Forensics Engineer (Autonomous Driving)

Location: Sunnyvale, California, USA (hybrid)

Salary: $209,700–$238,250 per year, plus a competitive equity package.

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous driving technology and operates a mission-driven, fast-moving organization focused on self-driving vehicles.

What you will do

• Investigate on-road data and recurring issues across the full autonomous vehicle stack, including the robot, models, and software.
• Perform root cause analysis, identify fleet-wide patterns, and establish what happened during on-road incidents.
• Analyze data and communicate findings through dashboards and visualizations to support clear decisions.
• Collaborate with engineering, model development, operations, and safety teams, including taking rides in autonomous vehicles.
• Develop automated workflows and investigation playbooks to accelerate testing and issue resolution.
• Use simulation and offline tools to reproduce, debug, and resolve issues while reducing reliance on fleet resources.

Requirements

• Ability to work from Sunnyvale, California, USA in a hybrid arrangement.
• 3+ years of experience working with complex robotics, autonomous vehicle, or comparable engineered systems.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and systems-thinking skills across hardware, software, and machine learning models.
• Experience designing real-world experiments to test hypotheses and writing Python for data analysis and varied analytical use cases.
• Clear communication skills for explaining complex technical problems to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Safety-conscious approach, with experience identifying safety implications and influencing decisions through evidence and findings.

Nice to have

• Experience applying and evaluating machine learning models.
• Experience with safety-critical systems or the automotive, robotics, and AI industries.
• Experience promoting statistical rigor and experimental best practices.
• Experience in a fast-moving technology company or startup.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with time in offices and workshops alongside work from home.
• Core working hours with flexibility determined by each team.
• Competitive compensation, equity, private health insurance, and support for formal learning.
• Onsite chef, workplace nursery scheme, cycle scheme, therapy, yoga, onsite bars, and social budgets.
• Ego-free, respectful, and welcoming work environment.