Staff Robot Architect - Platform Software Specialist
Agility Robotics9 hours ago
Base Salary
$217k - $281k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end robot network and controls system architecture, integrating perception, compute, control, and safety systems.
- Provide technical direction to architects and multidisciplinary engineering teams designing robotic subsystems.
- Lead trade studies and architecture reviews covering performance, functional safety, complexity, manufacturability, cost, and reliability.
- Partner with controls and simulation teams to ground architecture decisions in system modeling, simulation, and performance analysis.
- Collaborate with software, systems engineering, test, and integration teams to create testable and traceable requirements.
- Influence product roadmaps by translating user needs, field performance, and R&D findings into architectural improvements.
Requirements
- 8+ years of robotics platform software development as a senior or lead engineer.
- 5+ years of controls system development as a senior or lead engineer.
- 3+ years of network and compute system development as a senior or lead engineer.
- 3+ years of firmware development spanning bare-metal systems through network integration.
- Deep understanding of robotic system design tradeoffs involving cost, power, heat, sensing, compute, and safety.
- Proven experience designing and delivering complex electromechanical robotic systems from ideation through production and field or commercial deployment.
- Strong foundation in software engineering, robot kinematics, dynamics, controls, and system modeling.
- Familiarity with functional safety, product functional-safety certifications, FMEA/FMECA, and hazard analysis in robotic systems.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with experience influencing multidisciplinary decisions.
- Preferred experience includes humanoid, legged mobility, mobile manipulation, or high-degree-of-freedom automation platforms; perception pipelines; real-time control; safety-rated architectures; GitHub; MuJoCo; Gazebo; AI and reinforcement learning; and mentoring engineers.
- A PhD or master’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or a related field is a bonus qualification.
Benefits
- Hybrid position based out of the Fremont, California office with occasional travel to Salem, Oregon, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 401(k) plan with a 6% company match and company stock options.
- Company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short- and long-term disability insurance for employees, with benefits beginning on the first day.
- Employee Assistance Program, paid parental leave, professional development, tuition reimbursement, and relocation assistance for eligible roles.
- Exempt employees receive flexible unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays including a winter shutdown; non-exempt employees receive vacation, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays.
- Catered lunches four times per week and snacks at Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
- Flexible work arrangements and an annual discretionary bonus for eligible roles.
Categories
EmbeddedRobotics
About Agility Robotics
Agility Robotics builds and deploys Digit, a bipedal humanoid robot for logistics and manufacturing tasks such as tote handling and material flow in warehouses and distribution centers. The privately held company sells robots, software, and support services to industrial operators integrating automation alongside human workers. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Salem, Oregon, it has commercially deployed systems in real-world facilities.