, and support scale-up and manufacturing transfer.
• Explore novel technologies and approaches to enable business growth and maintain competitiveness.
• Lead or support product changes, commercialization, quality improvement, regulatory updates, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, document technical results, and develop business-level intellectual property.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, polymer science, electrical engineering, or a related technical field, plus at least three years of relevant experience; or a Ph.D. in a related field plus at least one year of relevant experience.
• Experience in product development, materials development, process development, technical service, application engineering, or a related technical function.
• Demonstrated ability to plan experiments, analyze data, apply scientific or engineering principles, and document technical results.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, manage multiple priorities, and work with minimal supervision.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with electronics, advanced materials, films, liners, adhesives, coatings, specialty chemicals, RFID, tapes, or related markets.
• Knowledge of commercialization, stage-gate development, design controls, scale-up, manufacturing transfer, or process capability evaluation.
• Experience with design of experiments, statistical tools, Minitab, Excel, root cause analysis, or Six Sigma.
• Knowledge of polymer coating and drying, molding, adhesive curing, corona treatment, extrusion coating, or e-beam curing.
• Familiarity with NPI, BOM creation, PFMEA, DFMEA, HOQ, MSA, capability studies, and change management processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with cross-functional teams and colleagues across global locations.
• Opportunities to contribute to new business platforms, product innovation, and intellectual property.
• Health, dental, and vision benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, disability and life insurance, paid absences, and retirement benefits.
• Safety and environmental health are core workplace priorities.
• Full-time employees sign an agreement covering confidential information, trade secrets, conflicts of interest, and invention assignment.