Senior Process Engineer (Automated Optical Inspection)

Location: Tempe, Arizona, United States; onsite 5 days per week

Salary: $103,200–$154,800 USD annually, plus eligibility for the hirify.global Incentive Plan.

Company

hirify.global develops healthcare technologies focused on alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life, with operations across more than 150 countries.

What you will do

• Develop, integrate, and optimize wafer-scale Automated Optical Inspection systems from concept through manufacturing transfer.
• Define inspection strategies, process flows, design rules, and system capabilities aligned with wafer fabrication and product requirements.
• Lead requirements flow-down, validation deliverables, control strategies, and monitoring methods for inspection sensitivity, defect classification, throughput, and false-call management.
• Drive risk assessments and risk burn-down using Design for Reliability Manufacturing and data-driven methods.
• Apply statistical analysis and designed experiments to optimize inspection parameters, monitor yield, detect excursions, and resolve inspection-related issues.
• Collaborate with process owners, product development teams, equipment suppliers, and manufacturing while maintaining technical and quality documentation.

Requirements

• Baccalaureate degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience, or a PhD with 0 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with complex manufacturing or inspection environments and system-level problem solving.
• Experience with process validation, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Unrestricted U.S. work authorization is required at the time of hire and throughout employment; sponsorship is not available for roles below Principal level.
• For bachelor's degrees earned outside the United States, the degree must satisfy 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A).

Nice to have

• Hands-on AOI experience involving optics, illumination, image acquisition, defect detection, and classification.
• Design for Reliability Manufacturing, Design for Six Sigma, or Lean Six Sigma experience.
• DOE, statistical analysis, and data analysis experience with tools such as Minitab, JMP, Python, or SQL.
• Wafer fab integration, wafer-scale manufacturing, or high-volume production experience.
• Experience deploying inspection systems through manufacturing transfer and working with equipment vendors and cross-functional engineering teams.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person collaboration and professional growth are emphasized through an onsite work model.
• Benefits may include health, dental, and vision insurance; HSA and FSA accounts; life insurance; and disability coverage.
• Regular employees receive incentive plans, a 401(k) with employer contribution and match, paid time off, paid holidays, employee stock purchase opportunities, and an employee assistance program.
• Tuition assistance or reimbursement and a global well-being program are available.