Senior Software Systems Engineer (Robotics & Execution Systems)

Location: Hybrid role based in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA. Up to 10% travel may be required to client and customer locations.

Base salary: $116,250–$170,500 per year, varying by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Company

hirify.global develops AI-powered robotic and software platforms for high-density warehouse automation and supply-chain operations.

What you will do

• Define Concepts of Operations describing users, environments, inputs, outputs, system states, and system boundaries.
• Translate customer and business needs into complete, verifiable functional and software component requirements, maintaining end-to-end traceability.
• Own the software risk register and identify, assess, and mitigate performance, latency, memory, and failure-state risks.
• Conduct impact assessments and technical trade-off analyses across interfaces, dependencies, scalability, speed, memory, and time to market.
• Guide phased delivery of business value and establish Systems Engineering practices across teams, product families, and initiatives.
• Define verification and validation strategy, support functional integration testing, and present system-level recommendations to leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Systems Engineering; a Master’s degree or MBA is preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Software Architecture, or Senior- or Lead-level Software Engineering.
• Experience authoring system requirements, Concepts of Operations, and technical trade-off analyses.
• Deep familiarity with risk identification, mitigation, and maintaining technical risk registers for complex systems.
• Ability to translate abstract ideas and business goals into structured, verifiable engineering requirements.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering processes, product lifecycle management, stage-gate development, and verification and validation frameworks.
• Strong background in systems-level programming languages and a deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and hardware-software integration.
• Experience with DFMEA, Pugh matrices, and 8D.
• Proven Senior-level technical leadership through influence across teams without direct authority, with the ability to synthesize complex information for engineers and executives.
• Ability to work objectively and resiliently, handle pushback with data, remain organized, and work with minimal supervision toward aggressive goals.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive and/or fly to client and customer locations are required when travel is needed.

Nice to have

• Experience in Robotics, Automation, or Medical Device industries, particularly with rigorous Systems Engineering, safety, and risk management.
• Deep experience working within complex execution spaces.
• Experience designing or scaling engineering intake, stage-gate, or requirements processes across an organization.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with up to 10% customer-related travel.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k), PTO, and other benefits.
• Collaborative environment focused on innovation, inclusion, and diverse perspectives.
• Employees manage travel and other expenses personally and receive reimbursement on a bi-weekly basis.