Staff Software Engineer (Autonomous Driving AI)

Location: Sunnyvale, California, USA. Hybrid working model combining office collaboration with remote work, including hands-on work in vehicle workshops and labs.

Salary: $275,000–$300,000 annually, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops an embodied AI platform for autonomous driving that enables vehicles to learn from real-world experience and operate across different vehicle platforms.

What you will do

• Lead integration architecture and write design documents covering interfaces, trade-offs, implementation plans, and technical dependencies.
• Shape the technical roadmap with engineering management while balancing delivery, architecture, tooling, and maintainability.
• Diagnose complex integration issues across application software, middleware, operating systems, networks, hardware, sensors, and actuators.
• Develop and review production software, reusable vehicle-facing components, diagnostics, and integration tooling.
• Lead bench, hardware-in-the-loop, and vehicle investigations and turn findings into improved validation and bring-up practices.
• Mentor engineers and represent Platform Integration in system design and technical decisions across Robot Software.

Requirements

• Substantial experience integrating autonomous vehicles or similarly complex robotic systems.
• Experience leading architecture and delivery across software and hardware boundaries.
• Strong software-development skills in C++, Rust, or comparable systems languages, with production experience on Linux-based robotic, embedded, or automotive platforms.
• Understanding of ROS2 or similar middleware, distributed systems, vehicle bring-up, sensors, networks, and actuators.
• Ability to resolve system-level problems through systematic investigation, targeted testing, and technical analysis.
• Experience mentoring engineers, conducting design reviews, and influencing technical decisions across teams.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating multiple vehicle or compute platforms and working with OEMs or hardware suppliers.
• Experience developing reusable integration frameworks.
• Experience with drive-by-wire, hardware-in-the-loop testing, functional safety, and fleet reliability.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with core hours, dedicated offices, and hands-on access to vehicle workshops and labs.
• Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable.
• Equity participation and annually benchmarked salaries.
• Learning and development budgets for training, conferences, and professional growth.
• Health, dental, retirement or pension benefits where applicable, enhanced parental leave, therapy access, wellbeing partnerships, and team socials.

Hiring process

• Initial recruiter screen lasting 25 minutes.
• Programming and technical domain interviews lasting approximately two hours, followed by deep-dive technical interviews covering software design and technical leadership.
• Final 45-minute mission and values interview.