Software Engineer I/II (Robotics)

Location: Onsite in Pasadena, California, United States

Base salary: $88,000–$135,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing rockets, spacecraft, robotic systems, and critical subsystems for commercial, civil, and national security missions.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain software for robotic platforms, motion-control systems, embedded interfaces, sensing systems, test systems, and operator-facing tools.
• Support the full software lifecycle from concept, simulation, and hardware bring-up through integration, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Integrate software with motors, actuators, encoders, sensors, motion controllers, embedded systems, machine vision, industrial networks, and robotic equipment.
• Work with mechanical, electrical, controls, systems, manufacturing, test, and quality teams to define requirements, interfaces, verification approaches, and release criteria.
• Investigate issues across software, controls, electrical hardware, sensors, actuators, networks, and production equipment.
• Support code reviews, Git workflows, CI/CD, automated testing, documentation, release practices, and technical communication.

Requirements

• Degree in software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, robotics, mechatronics, aerospace engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 0–2 years of professional software engineering experience for Software Engineer I, or 2–5 years for Software Engineer II, in robotics, motion control, embedded systems, hardware systems, or other complex technical products.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and/or Python, with experience using robotics frameworks such as ROS or ROS 2.
• Experience with real-time or embedded software, control loops, deterministic timing, and hardware bring-up.
• Experience developing in Linux and applying software engineering practices including architecture, code reviews, CI/CD, automated testing, documentation, and production support.
• For work in the United States, eligibility to meet applicable ITAR and U.S. Government space technology export authorization requirements is required.

Nice to have

• Motion planning, kinematics and dynamics, trajectory generation, controls software, robot calibration, perception, state estimation, or sensor fusion experience.
• Real-time operating systems, bare-metal embedded development, hard real-time control, or safety-critical software experience.
• Experience with CAN/CANopen, SpaceWire, MIL-STD-1553, EtherCAT, SPI/I2C, Ethernet, TCP/IP, Modbus, OPC UA, PLCs, or other industrial and spacecraft communication interfaces.
• Simulation, digital twins, hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, automated test equipment, or production test systems experience.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, space, advanced manufacturing, industrial robotics, medical devices, or other high-reliability hardware environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work in a fast-paced hardware development environment with cross-functional engineering and production teams.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including a company-sponsored HSA option.
• Three weeks of paid vacation, five sick days, paid holidays, paid parental leave, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match, employee stock purchase program, and company equity opportunities.
• Onsite gym, subsidized EV charging, food and drinks, and employee discounts.