Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning (C++)

Location: Italy; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Toronto, Canada; Poland; Frankfurt, Germany; Stockholm, Sweden; London, United Kingdom; Vancouver, Canada; Atlanta, United States; Paris, France

Company

hirify.global is a Series A company developing autonomous ground-handling solutions for airlines and ground service providers, combining autonomous vehicle technology with a robotics-as-a-service business model.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and iterate on mission, behavior, and motion planners for autonomous ground support equipment operating in airport airside environments.
• Drive technical decisions across the planning stack, including algorithms, interfaces, and system architecture.
• Prototype and evaluate optimization-based, search-based, and learning-augmented planning approaches, taking the strongest solutions into production.
• Collaborate with perception, controls, localization, and systems engineering teams to deliver an integrated autonomous driving system.
• Establish software development, functional safety, and systems engineering best practices for the planning domain.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and design discussions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, mathematics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics, physics, or a related field.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing and implementing planning modules for autonomous systems deployed in production or real-world operations.
• Strong programming skills in C++ or Python and experience with Linux-based operating systems.
• Ability to independently turn ambiguous technical problems into well-architected solutions.
• Strong communication skills, proactiveness, and ownership.

Nice to have

• Master’s or Ph.D. in computer science, robotics, or a related field.
• Mastery of Modern C++14 or later and safety-critical coding practices such as MISRA and ISO 26262.
• 5+ years of industry experience in planning for robotic ground vehicles.
• Experience with DDS frameworks such as ROS or ROS2 and other networking middleware.
• Startup experience and adaptability to rapidly changing priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on a technically deep autonomy product for airport ground operations.
• Collaborate closely with the autonomy engineering team and report to the Planning Tech Lead.
• Shape a market-defining enterprise product backed by venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving.