Senior Systems Engineer, Event Detection And Response (Robotics)

TL;DR

Senior Systems Engineer, Event Detection and Response (Robotics): Designing and maintaining event detectors to surface safety-relevant behaviors from autonomous vehicle log data with an accent on root cause analysis and regression coverage. Focus on translating field behaviors into reproducible detection logic and integrating them into simulation scenario libraries.

Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Salary: $125,000 - $140,000 USD

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous vehicles powered by innovative Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology to create safer, greener, and more accessible urban transit.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain event detectors for vehicle log data to translate observed field behaviors and edge cases into precise detection logic.
• Support safety risk assessments for complex driving maneuvers to ensure functional safety goals are met using event detector outputs.
• Partner with data engineering and simulation teams to integrate detectors into automated pipelines and regression suites.
• Develop system-level concepts for critical autonomous vehicle features, defining observable and measurable behaviors.
• Define and maintain system and subsystem requirements, ensuring full traceability from stakeholder needs to technical implementation.
• Analyze large-scale vehicle log datasets to characterize event frequency, severity, and distribution across the ODD.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in automotive or robotics engineering, with at least 2 years focused on autonomous driving systems.
• Strong understanding of sensor modalities (camera, lidar, radar), perception pipelines, and prediction/planning system behavior.
• Hands-on experience writing signal- or rule-based detectors against structured log data (e.g., ROS bags, Parquet/Arrow).
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle simulation platforms such as CARLA.
• Proficiency in data analysis using Python (pandas, numpy, polars) and SQL.
• Experience with Linux, command-line interface, and git.

Nice to have

• Experience with distributed data platforms such as Spark or Dask.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans.
• Health Savings (HSA) and Flexible Spending (FSA) accounts.
• Rich retirement benefits with an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.
• Generous paid parental leave and a phased return-to-work program.
• Flexible vacation policy in addition to paid company holidays.
• Total Wellness Program providing resources for overall wellbeing.