Staff Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration (AI/Robotics)

Location: San Mateo, California, United States; hybrid workplace.

Salary: $188,600–$282,900 per year, plus bonus, benefits, and equity for full-time regular employees.

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed defense-tech company developing Hivemind autonomy software, autonomous aircraft, and simulation and synthetic reality technologies.

What you will do

• Develop expertise in the Hivemind AI-powered autonomy stack and integrate multi-agent systems across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight platforms.
• Integrate autonomy algorithms, perception pipelines, middleware, and platform interfaces into a reliable product.
• Lead autonomy software bring-up and validation on new robotic hardware platforms, including sensor drivers, communication interfaces, and platform adapters.
• Architect integration frameworks, deployment scripts, configuration management tools, and debugging tooling for SIL, HIL, and flight environments.
• Analyze logs, telemetry, and rosbag data to diagnose cross-subsystem integration defects and drive resolution with development teams.
• Optimize CI/CD integration pipelines, define release-readiness checkpoints, and verify end-to-end requirements and interface contracts.

Requirements

• Typically 7+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, robotics, or a related field; or 6 years with a master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD.
• Proficiency in Python or C++.
• Experience with autonomous systems, server applications, or middleware.
• Experience designing integration workflows, communicating system dependencies, and triaging and reporting integration defects across subsystem boundaries.
• Proficiency with simulation tools and hardware-in-the-loop testing environments.
• Strong expertise with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a record of delivering high-quality software solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams and present to customers or technical leadership.

Nice to have

• Experience building complex systems with strong knowledge of software architecture and design principles.
• Experience with hardware or embedded systems.
• Expert Python knowledge.
• Experience with ROS.
• Experience with white-box testing.
• Familiarity with networking, operating systems, and radio communications.
• Experience designing automated testing tools for GUI and server applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems.
• Hybrid work in San Mateo.
• Full-time regular employees receive pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.
• Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
• Equal opportunity and affirmative action workplace with accommodation support.