Product Line Manager (Optics and Metrology)

Location: Irvine, California, United States; work in office, lab, and customer environments

Salary: $120,000–$145,000 per year, plus eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus

Company

hirify.global develops technical solutions and equipment for precision measurement, inspection, and related industrial applications.

What you will do

• Lead customer engagement activities and guide technical and commercial discussions.
• Identify growth opportunities through Voice of Customer insights, market trends, and strategic alignment.
• Evaluate opportunities using technical feasibility, business value, risk, and real-win-worth analysis.
• Translate complex technical capabilities into clear customer value propositions.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, sales, and customers to align scope, timelines, and execution.
• Support proposals, presentations, early-stage program coordination, and customer roadmap alignment, with up to 30% travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, optics, materials science, business, or a related technical field.
• At least 5 years of experience in technical marketing, business development, product management, applications engineering, or a related technical-commercial role.
• Must-have experience in optics or photonics.
• Ability to connect technical concepts with customer value and business outcomes.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States; work visa sponsorship is not available. Candidates generally must reside in a state where MKS is registered to do business.

Nice to have

• Experience with semiconductor capital equipment or subsystems.
• Background in lasers, imaging, or precision engineering.
• Experience with RFQs, proposal development, NPI, early-stage development programs, strategic accounts, or complex technical sales cycles.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across engineering, operations, commercial teams, suppliers, vendors, and customers.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company match, life and disability insurance.
• 12 paid holidays, sick time, and 15 paid vacation days.
• Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.