Hardware Integration Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Oakland, California, United States; fully onsite

Salary: $109,500–$161,000 USD per year, plus potential equity grants.

Company

hirify.global Labs is an independent hirify.global team developing robotics and automation solutions for last-mile logistics.

What you will do

• Own bring-up, integration, and validation of complex robotic hardware systems.
• Define subsystem interfaces, integration risks, dependencies, and hardware validation requirements.
• Integrate and debug vehicle controls, power distribution, motion control, sensor systems, embedded platforms, and communication buses.
• Build bench rigs, physical test setups, diagnostic workflows, and wiring harnesses.
• Use laboratory equipment to investigate electrical, timing, signal integrity, power, and communication issues.
• Develop validation procedures, document results and known issues, and assess platform readiness for manufacturing and deployment.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in hardware systems integration, vehicle bring-up, hardware validation, or complex mechatronics systems.
• Hands-on experience debugging electrical, communication, signal integrity, timing, and power issues.
• Ability to read schematics, wiring diagrams, interface specifications, board documentation, and mechanical drawings.
• Experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies, CAN tools, and other diagnostic equipment.
• Knowledge of digital electronics, embedded peripherals, I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, Ethernet, USB, GPIO, Python, Linux shell scripts, Git, logs, and diagnostic tools.

Nice to have

• Experience taking robotic or electromechanical hardware through prototype bring-up, validation, manufacturing test, reliability testing, or field failure analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on a small, focused robotics and automation team.
• Comprehensive benefits for regular employees, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and family-forming assistance.
• Flexible paid time off for salaried roles, paid sick time, wellness benefits, commuter benefits, and mental health support.
• Opportunities for equity grants in addition to base salary.