Senior Design Engineer I (Outdoor Power Equipment)

Location: Anderson, SC, United States

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures consumer, industrial, and electromechanical products, including outdoor power equipment.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end mechanical design execution for outdoor power equipment components, sub-assemblies, and systems from concept and detailed CAD through validation and production release.
• Develop and maintain 3D CAD models, 2D drawings, GD&T, tolerance stacks, and specifications for performance, safety, durability, compliance, and manufacturability.
• Analyze design trade-offs involving performance, cost, weight, manufacturability, and reliability, and resolve design issues, field failures, and manufacturing concerns.
• Optimize designs for high-volume manufacturing, assembly, tooling, supplier processes, cost reduction, and quality.
• Define DFMEA inputs and design verification plans, including tolerance, stress, durability, environmental, and abuse testing; use test data to refine designs.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Compliance, Reliability, Sourcing, and global suppliers during development, pilot builds, PPAP, ramp-up, certification, audits, and failure investigations.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 5 years of design experience in consumer, industrial, or electromechanical products.
• Strong proficiency in 3D CAD, including Creo, SolidWorks, NX, or an equivalent tool, plus detailed drawings and GD&T.
• Experience with materials, manufacturing processes, tooling, and supplier-built components.
• Experience leading design verification and validation activities using data-driven methods.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, results-driven product development environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with outdoor power equipment, power tools, small engines, or high-load electromechanical systems.
• Hands-on experience supporting pilot builds and production ramp-ups.
• Familiarity with global supplier collaboration and Asia-based manufacturing.
• Experience supporting UL, CSA, or ANSI compliance activities.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position within the Outdoor Engineering organization.
• Occasional travel of approximately 3–10% to suppliers, manufacturing sites, or test facilities.
• Cross-functional collaboration with global engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams.