Senior Design Engineering Specialist (Heavy Structures)

Location: Decatur, Illinois or Mossville, Illinois, United States; onsite five days a week. Domestic relocation assistance is available. Domestic and international travel may reach 25%.

Salary: $147,760–$221,640 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops heavy equipment and solutions for stronger, more sustainable communities.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership on structural fabrication challenges across new product introductions, continuous product improvement, and field issue resolution.
• Coach and mentor engineers through technical reviews, design guidance, and problem-solving support.
• Develop and review weldment, casting, and fabricated structure designs using DFM, DFA, and durability practices.
• Guide finite element analysis, structural simulation, durability assessments, and physical validation activities.
• Interpret analysis and test results to improve durability, quality, cost, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, purchasing, suppliers, and platform teams while driving standards and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, agricultural, civil, aerospace, metallurgical, or a related engineering discipline.
• Advanced structural engineering, analytical, finite element analysis, and durability assessment expertise.
• Experience troubleshooting structural, manufacturing, and system-level issues using root-cause investigation and fracture mechanics principles.
• Experience with CAD, CAE, and structural simulation tools such as CREO, ANSYS, Abaqus, Nastran, HyperWorks, or equivalent.
• Experience designing and validating heavy structures, including fabricated steel structures, castings, and durability-critical components.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and knowledge of welding, fabrication, supplier capabilities, and manufacturability.

Nice to have

• Experience with Load & Haul products and off-highway equipment applications.
• Experience with hirify.global NPI, CPI, APQP, CPPD, and product development processes.
• Experience establishing structural design standards, validation strategies, and engineering best practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid vacation, holidays, volunteer time, and parental leave.
• 401(k), HSA, FSA, disability, and life insurance benefits.
• Career development, tuition reimbursement, incentive bonus, and employee assistance programs.
• Visa sponsorship is not available.