Staff Robotics Software Engineer, Robot Behaviors at Agility Robotics

<div class="content-intro"><p>Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.</p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We are looking for a Staff Robotics Software Engineer (Tech Lead) to lead the design and development of robot behaviors that expand and generalize our humanoid robot’s capabilities. In this role, you will own behavior design end-to-end, from high-level task logic and system design down to on-robot validation and deployment. You will work at the intersection of behavior planning, motion planning, object perception, and manipulation, developing new autonomy capabilities and pushing the robot into new classes of tasks. We are looking for a hands-on technical leader who can set technical direction and wants to stay close to the robot: writing code, running experiments, debugging logs, working with hardware, and mentoring other engineers by building alongside them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Own the design, implementation, and validation of complex humanoid robot behaviors.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lead behavior planning and execution design, including task decomposition, control flow, recovery, and failure handling.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Build new autonomy capabilities that expand what the robot can reliably do in the real world.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Develop and evaluate manipulation strategies for new tasks, objects, workflows, and customer environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Integrate robot behaviors with motion planning, controls, object perception, estimation, and hardware systems.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Train, evaluate, and integrate learned policies into hybrid learned/classical execution workflows.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Integrate new end effectors, tools, sensors, and other hardware capabilities into the behavior stack.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Debug complex system-level failures using logs, replay, metrics, simulation, and on-robot experimentation.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, debugging, and hands-on technical guidance.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Help set technical direction and best practices for building robust, composable, reusable, and generalizable robot behaviors.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About You</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related engineering field.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8+ years of professional experience developing robotics software, autonomy systems, robot behaviors, or related real-world robotic capabilities.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrated experience as a tech lead or senior technical owner for complex robotics projects.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Proficient in Python and C++, and comfortable contributing to large, long-lived codebases.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with behavior trees, state machines, task planners, hierarchical planning, or similar behavior-planning frameworks.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Strong system-level understanding of how motion planning, object perception, controls, estimation, and hardware interact on real robots.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience working with complex algorithms and data pipelines, with an ability to optimize for performance, robustness, and scalability.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience collaborating closely with perception, planning, controls, hardware, product, or field teams.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Strong ownership mindset with a focus on robustness, generalization, and real-world reliability.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Bonus Qualifications</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience developing manipulation strategies for complex or unstructured environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with learned robot skills, including imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or hybrid learned/classical execution strategies.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience deploying and supporting autonomous robots in real customer environments.</span></li> </ul> <p><em style="font-size: 14px;" data-stringify-type="italic">This is a hybrid role based out of one of our Salem, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, or Fremont, CA offices.</em></p> <p><em style="font-size: 14px;" data-stringify-type="italic"><em>The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This range may change based on geographical location and may be modified in the future.</em></em></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Anticipated Salary Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$190,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$296,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong><em>In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:</em></strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>401(k) Plan:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Includes a 6% company match.</li> <li><strong>Equity:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Company stock options.</li> <li><strong>Insurance Coverage:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.</li> <li><strong>Benefit Start Date:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.</li> <li><strong>Well-Being Support:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Employee Assistance Program (EAP).</li> <li><strong>Time Off:</strong> <ul> <li><strong>Exempt Employees:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.</li> <li><strong>Non-Exempt Employees:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>On-Site Perks:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.</li> <li><strong>Parental Leave:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Generous paid parental leave programs.</li> <li><strong>Work Environment:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.</li> <li><strong>Growth Opportunities:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.</li> <li><strong>Relocation Assistance:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Provided for eligible roles.</li> <li><strong>Annual Discretionary Bonus:</strong> Provided for eligible roles.</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies.&nbsp; We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page.&nbsp; If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered.&nbsp; To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Apply Now: <a href="https://grnh.se/b444bbd04us" target="_blank">https://grnh.se/b444bbd04us</a></p></div>