Director Of Autonomy (Robotics)

Location: Hybrid in Greater Boston area; U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance required

Salary: $225,000 – $250,000 + Equity & Bonus

Company

hirify.global is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy, developing software-defined hardware for military and commercial autonomous systems across sea, air, and land.

What you will do

• Own the technical direction for autonomy systems across perception, planning, controls, and vehicle-level decision-making.
• Define autonomy architecture, development standards, and integration strategies across multiple engineering teams.
• Lead technical tradeoffs between performance, safety, reliability, and compute constraints for real-world maritime operations.
• Oversee development of navigation, collision avoidance, target following, and multi-vessel coordination.
• Mentor a high-performing team of robotics, perception, planning, and controls engineers.
• Drive the maturation of autonomy from prototype capabilities into reliable, repeatable, fielded systems.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in robotics, autonomy, unmanned systems, aerospace, or defense technology.
• Extensive technical background in perception, motion planning, control systems, and autonomous architecture.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams from a technical perspective.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical/Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with Linux-based development and modern software engineering practices.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in a related technical field.
• Experience with autonomous surface vessels or maritime domain awareness.
• Familiarity with ROS2, DDS, MOOS-IvP, or distributed robotics architectures.
• Experience with multi-agent autonomy or swarm robotics.
• Active or prior security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% employer-paid Health, Dental, and Vision insurance for employees and families.
• 401k program with company matching and an equity package.
• Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2-week minimum.
• Work/Home Office stipend and monthly Health and Wellness stipend.
• 16-week paid parental leave and employer-paid Life Insurance.