Controls Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Redwood City, United States; on-site

Salary: $150,000–$190,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops full-stack robotics systems for warehouse automation, including robots that pick, move, pack, and collaborate with people.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain embedded software and firmware for rover control systems, motion controllers, and safety subsystems.
• Design and tune motion-control systems, feedback loops, servo drives, motors, and related hardware and software interfaces.
• Debug electromechanical systems across hardware, firmware, control logic, power systems, and communications.
• Bridge electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software teams during system-level integration.
• Define commissioning processes, including factory bring-up, field deployment, and over-the-air update architectures.
• Support robotic product development from prototypes through production scaling, with attention to reliability, performance, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in controls engineering, embedded systems, mechatronics, or a related field.
• Strong electrical and mechanical engineering fundamentals applied to robotics and motion systems.
• Proficiency in embedded software development and familiarity with industrial controller environments.
• Experience with communications protocols used in mechatronics and robotics, including EtherCAT and CAN bus.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings and debug system-level issues across hardware, firmware, and control logic.

Nice to have

• Experience with functional safety and safety-critical systems.
• Experience with autonomous mobile robots, warehouse automation, or large-scale robotic deployments.
• Familiarity with over-the-air updates, remote diagnostics, field-deployed robots, and deployed-hardware firmware.
• Experience with commissioning, manufacturing bring-up, system testing, production scaling, or test-fixture development.
• Knowledge of distributed real-time systems, industrial system architecture, robotic kinematics, and motion-control algorithms.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a diverse, multidisciplinary robotics engineering environment.
• Contribute to products progressing from early prototypes to production deployments.
• Total Rewards may include comprehensive benefits and equity, depending on eligibility.
• Hiring decisions consider relevant experience, skills, education, and other job-related factors.