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With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.\nAbout the Role\nAgility Robotics is seeking a Staff Robotics Architect - Platform Software Specialist to drive the controls, networking, and firmware architecture of our humanoid robotics platforms, reporting directly to the Principle Hardware Architect to develop new products and major improvements to existing platforms. In this technical leadership role, you will serve as the lead for Robot Platform Software architecture, partnering closely with engineers across systems, mechanical, electrical, software, perception, safety, and control teams as needed to define and evolve the hardware and software architecture of our robotic systems.\nYou will be responsible for ensuring the integration of core subsystems - ranging from sensing and compute to control, actuation, and safety-into cohesive, performant, reliable, and scalable systems for our humanoid robots and fleets. This role is ideal for a senior Platform SW or Controls engineer with a proven track record in robotic system design, control, and architecture, experience in actuated mobile robotics, ideally including humanoid or legged robotics, and strong data driven decision making.\nAbout the Work\nOwn the end-to-end robot Network and Controls system architecture, ensuring scalable, and reliable integration of perception, compute, control, and safety systems.\nProvide technical direction to other architects as well as across other teams, guiding the design of high-performance robotic subsystems.\nLead trade studies and architecture reviews balancing performance, functional safety, complexity, manufacturability, cost, and reliability.\nPartner with cross functional teams including software controls and simulation teams to ensure architectural decisions are grounded in system-level modeling, simulation, and performance analysis.\nCollaborate closely with software, systems engineering, test, and integration teams to ensure architecture translates into testable, traceable requirements.\nInfluence long-term roadmap and product direction by translating user needs, field performance, and R&D findings into architectural evolution.\nAbout You\n8+ years of experience in robotics platform software development as a senior or lead engineer\n5+ years experience with controls system development as a senior lead engineer\n3+ years network/compute system development as a senior lead engineer\n3+ years experience with Firmware Development between bare-metal to network integration.\nDeep understanding of robotic system design including tradeoffs in cost, power, heat, sensing, compute, and safety.\nProven experience in designing and delivering complex electromechanical robotic systems into field or commercial deployment from the ideation phase through production.\nStrong foundation in Software Engineering, robot kinematics, dynamics, controls, and system modeling.\nFamiliarity with functional safety concepts, Product FuSa Certifications, FMEA/FMECA, and hazard analysis in robotic systems.\nStrong communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing decisions across multidisciplinary teams.\nBonus Points\nPrior experience architecting full-stack robotics systems in a humanoid, legged mobility, mobile manipulation, or high-DOF automation platform.\nHands-on experience with perception pipelines, real-time control systems, and safety-rated architectures.\nExperience with Github and similar collaborative development tools.\n\nExperience with simulation tools such as MuJoCo, Gazebo, or equivalent, and integrating simulation into system design and validation workflows.\nFamiliarity with AI and reinforcement learning techniques applied to robotics learning and control.\nPhD or Master’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or a related field.\nExperience mentoring and growing engineers, and fostering healthy team culture.\nWhy Agility Robotics?\nAt Agility Robotics, we are building the future of human-centric automation through groundbreaking humanoid robots. As a foundational technical leader, you’ll help shape a product and platform that redefines the role of robots in the workforce-developed by a world-class team committed to innovation, engineering excellence, and real-world impact.\nLocation\nThis is a hybrid position based out of our Fremont, CA office, with occasional travel to our other offices in Salem, OR, and Pittsburgh, PA required to support development activities\nThe final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Agility Robotics is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions who work in other locations. These ranges may be modified in the future.\nAnticipated Base Salary Range\n$217,000—$281,000 USD\nIn addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:\n 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.\nEquity: Company stock options.\nInsurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.\nBenefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.\n Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).\nTime Off:Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.\nNon-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.\n\nOn-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.\nParental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.\nWork Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.\nGrowth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.\nRelocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.\nAnnual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.\nAll of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.\nAgility 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.\nAgility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies. We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page. 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