Founding Senior Engineer (Autonomous Driving)

Location: Sunnyvale, United States

Salary: $210,000–$300,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a mobility AI company and the Global Software Center of Hyundai Motor Group, developing software-defined vehicle technologies and production-ready L4 autonomy for trucks, buses, passenger vehicles, and robotaxis.

What you will do

• Define and evolve autonomy KPIs and performance metrics.
• Lead the development of evaluation and validation infrastructure.
• Design scalable testing and performance analysis methodologies.
• Build simulation-driven validation workflows and tools for failure analysis and scenario mining.
• Drive data-informed prioritization of autonomy improvements.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to team growth.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in autonomy, robotics, simulation, ML infrastructure, validation, analytics, or large-scale software systems.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• Strong software engineering, system design, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading technical projects from concept to deployment.
• Demonstrated grit, ownership, and a track record of driving difficult technical problems from ambiguity to successful deployment.

Nice to have

• Autonomous driving experience.
• Safety-critical systems experience.
• Simulation platform experience.
• Data mining and analytics experience.
• ML evaluation and benchmarking experience.
• Statistical modeling experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on safety-first, user-centric software-defined vehicle technologies.
• Founding-team role with significant influence over KPI strategy, evaluation architecture, validation methodology, simulation strategy, safety readiness, and the technical roadmap.
• Equal opportunity workplace with consideration for veterans, candidates eligible for employment preference, and qualified individuals with disabilities.

Hiring process

• Application review, coding test, first interview, second interview, offer negotiation, and hiring.
• Screening procedures may vary depending on the position, schedule, or other circumstances.