Robotics Engineer (Embodied AI)

Location: Sunnyvale, California, USA; hybrid working with in-person collaboration in offices and hands-on work in vehicle workshops and labs.

Estimated base salary: $295.5K–$375.1K annually.

Company

hirify.global is building an AI platform for autonomous driving and general-purpose embodied intelligence, enabling vehicles and robots to learn from real-world experience.

What you will do

• Build, integrate, and maintain robot hardware platforms for research and experimentation.
• Develop and maintain C++ and Python robotics software for control, planning, ROS/ROS2 systems, and deployment infrastructure.
• Create infrastructure for policy deployment, data collection, evaluation, and the robotics data flywheel.
• Run real-world robot experiments and define data collection pilots that inform model development.
• Collaborate with research teams on robot policy development, model evaluation, and data strategy.
• Debug robotic software, hardware, and policy failures while building deployment, regression, and validation tests.

Requirements

• Experience with robot manipulation and hands-on robot hardware.
• Experience leading robotics efforts.
• Strong programming experience in C++ and/or Python.
• Experience with robot control, planning, ROS, or ROS2 systems.
• High-quality research or engineering work in robotics, embodied AI, or related fields; publications at ICRA, CoRL, or IROS are highly valued.
• PhD preferred, or a Master's degree with equivalent experience, plus 5+ years of relevant industry experience.

Nice to have

• Experience training and deploying learned robot policies.
• Machine learning experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with core hours, office collaboration, and hands-on access to workshops and labs.
• Meaningful equity and annually benchmarked salaries.
• Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable.
• Learning and development budgets for training, conferences, and professional growth.
• Health and dental insurance, enhanced parental leave, retirement or pension benefits where applicable, wellbeing support, and team socials.

Hiring process

• Initial recruiter call covering background, interests, and hiring context.
• Competency interviews focused on programming and code review, followed by deep-dive technical interviews on domain knowledge and system design.
• Final interview focused on mission and values alignment.