Autonomy and Robotics Software Engineer (AI)

Location: On-site in Huntington Beach, California, or San Francisco, California

Salary: $125,000–$160,000 for Autonomy and Robotics Software Engineer; $165,000–$220,000 for Senior Autonomy and Robotics Software Engineer, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is a defense technology company developing next-generation autonomous defense platforms and decentralized systems for the United States and its allies.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and deploy production autonomy software in modern C++ on Linux, using Python for tooling, analysis, and machine learning workflows.
• Build and integrate perception, localization, sensor fusion, navigation, planning, embedded inference, and mission autonomy capabilities.
• Take systems from prototypes through simulation, software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, flight testing, and field deployment.
• Analyze logs, simulation results, and test data to debug failures, improve robustness, and accelerate iteration.
• Develop evaluation pipelines, metrics, and tooling for accuracy, latency, drift, handoff stability, and mission-level performance.
• Collaborate with hardware, sensing, flight test, and machine learning teams to optimize real-time software and models for embedded compute.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field, or 3+ years of equivalent practical software engineering experience.
• Strong modern C++ and Linux skills, plus Python for tooling, analysis, or machine learning.
• Experience taking research or prototype systems into reliable hardware deployment and debugging real-world robotics, autonomy, or embedded software.
• Deep expertise in at least one area such as perception, localization, state estimation, navigation, planning, machine learning, or embedded autonomy.
• Experience with validation using metrics, simulation, logs, field testing, CI-based validation, and evaluation tooling.
• Employment requires authorization to work in the United States and may require eligibility to access technology controlled under U.S. export control laws without export-license sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Experience with SLAM, VIO, GNSS/INS fusion, relocalization, or multi-sensor fusion.
• Experience with detection, segmentation, tracking, pose estimation, classification, or machine learning models for autonomy.
• Experience with embedded Linux or RTOS platforms, sensor and vehicle interfaces, motion planning, or decision-making under uncertainty.
• Experience with simulation, HITL, synthetic data, sensor modeling, RF denial, GNSS degradation, low-light operations, or high-vibration platforms.
• Strong data practices, including dataset versioning and reproducible pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary with performance-based incentives and equity participation.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement savings, and paid time off.
• Funding for continuing education, training, and professional development.
• Startup-paced environment focused on manufacturing, rapid innovation, autonomy, and national security.