Senior Software Engineer (Behavior Planning)

Location: Colorado, San Francisco, Florida, Colorado City, New York, Boston, Seattle, Atlanta, USA, or Remote

Company

hirify.global is a Series A company developing autonomous ground-handling solutions for airlines and ground service providers through aviation autonomy and a robotics-as-a-service model.

What you will do

• Develop advanced behavior-planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles in structured, low-speed airport environments.
• Design and implement key decision-making modules connecting mission-level goals with motion-level execution.
• Write and maintain efficient, scalable C++ and Python code and contribute to planning software architecture.
• Test and validate planning systems in simulation and real-world scenarios, including dynamic multi-agent interactions and edge cases.
• Analyze system performance, implement improvements, and optimize planning behavior for reliable real-time operation.
• Collaborate with autonomy, planning, and cross-functional engineering teams while documenting code, algorithms, and system designs.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in modern C++ and object-oriented programming.
• Skilled in Python for rapid prototyping and testing.
• Experience debugging, profiling, and optimizing software.
• Deep understanding of behavior-planning methods such as state machines, behavior trees, and probabilistic planning.
• Familiarity with path-planning algorithms including A*, RRT, and optimization-based methods.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field, plus at least 3 years of industry experience in autonomous driving, robotics, or a related area.

Nice to have

• Experience with D*, ROS or ROS2, machine learning for behavior prediction and planning, optimization, and probabilistic models.
• Experience building high-frequency replanning systems for dynamic environments.
• Experience designing low-latency behavior-planning systems for real-time navigation.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Robotics, AI, Mathematics, or a related field focused on planning, optimization, or control theory.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on a technically focused autonomy product for airport ground operations.
• Collaborate closely with the autonomy engineering team and other engineering functions.
• Contribute to a market-focused enterprise product combining autonomous vehicles with a robotics-as-a-service business model.