Principal Mechanical Engineer - Product Development (Cryogenic Semiconductor Equipment)

Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States; onsite day shift

Salary: $94,100–$123,480 per year, depending on experience, skills, and background.

Company

hirify.global provides test and measurement technologies for the semiconductor product life cycle, serving customers through facilities across Asia, Europe, and North America.

What you will do

• Design, develop, analyze, prototype, validate, and document complex mechanical and electro-mechanical parts, assemblies, and subsystems for automated cryogenic semiconductor test systems.
• Use engineering judgment to balance performance, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and customer requirements.
• Perform modeling, tolerance assessments, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, prototype evaluation, and design verification testing.
• Participate in customer-facing technical discussions to clarify requirements, explain design approaches, assess feasibility, and support product improvements.
• Create and maintain drawings, bills of materials, specifications, test plans, analysis summaries, and engineering change documentation.
• Support design reviews, prototype builds, verification testing, and transition of designs into manufacturing; occasional travel may be required.

Requirements

• At least five years of related engineering experience with a bachelor’s degree, three years with a master’s degree, a PhD without experience, or equivalent qualifications.
• Advanced proficiency in SolidWorks and strong mechanical design fundamentals.
• Knowledge of thermodynamics, heat transfer, tolerance analysis, physics, mathematical modeling, materials properties, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with scientific instrumentation, engineering documentation, prototype evaluation, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to solve technical problems, make data-driven design decisions, manage competing priorities, and communicate recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Work is based onsite in Boulder, Colorado, during regular day-shift hours.

Nice to have

• Experience with cryogenic systems or semiconductor equipment.
• Experience supporting design reviews, engineering change processes, prototype builds, verification testing, and manufacturing transitions.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match and employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid time off and flexible spending or savings accounts.
• Quarterly profit-sharing bonuses.
• Collaborative environment focused on customer impact, accountability, respectful communication, and employee development.