Senior Software Engineer, Devices Platform (Robotics)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States (HQ)

Base pay: $160,360–$240,540 per year, plus annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops Level 4 autonomous driving technology and a universal autonomy platform for robotaxis, logistics fleets, and other vehicles.

What you will do

• Design and develop sensor and compute systems for autonomous robotics.
• Architect and deploy onboard software with high reliability and performance.
• Build device drivers, inter-device protocols, pipelines, and device runtime APIs.
• Deliver reliable software through metrics monitoring, automated testing, validation, and vendor collaboration.
• Debug complex systems, identify root causes of failure modes, and deploy effective solutions.
• Lead cross-functional sensor and compute projects and mentor software engineers.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience with a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or 4+ years with a Ph.D.
• Robotics or autonomous driving domain experience.
• Strong C++ proficiency, especially concurrency, and system software development experience from device-driver to application level.
• Deep understanding of Linux kernel-level algorithmic correctness and performance optimization.
• Ability to analyze complex real-time systems and communicate clearly.
• Effective collaboration with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with robotics hardware, embedded platforms, and sensors including radar, lidar, visual, or thermal imaging cameras.
• Experience with USB, SPI, I2C, UART, and other device communication protocols.
• Machine learning or image processing experience.
• GPU programming and low-level Nvidia GPU driver optimization.
• Linux kernel and device-driver programming, including threading, IPC, shared memory, synchronization, and networking.

Culture & Benefits

• Annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and psychological safety.
• Equal opportunity employment and a workplace free from discrimination.