Senior Or Staff MLE - Droid Perception (Robotics)

TL;DR

Senior or Staff MLE (Robotics): Developing cloud-side perception pipelines and semantic world models to support autonomous drone deliveries with an accent on 3D geometry and remote sensing data. Focus on building production-grade ML models for semantic segmentation and predicting deliverability in complex real-world environments.

Location: South San Francisco, California, USA

Salary: $180,000 - $265,000

Company

hirify.global is the world’s largest autonomous drone delivery service, operating a global logistics network to deliver critical medical and commercial goods.

What you will do

• Design and implement cloud-side autonomy pipelines that support and scale the onboard perception stack.
• Build semantic and geometric world models of delivery zones using satellite imagery and aerial surveys.
• Develop tools to predict deliverability and generate high-fidelity priors to reduce onboarding friction.
• Train and deploy mid- to large-scale models for semantic segmentation and 3D geometry.
• Design evaluation and validation infrastructure to ensure reliable model behavior in the field.
• Lead architectural decisions and drive experimentation for production-grade perception at scale.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and deploying deep learning-based perception systems (3D geometry, semantic understanding, remote sensing).
• Strong understanding of classical computer vision, including camera calibration and structure-from-motion.
• Hands-on experience optimizing CNN and transformer architectures in production environments.
• Engineering mindset focused on shipping outcomes and scalability over pure experimentation.
• Experience building training, data annotation, and evaluation pipelines.
• Must be located in or able to work from South San Francisco, California, USA.

Culture & Benefits

• Direct ownership of real-world autonomy problems with global impact.
• High level of trust and autonomy to define the technical roadmap and architectural decisions.
• Collaborative environment focused on quality, systems thinking, and technical elegance.
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Compensation package including equity and discretionary annual or performance bonuses.