Software Systems Engineer (Middleware & Diagnostics)

TL;DR

Software Systems Engineer (Middleware & Diagnostics): Participating in building the hirify.global robotaxi with an accent on SW development processes. Focus on defining diagnostics strategies and appropriate system reactions to ensure robust, safe, and maintainable operation.

Location: Hybrid, Foster City, CA

Salary: $185,000 - $230,000 a year

Company

hirify.global is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market.

What you will do

• Act as a cross-functional bridge between middleware developers, and safety teams to ensure aligned design decisions and requirements.
• Develop and maintain a holistic architectural view of the middleware stack, including dependencies, interfaces and potential failure paths, for various compute platforms.
• Help evolve and strengthen the middleware and diagnostics architecture by identifying improvement opportunities.
• Define and implement component and system level diagnostics strategy, including fault detection, reporting, logging and traceability.
• Analyze fault propagation scenarios across components and help design mitigations that improve system availability and safety.
• Generate and track fault metrics on a regular cadence.

Requirements

• B.S./M.S./PhD in Engineering, Physics or relevant field and 5+ years of experience
• Strong experience in middleware, ideally in embedded or distributed systems
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate architectural and safety considerations into actionable engineering requirements
• Demonstrated ability to apply software engineering best practices
• Experience working in cross-functional environments involving platform, safety and software teams

Nice to have

• Hands on experience with design and implementation of diagnostic systems such as health monitoring, fault reduction or logging frameworks
• C++, MATLAB, Python
• Experience on Safety-Critical Systems

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement), unpaid time off, hirify.global Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.