Staff Robotics Software Engineer, Agility Robotics
AI Manipulation
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Robotic automation for the warehouse and logistics
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Robotic automation for the warehouse and logistics
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity: Company stock options
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make businesses more productive and people's lives more fulfilling.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with reinforcement learning, diffusion models, and learning from demonstration
- Experience leveraging machine learning to improve grasp behaviors and object manipulation
- Industry experience developing and deploying manipulation algorithms on high-DOF robots in real world applications
- Experience with perception and scene understanding especially as it pertains to manipulation behaviors
- Experience using simulation tools such as Isaac Sim / Mojoco / Drake/ gazebo or similar
- MS or Ph.D. in robotics, computer science, or related field or have equivalent industry experience
- Strong robotics fundamentals, including kinematics, dynamics, sensing, control, and motion behaviors
- Strong software experience in modern C++ and Python
- Deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and/or JAX
Desirable
- Experience working with humanoid (or similar) robots
- Experience working with multi modal exteroceptive sensors (e.g. force, haptic, tactile, vision)
- Experience in orchestrating a scalable automated testing pipeline for simulation
- Experience in classical robotics motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms
- Publications in your field (RSS, ICRA, IROS preferred)
What the job involves
- Our software team is growing and we are looking for a talented engineer to join our agile, world-class team
- In this role you will develop manipulation behaviors and grasp planning algorithms for humanoid robots to manipulate the world around it
- You will work closely with state estimation, navigation, and controls teams to execute your planning algorithms aimed at solving challenging problems in real-world deployments
- Design, implement, test, and deploy manipulation behaviors and grasp planning algorithms for humanoid robots
- Develop grasp strategies and behaviors robust to environmental uncertainty and imperfect state estimation
- Contribute to the software architecture and design of the autonomy stack
- Collaborate with members of the autonomy teams to solve complex cross functional problems
- Engineer high quality software that is well tested, reliable and maintainable
Our take
Agility Robotics was founded with the aim of empowering the blended workforce, where humans and human-movement-enabled robots work side by side. Though there’s still plenty of wariness about what workplace robots might mean for the future of the workforce, the amount of R&D and Venture Capital funding into the space – coupled with an acute labor shortage – suggests that there’s no holding it back.
The company, founded by a team of Robotics and Bioengineering academics, has hit the headlines a number of times in the last few years for the mobility and dexterity of its robots which can walk around, move packages, and unload trailers (as well as climb stairs and run a 5K). This ability to run could have a huge impact, as it opens up the potential not just to work in warehouses and factories, but to complete last-mile deliveries – an ambition that Agility Robotics has made public.
It's advancing humanoid robotics with its robot, Digit, already working in logistics and delivery. With partnerships like Schaeffler AG and a new production facility, Agility is scaling up operations. Digit's tasks, including package handling, and future plans for self-replication, position the company to address labor shortages. As it enhanced Digit's AI and safety features, Agility is preparing for a future where robots and humans work together, shaping the digital workforce.
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Insights
87% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2025
$400m
LATE VC
Oct 2024
$150m
SERIES C
Total funding: $728m
Company benefits
- 100% Company Paid Disability, Life, Health, Dental & Vision Insurance (for AR employees)
- Employer Matched Retirement Plan
- Five Weeks of Paid Time Off Annually
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Relocation Assistance (for certain roles)
- Stock Options (for certain roles)
- A culture that encourages flexible work schedules
- A culture that embraces individuality and authenticity
Company HQ
Tangent, OR
Leadership
Peggy Johnson
(CEO)Joined Agility Robotics in 2024 as CEO. Prior to this, they were the CEO of Magic Leap. They also spent 6 years at Microsoft as an Executive Vice President of Business Development and 25 years at Qualcomm as an Executive Vice President of Global Market Development.
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