Senior Systems Engineer – Software & Autonomy (Robotics)

Location: UK, London; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops commercially scalable and safe hirify.global robots, including the HMND-01 Alpha platform used in industrial pilots.

What you will do

• Translate stakeholder and operational needs into clear, verifiable system and software requirements.
• Define capabilities, functional and logical architecture, system boundaries, responsibilities, dependencies, and interfaces across the software and autonomy stack.
• Coordinate integration across perception, navigation, AI, planning, controls, ROS 2 platform software, firmware, electronics, sensors, actuators, and mechanical systems.
• Define integration stages, readiness criteria, degraded and safe-state behaviours, and system-level verification and validation strategies.
• Lead investigations into complex issues spanning software components, computing, networking, firmware, hardware, and physical robot behaviour.
• Facilitate technical reviews and communicate risks, capability limitations, integration status, and architectural trade-offs to engineering and program leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, Controls Engineering, or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in systems engineering, robotics software, software architecture, autonomous systems, or a related technical domain.
• Experience with complex software-intensive or cyber-physical systems and strong knowledge of requirements engineering, architecture, interface management, integration, verification, validation, and traceability.
• Technical experience in several areas including ROS or ROS 2, robotics software, perception and sensor fusion, localization, mapping, navigation, planning, controls, AI or machine learning, simulation, and distributed or real-time software.
• Ability to evaluate software behaviour, define measurable acceptance criteria, and investigate issues across algorithms, software, computing, networking, firmware, sensors, actuators, and physical robot behaviour.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and technical communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with hirify.global robots, mobile robots, autonomous vehicles, industrial robotics, or similar systems.
• Familiarity with ROS 2 topics, services, actions, quality-of-service policies, lifecycle management, TF, rosbag, and distributed execution.
• Familiarity with C++, Python, Linux, Git, CI/CD, containers, and modern software development workflows.
• Experience with Isaac Sim, Gazebo, MuJoCo, MATLAB/Simulink, SysML, model-based systems engineering, or software architecture modelling.
• Knowledge of functional safety, SOTIF, machinery safety, cybersecurity, safety assurance, and machine-learning performance or scenario-based validation.

Culture & Benefits

• Stock options with meaningful upside as the company scales.
• 30+ paid days off, including annual leave, UK bank holidays, and company closure days.
• Private healthcare with virtual and in-person care.
• Pension scheme with an 8% total contribution on full earnings.
• Daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in the office.
• Work alongside engineers, researchers, and product experts building AI-enabled hirify.global robotics.