Robotics Application Engineer (AI/Robotics)

Location: Pittsburgh or San Mateo, United States

Base salary: $100,000–$300,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops general-purpose robotic intelligence using data-driven machine learning for robust deployment in real-world scenarios.

What you will do

• Design, develop, configure, validate, and deploy software for robotic systems.
• Integrate robotic software solutions into production environments.
• Test, troubleshoot, and debug applications across hardware, software, and model layers.
• Collaborate with ML and core robotics engineers to reproduce edge cases and convert field learnings into system improvements.
• Analyze and improve robot algorithms, system performance, and scalability.
• Build technical documentation, runbooks, monitoring tools, and performance evaluation tooling.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or higher degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3–5+ years of hands-on experience in robotics application development, systems integration, or field deployment.
• Proficiency in Python and C++.
• Strong working knowledge of ROS or ROS2.
• Experience with autonomous systems such as robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles, or industrial automation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with familiarity with AI and machine learning for robotic systems, vision systems, simulation tools, or sensor integration.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on general-purpose robotic intelligence designed to adapt to unseen scenarios.
• Collaborate across ML, robotics, hardware, operations, and R&D teams.
• Contribute to innovative robotics projects alongside professionals ranging from new graduates to domain experts.