Applications Engineer (Manufacturing)

Location: Hybrid; onsite Tuesday–Thursday in Raleigh, NC, United States

Salary: USD 69,500–92,700 per year

Company

hirify.global is a digital manufacturing company delivering CNC machining, 3D printing, injection molding, and sheet metal fabrication services.

What you will do

• Provide customer service and pre-sale technical guidance through phone, email, chat, webinars, design reviews, and customer meetings.
• Evaluate customer drawings, 3D CAD models, RFQs, quality requirements, timelines, volumes, and design flexibility to recommend suitable manufacturing options.
• Deliver design-for-manufacturability feedback, recommend CAD changes, optimize outcomes, and mitigate downstream production risks.
• Coordinate with Sales, Operations, and other cross-functional partners to communicate requirements and support accurate quoting, order intake, and fulfillment.
• Maintain four-hour response guidelines for internal and external communications and use required work instructions and documentation.
• Support Sales Enablement by creating and delivering technical training; provide local trade show support when required.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering plus 2+ years of related work experience, or 5+ years of directly related experience in an engineering or manufacturing role.
• Direct experience in CNC machining, 3D printing, or injection molding.
• Technical aptitude, ability to communicate technical information at different levels, and ability to read engineering drawings and understand fundamental requirements.
• Strong customer relationship, interpersonal, teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, and communication skills.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office applications and CRM software experience.
• Due to ITAR regulations, must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or foreign national granted refugee or asylee status. Temporary visa holders, including E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN, and OPT holders, are not eligible.

Nice to have

• Experience in a technical, customer-facing, or sales support role.
• Working knowledge of sheet metal fabrication.
• Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Experience modeling or revising 3D solid models in native CAD software.
• Experience working in or with the drone or aviation industry.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role with a collaborative, diverse, entrepreneurial, and innovation-focused work environment.
• Health insurance options, flexible spending and health savings accounts, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• At least three weeks of PTO, wellness and holiday pay, volunteer hours, and paid caregiver leave.
• 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting, employee stock purchase program, and matching grants through the hirify.global foundation.
• Work includes an office setting and occasional manufacturing-area exposure to machinery, noise, and other industrial conditions; occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds is required.