Senior Software Engineer, ROS (Robotics)

Location: On-site in Irvine, California or Peoria, Illinois, United States

Salary: $180,000–$250,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops risk-aware, reliable, field-ready AI and robotics systems for real-world industrial deployments.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain ROS/ROS2 packages for navigation, mapping, control, and robotic autonomy.
• Integrate and calibrate LiDAR, thermal, RGB, depth, GPS, and IMU sensors for autonomous missions.
• Build modular autonomy APIs connecting SLAM, path planning, mission logic, and robotic decision-making.
• Implement and optimize real-time data processing pipelines in C++ and Python.
• Design and test autonomous behaviors on physical robotic platforms in real-world field environments.
• Troubleshoot hardware-software integration issues and develop diagnostics and recovery systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• Production-quality software engineering experience with strong C++ and Python skills.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying custom ROS/ROS2 nodes in complex robotic systems.
• Understanding of localization, SLAM, sensor fusion, navigation, state estimation, and real-time processing.
• Experience with multimodal sensor data and system-level topics including networking, IPC, and middleware.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and independent execution skills.

Nice to have

• Experience deploying robotics software in construction, mining, oil and gas, or similar industrial environments.
• Experience handling noisy sensor data and developing robust, resilient algorithms.
• Experience integrating robotics systems with web services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience optimizing robotics software for computationally constrained platforms and real-time performance.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with real robots, sensors, and hardware deployed in unstructured environments.
• Collaborate across AI, software, robotics engineering, product, field deployment, and technical communication.
• Receive competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and equity participation.
• Contribute to AI and robotics systems focused on explainability, safety, and reliable field deployment.
• Work in an inclusive environment committed to evaluating people on merit, qualifications, and performance.