Staff Thermal Systems Integration Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Mountain View, United States

Salary: $225K–$280K annually, plus equity

Company

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

What you will do

• Own thermal management across the complete robot platform, including cooling devices, thermal paths, heat dissipation, and system-level requirements.
• Partner with structures, actuators, and electrical hardware teams to optimize cooling device placement, sizing, and implementation.
• Build detailed thermal simulations, including CFD where appropriate, and lead verification across operating environments and use cases.
• Collaborate with Controls Engineers on thermal management algorithms, derating, and shutdown strategies.
• Work with Safety Engineers to integrate thermal constraints into system safety analyses.
• Document thermal specifications, analyses, simulation results, and verification plans for design and regulatory traceability.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in thermal systems analysis, heat transfer, thermal modeling, and cooling device design and selection.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Hands-on experience with thermal simulation tools and advanced thermal modeling techniques.
• Experience decomposing system-level thermal requirements into component and subsystem specifications.
• Strong systems-thinking across mechanical, electrical, and control layers, with experience collaborating across Hardware, Controls, Safety, Systems Integration, and Product teams.
• Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, communication, and cross-functional alignment skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with ANSYS Fluent, COMSOL, OpenFOAM, or similar CFD tools.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Simulink for thermal modeling, control algorithms, or co-simulation.
• Python experience for thermal data analysis, automation, or custom tooling.
• Exposure to ISO 26262, IEC 61508, requirements traceability tools, robotics, embedded systems, or high-performance hardware.
• Experience turning field-observed thermal issues into durable engineering improvements.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role within the Hardware department.
• Cross-functional collaboration across hardware, software, controls, systems integration, safety, and product.
• Compensation includes equity.