Principal Mechanical Engineer (Manufacturing Process) - Surgical

Location: Mervue Campus, Galway, County Galway, Ireland. Flexible Work Arrangement.

Salary: EUR 81,120.00–121,680.00 annually, plus eligibility for the hirify.global Incentive Plan short-term incentive.

Company

hirify.global develops healthcare technologies focused on improving surgical care and patient outcomes across more than 150 countries.

What you will do

• Own manufacturing and assembly process development across related product lines from laboratory development and pilot-line builds through manufacturing release and ramp-up.
• Connect product design, critical characteristics, tolerance chains, component variation, assembly methods, process parameters, and functional product performance.
• Translate product requirements into process flows, assembly concepts, operating windows, acceptance criteria, and control strategies.
• Lead laboratory and pilot-line builds, DOE, process characterization, optimization, capability studies, and structured technical investigations.
• Establish process flows, PFMEA, control plans, work instructions, risk documentation, and engineering evidence.
• Lead process verification, validation, transfer into Manufacturing, training, issue resolution, production ramp-up, and stabilization, including IQ/OQ/PQ activities where appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline, with experience consistent with Principal Engineer responsibility: at least 7 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Significant experience developing, characterizing, and validating manufacturing processes for precision mechanical or electromechanical products.
• Strong understanding of mechanical design, GD&T, tolerance analysis, component variation, assembly methods, and product-process interactions.
• Strong working knowledge of DOE, process characterization, capability analysis, PFMEA, SPC, MSA, process validation, and structured root-cause analysis.
• Ability to translate engineering evidence into practical process controls, operating limits, and production documentation.
• Experience improving yield, capability, cycle time, repeatability, scrap, and process stability.
• Experience leading complex technical workstreams across Product Design, Quality, Operations, suppliers, and equipment-development teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with precision mechanisms such as motors, geartrains, bearings, brakes, encoders, adhesives, or controlled assembly.
• Medical-device experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work arrangement for a role based at the Mervue Campus in Galway.
• Competitive compensation and flexible benefits designed to support employees across career and life stages.
• Eligibility for the hirify.global Incentive Plan short-term incentive.
• Work within a healthcare-technology organization focused on patient outcomes and surgical innovation.

Hiring process

• Apply only through official hirify.global channels and approved hirify.global platforms.
• Legitimate recruiting communications use official @hirify.global.com email addresses; hirify.global does not request payment or sensitive personal information during early hiring stages.