Senior Field Application Engineer (Robotics)

TL;DR

Senior Field Application Engineer (Robotics/AI): Providing technical leadership and support for NXP MPU and DNPU processors in the robotics and drone sectors with an accent on edge-compute architecture and software stack integration. Focus on optimizing AI/ML workloads for on-device inference and ensuring system performance across hardware, kernel, and drivers.

Location: Munich, Germany

Company

hirify.global is a leader in secure edge intelligence, providing breakthrough technologies for vehicles, factories, and robotics.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for edge-compute architecture, processor selection, and software stack integration for robotics platforms.
• Partner with customers on the design of companion computers, central compute, and vision/perception subsystems.
• Perform design support and lab troubleshooting, including schematic reviews and root-cause analysis across hardware and kernel.
• Enable AI, vision, and sensor-fusion workloads on NXP processors and NPUs for perception and navigation.
• Support the transition of models from training frameworks to optimized on-device inference.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 10+ years of experience in embedded systems development or applications support for MPU/SoC-based platforms.
• Strong expertise in embedded Linux (u-boot, kernel, device drivers, Yocto).
• Experience with ARM Cortex-A processors and heterogeneous compute architectures.
• Knowledge of high-speed interfaces such as LPDDR, PCIe, USB 3.x, MIPI, and Ethernet.
• Fluent English proficiency and willingness to travel.

Nice to have

• Experience enabling AI/ML workloads and model optimization on edge NPUs.
• Familiarity with robotics middleware (ROS/ROS 2, Rust, DDS) and SLAM frameworks.
• Knowledge of platform security (TrustZone, secure boot, OP-TEE).
• Experience with power-management subsystems and battery-powered architectures.
• Working knowledge of functional safety (ISO 26262) and cybersecurity (ISO 21434) standards.