Manager of Robotics Test Infrastructure and Release, Agility Robotics
$185-240k
Offers equity/stock options
More information about location
Office located in Fremont, CA
Robotic automation for the warehouse and logistics
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Robotic automation for the warehouse and logistics
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$185-240k
Offers equity/stock options
More information about location
Office located in Fremont, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make businesses more productive and people's lives more fulfilling.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years in product testing, test infrastructure, or test automation with at least 2 years in a management role
- Proven experience testing complex, multidisciplinary systems where hardware and software are deeply coupled: robotics, autonomous vehicles, embedded systems, or similar domains
- Track record of building and scaling SDET or test engineering teams in high-growth, fast-paced environments
- Experience owning release processes end-to-end, including defining quality gates, managing regression pipelines, and making go/no-go calls
- Hands-on experience architecting and building test infrastructure for complex robotic or electromechanical systems, including simulation-based, hardware-in-the-loop, and physical platform testing
- Demonstrated ability to develop or oversee automated test frameworks in Python or C++, with a focus on comprehensive, maintainable, and high-signal test coverage across controls, perception, behavior, and cloud software stacks
- Strong system-level debugging instincts: able to look at robot behavior, data logs, telemetry and reason across hardware, firmware, and software to identify root cause
- Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling and software development workflows including Git, Jenkins, and Kubernetes; experience integrating test execution into the delivery pipeline
- Familiarity with robotics software architecture including real-time control loops, state estimation, and perception pipelines; enough depth to have a meaningful technical conversation with the engineers writing the code
- This position will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area with travel expected to Salem, OR
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Manager of Robotics Test Infrastructure and Release to lead a team responsible for building and scaling the test infrastructure, automation frameworks, and internal tooling that power our software validation capability, while owning the release management function and the feedback loop that ensures every release makes us better than the last
- As Manager of Robotics Test Infrastructure and Release, you will own the full lifecycle of software quality at Agility - from the tools and infrastructure that make testing possible, to the release process that gets software onto our robot fleet, to the feedback loop that closes the gap between what ships and what works in the real world
- You will lead a team of engineers who write test automation frameworks, develop internal tooling, manage CI/CD pipelines, and own the release management function end to end. You will define what "ready to release" means and hold that bar
- This role is ideal for a technically strong, execution-oriented leader who thrives at the intersection of software engineering, systems thinking, and operational rigor
- Own the architecture, development, and evolution of Agility's test infrastructure, including simulation-based, hardware-in-the-loop, and physical robot test environments
- Establish and scale structured test development practices and automated test frameworks across the full robotics software stack including controls, perception, state estimation, planning, and the cloud platform for robot fleet management , ensuring test cases are comprehensive, maintainable, and traceable to product requirements
- Build and maintain internal tooling that serves the broader SEIT org, reducing manual effort and increasing test coverage and execution velocity
- Own test execution platforms, artifact management, regression tracking, and reporting infrastructure
- Partner with Systems Engineering to ensure requirements are translated into automatable acceptance criteria and that traceability from requirement to test to result is maintained
- Lead the release management function end to end: define quality gates, own the release readiness process, and make the go/no-go call on software releases with clear, metrics-backed rationale
- Define the test strategy for each software release, specifying what gets tested, at what depth, and on what platforms before software ships to development or production robots
- Develop and enforce processes for bug tracking, prioritization, and resolution across the release cycle
- Own what happens after a release goes out: track field issues, identify test gaps that allowed escapes, and drive resolution before the next release
- Partner with integration engineers and software teams to reproduce, root cause, and resolve high-priority issues using data logs, telemetry, and test artifacts
- Use field data to continuously improve the test strategy and raise the quality bar over time
- Lead, grow, and mentor a team of engineers across test infrastructure, automation, and release management
- Collaborate closely with Robot Software, Controls, AI Software, Systems and Testing teams to embed quality into every stage of the development cycle
- Deliver clear, actionable reporting to leadership on software health, release readiness, risks, and infrastructure needs
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 labour 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
Southeast Mill Creek, Salem, 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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