Process Engineer - Pilot Ops (Rare-Earth Magnets)

Location: Research Triangle Park, NC; regular onsite presence on the production floor is required. Candidates must be a U.S. Person due to access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead MES implementation, including recipe management, electronic batch records, equipment integration, data historian connectivity, and ERP production workflows.
• Build process data pipelines and operator dashboards while maintaining scalable data architecture for the Benson commercial facility.
• Support floor-level magnet production involving powder handling, pressing, sintering, and post-process finishing.
• Manage production scheduling, daily reporting, deviation troubleshooting, root cause analysis, maintenance coordination, and material readiness.
• Own process recipes, execute improvement trials, and apply SPC and trend analysis to critical process parameters.
• Build the technology transfer package and contribute to Benson equipment specifications, capacity planning, and production readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of process or manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment, preferably in chemicals, advanced materials, metals, or a similar process-intensive industry.
• Hands-on MES experience with recipe management, electronic batch records, and equipment integration, plus familiarity with ERP production and inventory workflows.
• Experience owning live production processes, including scheduling, deviation management, SPC, and root cause analysis.
• Ability to use Python, SQL, or similar tools to build process data pipelines and operator dashboards.
• Experience authoring SOPs, batch records, and process documentation in a regulated or audit-ready environment; U.S. Person status is required.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a pilot manufacturing facility focused on national security and economic resilience.
• Regularly work in production environments that may be hot, humid, or noisy and use required PPE, including respirators.
• Follow applicable safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements, including fit testing.
• The role provides a direct path toward production engineering leadership at the Benson commercial facility.