Senior Product Engineer (Automotive)

Location: On-site at the hirify.global Center in Maplewood, Minnesota, at least four days per week. Travel may include up to 10% domestic or international travel. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship. Relocation assistance is not provided.

Compensation: $124,127–$151,710 annually, including base pay and variable incentive pay where eligible.

Company

hirify.global develops materials, technologies, and products across global markets, including automotive bonding and sealing solutions.

What you will do

• Lead programs to improve quality, reduce costs, qualify alternate sources of supply, and expand automotive bonding and sealing products.
• Lead cross-functional change management projects for existing products and product line extensions.
• Support the development and maintenance of structural bonding tapes, weatherstrip tapes, acrylic foam tapes, and related products.
• Support new product introduction teams with product implementation and launch activities.
• Work with quality and plant teams to resolve customer complaints and improve product and process understanding.
• Collaborate with plant professionals, global laboratory personnel, and business teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, completed and verified before starting.
• At least three years of product engineering or product development experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.
• Experience with product quality, product development, or process engineering in a professional, government, or military environment.
• Ability to work on-site in Maplewood, Minnesota, at least four days per week.

Nice to have

• Master’s or Ph.D. in materials, polymer chemistry, chemistry, or chemical engineering.
• Five years of experience in product engineering, process engineering, project engineering, project management, or research laboratory work.
• Experience in the tape industry, material qualification, pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes, structural tapes, or acrylic chemistry.
• Experience with coating, radiation processing, or extrusion processes.
• Knowledge of regulated products, product risk assessments, product safety, product reliability, and product or process liners.

Culture & Benefits

• Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision coverage; health savings accounts; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; paid absences; and retirement benefits.
• Employees are expected to follow corporate policies, procedures, security standards, and environmental health and safety requirements.
• Full-time US employees must sign an agreement covering confidential information, trade secrets, conflicts of interest, and invention assignment.