Associate Sales Engineer – Southern California

Location: Southern California residency is strongly preferred; the role includes travel throughout Southern California and approximately 50% of the first 12 months in the Boston, MA area.

Starting salary: $80,000–$90,000 per year, plus an incentive structure.

Company

hirify.global develops materials testing systems used by engineers, researchers, and manufacturers across medical devices, aerospace, automotive, and consumer goods.

What you will do

• Partner with customers to understand testing applications, technical challenges, and business objectives.
• Recommend solutions and support product demonstrations, technical presentations, proposals, and quotations.
• Collaborate with Sales Engineers, Applications Engineers, and Product Managers to solve complex customer problems.
• Build trusted customer relationships through responsive technical support and expertise.
• Manage opportunities using CRM tools and expand knowledge of testing applications, technologies, and industry trends.

Requirements

• Strong mechanical aptitude, intellectual curiosity, and a passion for learning new technologies.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills with a customer-focused mindset.
• Self-motivation, coachability, and the ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team.
• Technical bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a similar field.
• 0–5 years of relevant experience in engineering, manufacturing, laboratory, technical support, applications, or customer-facing roles.
• Willingness to travel throughout Southern California and complete a development-focused onboarding program, with approximately 50% of the first 12 months spent in the Boston, MA area.

Nice to have

• Technical sales experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Structured training, mentorship, and hands-on experience.
• Collaborative environment focused on curiosity, learning, and teamwork.
• Opportunity to develop technical, commercial, and customer-facing skills.
• Work with engineers, researchers, manufacturers, Sales Engineers, Applications Engineers, and product teams.
• Equal employment opportunity and fair treatment throughout employment.