Field Sales Engineer (Defence)

Location: Hybrid in Finland, based in or near Helsinki with weekly HQ visits; regular travel to customer sites across Finland.

Company

hirify.global develops a perception layer between humans and machines by combining software, hardware, and computational optics for defence and automotive applications.

What you will do

• Own the technical customer journey from discovery through integration and final acceptance.
• Translate complex defence requirements into actionable R&D specifications and communicate product capabilities to customers and partners.
• Support the Finnish Defence Forces and Finnish industrial partners, contributing to Nordic and European programmes.
• Run field demonstrations and configure proof-of-concept integrations at customer sites.
• Lead tendering processes and hands-on technical integrations for armoured vehicles and soldier systems.
• Shape the product roadmap through real-world customer feedback in collaboration with R&D and product teams.

Requirements

• Experience working with the Finnish Defence Forces, either directly as an employee or through a partner or prime.
• Hands-on technical integration experience, such as fitting sensors, displays, or electronics into vehicles or other complex machines.
• Experience working with wiring, power, connectors, and vehicle data networks, or integrating, configuring, and testing software and interfaces on real hardware.
• Willingness to travel mainly within Finland and visit the Helsinki HQ weekly.
• Commercial mindset and strong social skills for frequent interaction with customers and colleagues.
• Fluent Finnish for working with Finnish customers and strong English for collaboration with the international team.
• Initiative, ownership of outcomes, and the ability to remove obstacles and move work forward independently.
• Comfort with ambiguity, rapid change, and shaping products and processes that are not yet fully defined.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on next-generation human-machine interfaces for armoured vehicles and mounted soldiers.
• Collaborative, low-hierarchy environment with direct access to commercial and R&D colleagues.
• Opportunity to influence products, customer relationships, partnerships, and the roadmap.
• Hands-on field work with customers and partners rather than presentation-only responsibilities.
• Focus on long-term, trusted partnerships and fair, sustainable outcomes.

Hiring process

• The recruitment process includes two to three discussions with the team.
• Applications must be submitted through the application form; applications sent by email are not processed.