Systems Engineer (Robotics Hardware, Large Wheeled Platforms)

Location: Fully onsite at the Irvine, California office, United States

Salary: $100,000–$200,000 per year, plus benefits and equity

Company

hirify.global develops risk-aware, reliable AI and robotics systems for deployment in complex, unstructured real-world environments.

What you will do

• Integrate control systems, autonomy stacks, payloads, and platform abstraction layers onto large wheeled, legged, quadruped, humanoid, and bipedal robots.
• Ensure navigation and control stacks operate reliably on physical hardware.
• Design and integrate mechanical and electrical interfaces, including saddles and power distribution systems.
• Validate and adapt reinforcement learning and autonomy policies from Isaac, Gazebo, and MuJoCo simulations to real-world terrain, stairs, and uneven ground.
• Use SIL and HIL testing to validate safety, reliability, operational design domains, and field readiness.
• Implement safety systems, charging and docking infrastructure, and deployment logistics for construction, mining, and oil and gas environments.

Requirements

• Must work fully onsite from the Irvine, California office.
• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 1–5 years of professional experience.
• Hands-on experience with ROS or ROS2, Python, and C++.
• Generalist robotics software experience across controls, navigation, and systems integration for legged and wheeled platforms.
• Working familiarity with motors, actuation, BLDC motor controllers, power distribution, and CAN bus, EtherCAT, or similar real-time communication protocols.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating software across multiple robot platforms, including Unitree, Boston Dynamics, or Clearpath systems.
• Experience deploying robots in construction, mining, oil and gas, or other demanding industrial environments.
• Background in ISO 26262, ASIL, SOTIF, or safety-critical systems testing and validation.
• Experience with whole-body control, impedance or admittance control, MPC, trajectory optimization, multi-robot fleet operations, auto-docking, charging infrastructure, or teleoperation.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully onsite collaboration with flexible working hours.
• Full benefits, equity, and generous time off.
• Work on robots deployed in unstructured, previously unknown environments.
• Inclusive workplace with merit-based evaluation and a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration.