Robotics Software Engineer I/II
Agility Robotics1 month ago
Salem, OR, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
Base Salary
$114k - $148k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain production-ready skills for humanoid robot customer workflows.
- Script robot behaviors using behavior trees, state machines, task planners, and other control-flow logic.
- Build and maintain workflows using the robot’s skill API and prototype new customer use cases.
- Define production-readiness criteria, test plans, and validation infrastructure for skills and workflows.
- Recreate failure scenarios from logs as repeatable tests and validate releases in simulation and on hardware.
- Travel occasionally, less than 10%, to customer sites for deployment, hands-on validation, and tuning support.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of relevant research-level or industry experience, preferably with mobile manipulation robots.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in robotics, computer science, or a related field.
- Proficiency in Python and experience with Linux systems.
- Interest and ability to develop physical robot behaviors and work hands-on with hardware.
- Understanding of autonomous robotics from low-level control through high-level task planning.
- Strong ownership of software reliability and failure-mode reduction.
- Bonus: experience with state machines, behavior trees, robot manipulation, motion planning, kinematics, MoveIt, automated regression testing, CI/CD workflows, or real-world autonomous robot deployments.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $114,000–$148,000 USD, plus eligible discretionary bonus and equity.
- 401(k) plan with a 6% company match.
- Company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short- and long-term disability insurance, with benefits beginning on the first day.
- Employee Assistance Program, parental leave, paid time off or vacation and sick leave depending on classification, and 12 company holidays including a winter shutdown.
- Catered lunches four times per week and snacks and refreshments at Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
- Professional development, tuition reimbursement, and relocation assistance for eligible roles.
- Onsite position in Salem, Oregon, requiring at least four days per week in the office, with occasional customer-site travel and support for flexible work arrangements.
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.