Senior Robotics Kinematics Engineer

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $146,000–$218,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops rockets and advanced additive manufacturing technologies for aerospace applications, including the Terran R launch vehicle and Horizon Manufacturing Technologies.

What you will do

• Develop advanced forward and inverse kinematics algorithms for 6+ DoF robotic systems.
• Implement redundancy resolution and optimize kinematics software for real-time performance.
• Own and maintain a shared kinematics library used across multiple robotics software products.
• Develop calibration tools and methodologies for diverse robot calibration workflows using industrial metrology and localization hardware.
• Act as the subject matter expert for robot kinematics, motion modeling, and multi-axis synchronization.
• Collaborate with welders, data scientists, material scientists, and robotics teams to build an end-to-end additive manufacturing platform.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience developing kinematics algorithms for underactuated and redundant robotic systems.
• Strong expertise in robot kinematic modeling and calibration methodologies using industrial metrology and localization hardware such as Leica and OptiTrack.
• High proficiency in C++, Linux, and modern software engineering practices, with working experience in Python.
• Experience designing modular, extensible software architectures for diverse robot kinematics and configurations.
• Experience with ROS and open-source robotics libraries.

Nice to have

• Experience with multi-robot coordination and synchronization.
• Experience with mobile manipulators.
• Experience developing software for real-time robotic systems.
• PhD in Robotics, Control Systems, or a related technical field.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a cross-functional R&D environment focused on advanced manufacturing and robotics.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave.
• Parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.