Manager, Engineering - Software Integration (AI/Robotics)

Location: San Mateo, California, United States

Salary: $207,936–$311,904 per year

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed defense-tech company developing intelligent systems, including Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and simulation and synthetic reality technologies.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a team focused on software integration, system validation, and developer experience.
• Set priorities, drive execution, and promote technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute hands-on to system integration, validation, debugging, and development of expertise in the autonomy stack.
• Guide integration frameworks, deployment workflows, and configuration-management tools across Software-in-the-Loop, Hardware-in-the-Loop, and flight environments.
• Analyze system logs, telemetry, and rosbag data; lead cross-functional investigations and corrective actions.
• Ensure integrated capabilities meet product requirements and interface specifications while supporting customer workflows.

Requirements

• 7+ years of related experience with a bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, robotics, or a related field; alternatively, 6 years with a master's degree or 4 years with a PhD.
• Proficiency in Python or C++.
• Experience with autonomous systems or middleware.
• Experience designing integration workflows, communicating system dependencies, and triaging and reporting integration defects across subsystem boundaries.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a record of delivering high-quality software solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, including collaboration across teams and presentations to customers or technical leadership.
• Experience leading software integration engineers and owning integration roadmaps and release schedules.

Nice to have

• Experience building complex systems with strong knowledge of software architecture and design principles.
• Experience with hardware or embedded systems.
• Expert Python knowledge and experience with ROS.
• Experience with white-box testing.
• Familiarity with networking, operating systems, and radio communications.
• Experience supporting customer applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time regular employees receive base pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.
• Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
• Compensation depends on skills, experience, licenses, certifications, and work location.
• hirify.global is an equal-opportunity and affirmative-action employer.