Senior Software Engineer, Behavior Planning (Robotics)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States

Salary: $193,930–$291,150 per year, plus annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops Level 4 autonomous driving technology and a universal autonomy platform for robotaxis, logistics fleets, and personal vehicles.

What you will do

• Design and implement robotics and machine learning technologies for the hirify.global Driver.
• Develop planning systems for autonomous driving across streets, highways, parking lots, parking maneuvers, and multi-point turns.
• Collaborate with behavior, perception, mapping, and machine learning research engineers.
• Build production-ready software for deployment on real vehicle platforms.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior behavior team members.

Requirements

• PhD or master’s degree in robotics, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
• Expertise in path planning, motion planning, trajectory generation, behavior planning, or optimal control.
• Experience with machine learning techniques including deep learning, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, transformers, or diffusion models.
• Strong Python and C++ software development skills.
• Experience optimizing model performance through efficient processing, visualization, and analysis of large datasets.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and bring research algorithms into production.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with safety-critical systems, distributed training, or inference optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• Work at the intersection of robotics research and production autonomous driving.
• Collaborative environment with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Commitment to an inclusive workplace and psychological safety.
• Annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.