Helix AI Engineer (Robotics)

TL;DR

Helix AI Engineer (Robotics): Developing perception systems for humanoid robots with an accent on computer vision, localization, and visual-motor policies. Focus on building reliable, production-grade software for dynamic real-world environments and optimizing autonomy stacks.

Location: Must be based in San Jose, CA (5 days/week in-office)

Salary: $200,000 - $350,000

Company

hirify.global is an AI robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots for commercial and home use.

What you will do

• Develop perception systems including onboard computer vision, localization, and visual-motor policies.
• Manage the end-to-end product life cycle from initial ideation to deployment.
• Deliver high-quality, reliable software solutions for real-world applications.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to evolve and optimize the autonomy stack.
• Develop offline data annotation processes.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in production-level software and ML engineering best practices.
• Strong mathematical foundation in probability, optimization, and linear algebra.
• Domain expertise in 3D Vision, VIO/SLAM, Vision-Language Models (VLM), or Diffusion Models.
• Proficiency with geometric computer vision concepts including perspective transformation and epipolar geometry.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment demanding creative problem-solving.
• Passion for advancing humanoid robotics.

Nice to have

• Experience with CUDA programming and real-time systems performance optimization.
• Familiarity with scalable data engineering toolchains like Spark and Ray.
• Strong publication record in a relevant field.
• Proven success in developing and deploying production-grade systems.