Senior Firmware Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Seattle, United States

Company

hirify.global builds autonomous heavy machinery by combining software, hardware, robotics, and mission-critical infrastructure for real-world jobsites.

What you will do

• Design and implement embedded C++ firmware for the Generation 2 hardware platform.
• Develop low-level drivers, hardware abstraction layers, system services, and interfaces for sensors, actuators, ECUs, and communication buses.
• Build deterministic real-time and near-real-time control paths with robust error handling, watchdogs, and fail-safe mechanisms.
• Lead firmware bring-up for new boards and collaborate with Electrical and Mechanical Engineering on integration and validation.
• Implement telemetry, logging, debugging, firmware updates, and fleet-scale observability.
• Mentor engineers and improve firmware architecture, CI/CD workflows, testing frameworks, and reliability practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 5+ years of professional firmware or embedded systems development experience.
• Strong C++ experience in embedded or systems programming environments.
• Experience with microcontrollers or embedded Linux and protocols including CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, and Ethernet.
• Strong debugging skills across hardware and software boundaries, with experience delivering production-quality systems.
• Experience designing for reliability, safety, real-world deployment, and cross-functional integration.

Nice to have

• Experience with safety-critical, real-time, robotics, autonomy, or heavy equipment systems.
• Familiarity with RTOS, real-time scheduling, hardware bring-up, and board-level debugging.
• Experience with OTA updates, bootloaders, secure updates, embedded observability, HIL testing, or hardware test automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on firmware that directly controls autonomous heavy machinery in real-world environments.
• Ownership of the Generation 2 hardware platform and collaboration across hardware, software, autonomy, and field operations.
• Competitive compensation and equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), and life insurance.
• Travel opportunities to jobsites across the United States and globally.