Sr. Manufacturing Engineer (Rare-Earth Magnets)

Location: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States (Hybrid). Some travel for equipment development reviews and Factory Acceptance Tests is expected, estimated at less than 10%.

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead technical and financial evaluations, quote comparisons, and vendor selection for advanced manufacturing equipment.
• Own a major production process from equipment requirements and vendor management through commissioning, process development, qualification, startup, and scale-up.
• Optimize manufacturing processes, throughput, quality, equipment reliability, OEE, station cycle times, yield, and capacity.
• Manage technical schedules, budgets, deliverables, and milestones.
• Provide hands-on production startup support and eliminate early bottlenecks.
• Develop future process and equipment strategies in collaboration with R&D while maintaining EHS and quality compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline with 5+ years of experience, or a master’s degree with 3+ years of experience.
• Strong hands-on experience creating, modifying, and validating complex equipment assemblies in CAD.
• Experience with custom equipment design, vendor management, and full-cycle commissioning for industrial processes.
• Expertise in developing PFMEAs, Control Plans, Work Instructions, Process Flows, and other manufacturing documentation.
• Ability to read, interpret, and create electrical schematics and pneumatic diagrams, including related engineering calculations.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Nice to have

• Experience in heavy industrial manufacturing, metallurgy, magnetics, or chemical processing.
• Experience with advanced simulation software for workflow and line balancing.
• Hands-on machine vision programming experience with systems such as Cognex or Keyence.
• Familiarity with MES implementation and transaction mapping.
• Experience in regulated defense, aerospace, or automotive industries.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on the full lifecycle of a 1-million-square-foot manufacturing facility expansion.
• Operate in a high-ownership environment focused on mission focus, technical excellence, and transparency.
• Support the development of domestic manufacturing capacity for secure and resilient critical industries.
• Hybrid work arrangement with limited travel for equipment reviews and Factory Acceptance Tests.