Lead Forward Deployed Robotics & Systems Engineer

Location: Remote anywhere in the US; frequent travel to customer, construction, quarry, mining, and dealer sites with extended onsite stays. Work may include early mornings, nights, and weekends during deployments.

Salary: $128,470–$208,770 per year

Company

hirify.global develops heavy equipment and intelligent systems for autonomy, safety, production monitoring, grade and positioning, and field data collection.

What you will do

• Lead technical readiness and end-to-end execution of complex deployments, including configuration, calibration, acceptance validation, stabilization, and site-exit readiness.
• Direct installation and integration of sensors, embedded compute, harnesses, power, communications, machine interfaces, site networks, and RTK infrastructure.
• Own field triage, incident response, safety validation, go/no-go decisions, escalation paths, and dealer handoff standards.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause investigations across cameras, radar, lidar, GNSS/RTK, CAN/J1939, Linux, connectivity, autonomy behavior, and operating conditions.
• Develop and review C++ and Python fixes, diagnostic tools, automation, test fixtures, deployment playbooks, and reusable site-configuration patterns.
• Translate field evidence into product and engineering recommendations while mentoring engineers and technicians and aligning with customers, operators, dealers, and engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechatronics, robotics, mechanical, computer or systems engineering, computer science, or equivalent hands-on technical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, machine controls, or industrial automation, including technical leadership of complex field deployments and hardware/software integration on physical machines.
• Extensive hands-on experience integrating, wiring, and repairing electrical, sensor, and robotic systems on vehicles or heavy machinery.
• Advanced proficiency in C++ and Python, including writing, debugging, and reviewing production robotics or autonomy code.
• Deep hands-on Linux troubleshooting across machine services, networking, logs, and performance.
• Strong experience with CAN-based vehicle networks and autonomy sensors, including cameras, radar, lidar, GNSS/RTK, J1939, drive-by-wire, machine controls, and field networking.
• Experience leading cross-system root-cause investigations, distinguishing base-machine faults from autonomy faults, and driving permanent resolutions.
• Experience setting technical direction, mentoring engineers and technicians, and establishing deployment, validation, and troubleshooting practices independently at remote sites.
• Clear communication and cross-functional technical leadership with engineers, operators, dealers, and customers.
• Frequent travel, outdoor work around large operating equipment, ability to lift approximately 50 lb, required PPE compliance, lockout/tagout and mobile-equipment safety compliance, and a valid driver’s license are required.

Nice to have

• ROS or similar robotics middleware experience.
• Remote diagnostics, telemetry, and fleet data analysis experience.
• Experience scaling field support to a service or dealer network, including tiered support and escalation design.
• Construction, mining, quarry, agriculture, trucking, or off-highway experience, ideally with hirify.global or comparable machines.
• OSHA 10 or equivalent jobsite safety training and MSHA Part 46/48 training; training may be completed after hire.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, vision, paid time off, parental and adoption benefits.
• 401(k), HSA, FSA, disability and life insurance plans, subject to eligibility.
• Career development, tuition reimbursement, health lifestyle programs, employee assistance, discounts, and incentive bonus opportunities.
• Relocation is available; visa sponsorship is not available.

Hiring process

• Employment offers are conditional on successful completion of a drug screen.