Principal Perception Architect - System Integration (Autonomous Construction)

Location: Irving, Texas, United States; full-time onsite work at the Irving office five days a week. The role requires up to 25% domestic travel. Domestic relocation assistance is available.

Salary: $147,760–$240,110 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops construction machinery, connected asset technologies, AI, edge computing, and autonomous solutions for safer and more productive jobsites.

What you will do

• Own the front-end perception sensor system architecture for autonomous machine platforms.
• Define sensor selection and evaluation strategies for cameras, lidar, radar, IMU, GNSS, ultrasonic, and related technologies.
• Define sensor integration architecture, including interfaces, driver requirements, data streams, startup behavior, configuration, diagnostics, health monitoring, and status reporting.
• Assess the Data Collection Kit for sensor coverage gaps, data quality issues, integration limitations, interface constraints, and improvement opportunities.
• Resolve blind spots, field-of-view and range limitations, placement constraints, and data reliability risks.
• Define mounting, electrical, networking, cabling, packaging, environmental protection, and serviceability requirements, collaborating with sensor suppliers and machine, edge, data collection, hardware, and software teams.

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of analytical thinking, platform architecture, data architecture, effective communication, and organizational leadership.
• Strong experience with perception sensor systems, including cameras, lidar, radar, IMU, GNSS, ultrasonic, or similar technologies.
• Experience evaluating, selecting, and integrating perception sensors for autonomous vehicles or robotics.
• Experience with sensor interfaces, cabling, networking, power, synchronization, driver software requirements, data streaming, diagnostics, and health monitoring.
• Strong understanding of sensor placement, field of view, machine coverage, blind-spot analysis, mounting, packaging, vibration, environmental protection, and serviceability.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with sensor suppliers and machine platform, edge platform, data collection, hardware, and software teams.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with construction machine applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time onsite work at the Irving, Texas office, with up to 25% domestic travel.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits; paid time off; 401(k); HSA and FSA options.
• Career development, tuition reimbursement, incentive bonus, insurance, parental and adoption benefits, and employee assistance programs.
• Visa sponsorship is available for eligible applicants.
• Employment is conditional on successfully completing a drug screen.