Staff Reliability Engineer (Additive Manufacturing)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States; work is partly conducted on active construction sites and printer test facilities, with some travel required to support field sites and fleet deployments.

Company

hirify.global develops Vulcan and Titan automated 3D-printing systems for construction technology and additive manufacturing.

What you will do

• Analyze fleet failure history and field data to improve preventive maintenance schedules, task lists, and compliance tracking for Vulcan and Titan systems.
• Define condition-based monitoring strategies using motor current, pressure, vibration, and other leading indicators in collaboration with Controls and Software teams.
• Maintain reliability metrics and dashboards covering OEE, uptime, MTBF, MTTR, active print time, keep rates, and downtime attribution.
• Develop data-capture requirements, FMEA analyses, SOPs, functional diagrams, and predictive maintenance methodologies for organization-wide use.
• Lead root cause investigations, reliability reviews, ECO and upgrade acceptance testing, and post-deployment validation across engineering and field teams.
• Provide troubleshooting standards and mentor Reliability and Field Engineers across multiple sites.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Reliability, Manufacturing, or Quality Engineering, including defining programs or standards adopted across an organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience is considered.
• Hands-on experience with complex automated manufacturing or industrial-scale machinery, sensor systems, and associated data.
• Experience designing preventive maintenance and FMEA programs for complex automated equipment.
• Experience with data pipelining and analytics, including reporting systems that support cross-functional decisions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to write field SOPs, present to engineering leadership, mentor engineers, and set technical direction.

Nice to have

• Experience establishing reliability standards in multi-site or fleet environments.
• Experience with Contour, Palantir Foundry, Spotfire, or equivalent dashboarding platforms.
• Proficiency in Python and/or SQL for pipeline development and analysis.
• Experience with predictive maintenance, machine event log analysis, construction technology, industrial robotics, or additive manufacturing.
• Advanced degree in a relevant engineering field.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with an equal opportunity, inclusive, and discrimination-free work environment.
• Regular work in heat, cold, mud, rain, and areas with limited infrastructure.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds is required.
• Some travel is required for field sites and fleet deployments.