Systems Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Palo Alto, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global builds generalized physical AI and robotic systems for dexterous, adaptive work in real-world industrial environments, starting with factory-floor deployment.

What you will do

• Own system integration across the robot from high-level behavior decomposition and requirements through field deployment.
• Contribute to subsystem architecture decisions covering communication protocols, control strategies, and hardware-software partitioning.
• Define interfaces and validation strategies with electrical, mechanical, safety, firmware, and controls teams, and lead calibration and tuning.
• Prototype and characterize components and full systems to de-risk technologies before production architecture decisions.
• Debug hardware-software interactions using logs, instrumentation, tracing, firmware recompilation, and re-flashing to identify root causes.
• Drive failure analysis, system-level test plans, readiness reviews, sign-off, and post-launch monitoring.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of systems engineering or cross-disciplinary experience with complex electromechanical or robotic products.
• Strong electrical, embedded communication, firmware, and software fundamentals, including hands-on bring-up with a scope and multimeter.
• Ability to read, modify, and recompile C/C++ firmware and software for debugging and instrumentation.
• Experience defining measurable and testable requirements, writing validation tooling, and analyzing and visualizing noisy hardware data.
• Ability to work across mechanical, electrical, software, controls, reliability, and manufacturing disciplines.

Nice to have

• Background in robotics, EV powertrains, drones, or other dense electromechanical systems.
• Experience with manufacturing self-test design or service diagnostics.
• Exposure to ISO 26262, IEC 61508, automotive or robotics validation processes, DFMEA, HARA, and FTA.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on engineering environment connecting research and engineering with the physical world.
• Work at the intersection of mechanical, electrical, firmware, controls, and manufacturing disciplines.
• Emphasis on ownership, engineering curiosity, and solving difficult problems in real-world industrial settings.