Robotics Software Engineer - Construction

Location: Falls Church, VA, United States; willingness to travel to active construction sites and participate directly in testing and deployment is required.

Salary: $82,000.00–$150,000.00 per year; compensation may vary by city and state.

Company

hirify.global is a construction company whose Robotics Team develops and deploys robotics solutions to support project teams and transform construction jobsites.

What you will do

• Design, develop, integrate, and test software for complex field robotics applications and mature the robotics software stack.
• Integrate robot platforms, sensors, actuators, embedded computers, networks, operator interfaces, APIs, SDKs, middleware, and third-party technologies.
• Develop autonomy capabilities including localization, mapping, navigation, state estimation, mission planning, perception pipelines, and manipulation applications.
• Use simulation, synthetic data, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and repeatable test environments to accelerate development and reduce field risk.
• Plan and execute lab, test-site, and active-construction-site testing; deploy with field teams, collect data, diagnose issues, and convert feedback into engineering priorities.
• Support deployed systems through remote and on-site troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and documentation of architectures, interfaces, tests, and deployment procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in robotics, computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
• Master’s degree or at least 2 years of experience developing, integrating, and testing field robotics systems.
• Proficiency in C++, Python, and Linux-based robotics development.
• Proficiency with version control such as Git, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization such as Docker.
• Experience with APIs and SDKs, open-source software packages, and technical standards for integrating disparate technology components.
• Fluency with AI-assisted and agentic software development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor.
• Strong system-level troubleshooting across software, hardware, networking, and field operations.
• Ability to work effectively in uncertain, fast-moving environments, take ownership of open-ended technical problems, communicate complex technical topics to varied audiences, and prioritize work across multiple projects.
• Willingness to travel to active construction sites and participate directly in testing and deployment.

Nice to have

• Experience developing robotic systems for construction, manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, mining, defense, or other demanding real-world environments.
• Experience with ROS 2 or comparable robotics middleware, mobile robot perception, SLAM, and navigation for ground or aerial robots.
• Experience developing or integrating mobile manipulation systems, including perception, motion planning, controls, end-effector integration, and task execution.
• Experience integrating cameras, LiDAR, GNSS, IMUs, embedded computers, and GPU-accelerated perception.
• Experience writing software drivers for sensors, actuators, and embedded systems, including RS232/422/485, CAN, TCP/IP, and related peripherals.
• Experience developing low-latency teleoperation systems for real-time video, command, and telemetry streams with graceful degradation during intermittent connectivity.
• Experience with cloud-connected robotics workflows using Azure, Azure DevOps, or AWS; web-based operator interfaces using React or JavaScript/TypeScript; and real-time video streaming using GStreamer.
• Experience with Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Unity, or NVIDIA Jetson devices.
• Familiarity with IP networking, including subnetting, routing, DNS, DHCP, and mesh-network radios, plus diagnosing latency, packet loss, and connectivity issues in RF-constrained environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position within the Robotics Team, reporting to the Robotics Software Lead.
• Work includes research and development, pilot programs, field deployments, and collaboration with software and hardware engineers, field teams, vendors, partners, and end users.
• Premium health care coverage including vision and dental.
• Employer-matched 401(k), performance-based bonuses, wellness reimbursement, paid holidays and time off, and additional voluntary benefits and leave types.
• Respectful and inclusive workplace with equal-opportunity employment practices.