Staff Graphics Engineer (Rendering)

TL;DR

Staff Graphics Engineer (Rendering): Building and optimizing a GPU-accelerated, physically-based sensor simulation platform for autonomous vehicle development with an accent on light transport, material fidelity, and sensor-imaging pipelines. Focus on solving complex rendering challenges, ensuring radiometric accuracy, and advancing the core ray tracing architecture for large-scale synthetic data generation.

Location: Remote or hybrid in Sunnyvale, CA. Must be based in the US.

Salary: $160,200–$246,300

Company

hirify.global is a global automotive leader committed to a future of zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.

What you will do

• Advance light transport in an OptiX-based renderer, improving path tracing fidelity and sampling strategies.
• Own and extend physically-based materials through NVIDIA MDL integration and energy conservation models.
• Develop spectral and radiometric pipelines for physically-grounded sensor output.
• Push atmospheric and volumetric rendering capabilities, including spectral sky models and multi-scattering clouds.
• Improve camera image formation, including ISP pipelines, lens effects, and sensor noise modeling.
• Profile and optimize the per-frame GPU pipeline to maintain performance within simulation budgets.

Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the US; no immigration sponsorship provided.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on real-time or physically-based rendering.
• Deep expertise in physically-based rendering, BRDF/microfacet theory, and Monte Carlo path tracing.
• Strong modern C++ (17/20) skills with experience in performance optimization and system design.
• Significant GPU programming experience using CUDA and ray tracing APIs like OptiX.
• Solid grounding in rendering mathematics, radiometry, and color science.

Nice to have

• Experience with NVIDIA MDL, OSL, or other physically-based material systems.
• Familiarity with OpenUSD scene description and asset pipelines.
• Experience integrating rendering output into robotics or AV data stacks using ROS.
• Background in camera/sensor imaging, ISP pipelines, or machine learning synthetic data generation.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs including medical, dental, and vision.
• Retirement savings plan and tuition assistance programs.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Company vehicle evaluation program eligibility.
• Inclusive workplace culture focused on belonging and professional development.