Lead Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Mountain View, United States

Salary: $225,000–$280,000 per year, plus equity

Company

hirify.global develops generalist intelligent robots across hardware, robot systems, infrastructure, foundation models, and manufacturing.

What you will do

• Own the mechatronic architecture of the robotic hand system.
• Define and maintain the hand’s kinematic architecture across the program.
• Lead mechanical design for wearable and teleoperation hardware, including operator ergonomics.
• Set subsystem requirements and drive integration across actuation, structures, and electronics.
• Drive prototyping, testing, and design iteration throughout the hand program.
• Technically mentor actuator, structures, and electrical engineers.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience designing humanoid or dexterous robotic hands with multi-DoF mechanisms.
• Demonstrated mechanical design experience with teleoperation exoskeletons or comparable wearable mechanisms.
• Experience designing human-body attachment systems and ergonomic interfaces for wearable devices.
• Systems-level fluency across structures, actuation, and electronics, with the judgment to make cross-domain tradeoffs.

Nice to have

• Experience taking robotic or consumer hardware from prototype through production.
• Familiarity with haptics, motion capture, or wearable data-capture systems.
• Prior technical leadership or mentorship of a small hardware team.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across the full robotics stack, from hardware and robot systems to AI infrastructure and foundation models.
• Contribute to generalist robots designed for complex real-world environments and long-tail edge cases.
• Equity is included in the compensation package.