Senior Staff Systems Engineer, Embedded Safety (Robotics)

Location: Waltham, MA, United States. The role requires eligibility to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

Base pay: $155,000–$193,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops mobile robots and automation solutions for industrial applications and warehouse logistics.

What you will do

• Lead cross-functional systems engineering initiatives for embedded system architectures, firmware requirements, and technical development plans for safe autonomous robotic platforms.
• Gather stakeholder needs and derive, author, and parameterize system, firmware, and low-level software requirements.
• Establish end-to-end requirements-to-verification traceability across Jama, Jira, Git, and automated test frameworks.
• Define functional safety features, diagnostic logic, and low-level communication interfaces with Safety Firmware Engineers, including SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, and Ethernet.
• Translate safety goals and system requirements into HIL/SIL test plans, fault-injection coverage, and CI/CD automated test suites with Firmware Test Engineers.
• Lead HARA, FMEA, and Fault Tree Analysis to identify timing, communication, and fault-handling edge cases, and compile evidence for safety cases.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in systems engineering, embedded software or firmware development, or firmware validation for complex mechatronic or safety-critical robotic systems.
• Technical command of Git, Linux environments, Jira, and requirements management platforms such as Jama.
• Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded firmware and Python, including pytest ecosystems, for firmware development and test automation.
• Deep familiarity with safety standards such as IEC 61508, ISO 26262, or IEC 62304, including compiling data to support safety claims.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, datasheets, and low-level protocol payloads for SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, and Ethernet.
• Experience acting as a technical liaison between firmware development and product development teams.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, cross-functional collaboration, and conflict resolution skills.
• Eligibility to work in the United States is required; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice to have

• Experience with MISRA C/C++ coding standards.
• Experience with static and dynamic analysis software tools.
• Familiarity with software and hardware testing in HIL/SIL environments.
• Experience with embedded Linux kernel and user space, real-time operating systems, and hardware debuggers or trace equipment such as J-Link, Lauterbach, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Hands-on familiarity with electromechanical actuation subsystems, including motor controllers, encoders, and power/current sensing.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a cross-functional Safer Robotics Team developing safe, reliable, and reactive robotic technologies for operation alongside humans.
• Collaborate with Safety Firmware Engineers and Firmware Test Engineers across hardware, firmware, systems engineering, and test infrastructure.
• Contribute to robotics solutions for industrial applications and warehouse logistics.