Manufacturing Engineer (Rare-Earth Magnets)

Location: Research Triangle Park, NC; begins in Durham, NC and is expected to move to Benson, NC after completion of the new facility. Regular onsite production-floor presence is required.

Company

hirify.global manufactures American rare-earth permanent magnets for defense, aerospace, automotive, and other critical industries.

What you will do

• Lead the evaluation, quotation comparison, selection, and specification of advanced manufacturing equipment and vendors.
• Own equipment design requirements, vendor performance, schedules, commissioning, process development, and production qualification for major heavy production processes.
• Translate pilot-line processes into stable, repeatable full-scale production systems and support startup through full-capacity scale-up.
• Optimize throughput, quality, yield, equipment reliability, OEE, and station cycle times.
• Manage technical schedules, budgets, deliverables, equipment reviews, and Factory Acceptance Tests, with less than 25% travel.
• Develop manufacturing documents including PFMEA, process flows, CAD and electrical/pneumatic drawings, control plans, work instructions, BOMs, maintenance manuals, and MES transaction lists.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical, electrical, automation engineering, or a related technical discipline, plus 3+ years of experience.
• Strong hands-on experience creating, modifying, and validating complex equipment assemblies in CAD.
• Experience with heavy custom equipment design, vendor management, and full-cycle commissioning for thermal or raw material processing.
• Expertise developing PFMEAs, control plans, work instructions, and process flows.
• Ability to read, interpret, and create electrical schematics and pneumatic diagrams, including performing electrical and pneumatic calculations.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Nice to have

• Experience in heavy industrial manufacturing, metallurgy, foundry operations, or chemical processing.
• Experience handling reactive powders or working with high-temperature vacuum furnaces.
• Proficiency with advanced simulation software for workflow and line balancing.
• Familiarity with MES implementation and transaction mapping.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across the full lifecycle of a major manufacturing facility expansion, from design through production scale-up.
• Regular hands-on work in a production environment that may be hot, humid, or noisy.
• Use of required personal protective equipment, including respirators, and completion of fit testing.
• Adherence to safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaboration with R&D to develop future production-line processes and equipment strategies.