Principal Robotics Platform Architect (Robotics)

Location: Irving, Texas, United States; full-time onsite work at the Irving, TX office five days a week. Domestic relocation assistance is available. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $175,030–$284,430 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops construction machinery, connected asset technologies, autonomy, software, and AI solutions for safer, more productive, and more sustainable jobsites.

What you will do

• Define and deliver the end-to-end software architecture for the robotics platform, including middleware, runtime, inter-process communication, platform services, and compute architecture.
• Establish APIs, standards, reference designs, and roadmaps that enable autonomy, machine learning, controls, and simulation teams to build and deploy consistently.
• Define onboard, edge, and cloud compute architecture, real-time execution models, and resource management for production autonomous machines.
• Develop detailed architecture deliverables and design application infrastructure, including databases, programming languages, utilities, and testing approaches.
• Evaluate and deploy technologies that enhance digital capabilities, while collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams on business requirements and digital solutions.
• Provide technical direction, govern technology decisions, and influence senior leaders across multiple engineering organizations without direct authority.

Requirements

• Knowledge of platform architecture, processing mechanisms, technology roadmaps, and supportive interfaces for business application systems.
• Knowledge of application design and architecture principles, methodologies, tools, and techniques for converting business requirements and logical models into technical designs.
• Knowledge of analytical thinking, root-cause analysis, requirements analysis, and target architecture development.
• Strong experience architecting robotics software platforms, including middleware, runtime, inter-process communication, and platform services such as ROS 2 or DDS.
• Experience defining onboard, edge, and cloud compute architecture, real-time execution, resource management, GPU or accelerated compute, and containerized deployment for production robotic or autonomous systems.
• Ability to define APIs, reference designs, and standards that enable autonomy, machine learning, controls, and simulation teams.
• Deep understanding of software integration across perception, planning, controls, and machine platforms for reliable autonomous behavior.
• Progressive experience in software engineering and architecture focused on robotics or platform software at senior or principal level.
• Strong understanding of Agile SDLC implementation in public cloud ecosystems, including environment management, test automation, peer review, CI/CD, and resource optimization.
• Excellent communication skills, including mentoring, coaching, handling sensitive issues, and persuading others on technologies, applications, and solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work five days per week at the Irving, Texas office.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, paid time off, holidays, and volunteer time.
• 401(k) savings plans, HSA, FSAs, disability benefits, life insurance, and parental and adoption benefits.
• Career development, tuition reimbursement, health lifestyle programs, employee assistance, voluntary benefits, and employee discounts.
• Incentive bonus eligibility and domestic relocation assistance.