Robotics Software Engineer - Grasping (AI Robotics)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States

Salary: $147,200–$208,250 base salary per year, plus 15% bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is an AI robotics group at Google developing intelligent, accessible industrial robotics through advances in AI, perception, simulation, software, and data.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain efficient, production-ready algorithms for robotic grasping.
• Apply advances in robotics to practical problems in real-world manufacturing environments.
• Translate complex partner requirements into reliable, functional, and scalable technical solutions.
• Develop, test, deploy, and iterate solutions on physical robot hardware.
• Integrate and validate robotics solutions across industrial tasks with roboticists and application engineers.
• Improve the core robotics software framework, code quality, and system reliability.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of professional robotics experience, including motion planning, control systems, grasping, or manipulation.
• Exceptional C++ and Python programming skills with experience writing clean, efficient, production-quality software.
• Strong foundation in linear algebra, spatial transformations, kinematics, and rigid body dynamics.
• Direct experience testing, deploying, and iterating on physical robot hardware.

Nice to have

• PhD in Robotics or a related field focused on motion planning, controls, or grasping.
• Experience with or interest in robotic grasping and manipulation projects.
• Experience across the full robotics stack, including kinematics, motion generation, system integration, and testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with a 15% bonus, equity, and benefits.
• Work alongside engineers, roboticists, designers, technologists, and application engineers.
• Contribute to industrial robotics products intended for businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers.
• Equal opportunity workplace with accommodations available for candidates with disabilities or special needs.