Advanced Specialist Product Engineering (Thermionic Cathodes)

Location: On-site in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Travel may include up to 20% domestic or international. Relocation is not authorized.

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

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures technologies and products across global markets.

What you will do

• Lead product engineering for the thermionic cathodes portfolio, including new designs, product support, improvements, modifications, and launches.
• Supervise design engineering activities and provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams.
• Lead change management projects and maintain technical records covering experiments, decisions, risks, recommendations, and outcomes.
• Oversee prototype and pre-production builds, test plans, technical requirements, documentation, and manufacturing scale-up readiness.
• Partner with manufacturing and process engineering on equipment needs, yield improvement, productivity, cost reduction, quality, and specification compliance.
• Support application engineering, customer requirements, innovation, trade secret protection, export-control classification, and EHS compliance.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
• At least five years of experience in product engineering, product development, materials engineering, manufacturing support, or process development.
• At least three years of experience with new product introduction, prototype or pre-production builds, or manufacturing scale-up.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.
• On-site presence in Lexington, Kentucky is required; relocation is not authorized.
• Strong technical leadership, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, documentation, safety, quality, compliance, and continuous-improvement skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with ceramics, thermionic cathodes, advanced materials, or related product technologies.
• Experience with change management, process improvement, yield improvement, productivity improvement, or cost reduction in manufacturing.
• Experience in a plant, laboratory, or manufacturing support environment.
• Ability to translate customer and business needs into robust technical solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, marketing, portfolio strategy, and customer-facing teams.
• Focus on safety, environmental health, compliance, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Medical, dental, vision, health savings and flexible spending accounts, disability and life insurance, paid absences, and retirement benefits.
• Employees must comply with corporate policies, security standards, trade-secret protections, and applicable U.S. export-control requirements.