Staff Software Engineer, Sensing Systems (EO/IR)

Location: On-site in El Segundo, California, United States, with regular travel to test sites and field deployments. U.S. Person status is required, and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance is required.

Salary: $211,000–$290,000 base compensation per year, excluding bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops defense products powered by Coherent Distributed Networks for warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams. Founded in 2022, the company has raised $1 billion and has 500+ employees across five global offices.

What you will do

• Build generic software for long-range EO/IR sensors and future sensors on mobile and airborne platforms.
• Develop harnesses and workflow graphs that move capabilities through simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and end-to-end field testing.
• Build autonomous systems that run tests against real hardware at test sites and report results.
• Improve simulation and replay so features can be developed and validated before hardware deployment.
• Integrate radar, cameras, and other sensors through interfaces, timing, and data-flow systems.
• Deploy, monitor, and fix software running on edge hardware at test and customer sites.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of a production system end to end.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong Python skills for building services and tools used by other engineers.
• Comfort with Linux, Docker, networking, and CI, including bringing multi-service systems up on unfamiliar hardware.
• Ability to use AI coding tools such as Cursor or Claude Code thoughtfully while writing, explaining, and debugging independent code.
• Practical grounding in physical systems through engineering education, hardware, sensors, robotics, or field work; ability to read schematics, understand test racks, and collaborate with optics or RF engineers.
• Willingness to work in the field, debug systems on site, and ship fixes before the next flight.
• Evidence-based engineering approach focused on measurement and experimentation rather than guessing.
• U.S. Person status and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with cameras, EO/IR sensors, gimbals, radar, or video pipelines such as GStreamer or DeepStream.
• Embedded Linux or edge computing, especially NVIDIA Jetson, plus GPU or CUDA experience.
• Robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, or aerospace experience.
• Hardware-in-the-loop test rigs or test automation against real hardware.
• Simulation or game-engine experience with Gazebo, Isaac Sim, Unreal, or similar tools.
• Experience building AI agent harnesses or workflow graphs.
• C++ or TypeScript experience.
• Defense or aerospace experience, or a current U.S. security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Small team working closely with hardware, mission systems, and field results.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage fully paid by the company.
• 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, life insurance, and other benefits.
• Free daily lunch while working on site, stocked kitchen, unlimited PTO, and casual dress code.
• Competitive base salary, pre-IPO stock options, relocation assistance, and annual bonuses planned for the future.

Hiring process

• Unsolicited resumes or outreach from recruiting agencies are not accepted, reviewed, or compensated.