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Salary: USD 217,000 - 281,000 / annual
Agility Robotics is seeking a Staff Robot Architect - Platform Software Specialist to drive the controls, networking, and firmware architecture of commercially deployed humanoid robotics platforms. You will report directly to the Principal Hardware Architect and serve as the technical lead for Robot Platform Software architecture, partnering across systems, mechanical, electrical, software, perception, safety, and control teams to define and evolve the hardware and software architecture of robotic systems.
You will own the end-to-end robot network and controls system architecture, ensuring scalable and reliable integration of perception, compute, control, and safety systems. Key responsibilities include providing technical direction to other architects and cross-functional teams, leading trade studies and architecture reviews that balance performance, functional safety, complexity, manufacturability, cost, and reliability, and partnering with software controls and simulation teams to ground architectural decisions in system-level modeling and performance analysis. You will collaborate closely with software, systems engineering, test, and integration teams to translate architecture into testable, traceable requirements, and influence long-term roadmap and product direction by translating user needs, field performance, and R&D findings into architectural evolution.
Agility Robotics' humanoid robots operate in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers, tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. The company has industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data.
This is a hybrid position based in Fremont, CA, with occasional travel to offices in Salem, OR, and Pittsburgh, PA required to support development activities.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 8+ years of experience in robotics platform software development as a senior or lead engineer
- 5+ years of experience with controls system development as a senior lead engineer
- 3+ years of network/compute system development as a senior lead engineer
- 3+ years of experience with firmware development from bare-metal to network integration
- Deep understanding of robotic system design including tradeoffs in cost, power, heat, sensing, compute, and safety
- Proven experience designing and delivering complex electromechanical robotic systems into field or commercial deployment from ideation through production
- Strong foundation in software engineering, robot kinematics, dynamics, controls, and system modeling
- Familiarity with functional safety concepts, Product FuSa Certifications, FMEA/FMECA, and hazard analysis in robotic systems
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with experience influencing decisions across multidisciplinary teams
BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:
- Prior experience architecting full-stack robotics systems in humanoid, legged mobility, mobile manipulation, or high-DOF automation platforms
- Hands-on experience with perception pipelines, real-time control systems, and safety-rated architectures
- Experience with Github and collaborative development tools
- Experience with simulation tools such as MuJoCo, Gazebo, or equivalent
- Familiarity with AI and reinforcement learning techniques applied to robotics
- PhD or Master's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or related field
- Experience mentoring and growing engineers and fostering healthy team culture
