Senior Software Engineer, Agility Robotics
Operating Systems
$155-241k
+ Equity
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
$155-241k
+ Equity
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
- 5+ years of professional experience with OS image generation, Linux kernel development, and embedded Linux environments
- Strong background in implementing complex features within large-scale software systems, preferably in robotics or autonomous systems
- Proficiency in modern Python and systems programming on Linux
- Experience with Linux kernel development, bootloaders, device drivers, and service orchestration using systemd and similar service management systems
- Ability to take high-level project requirements and translate them into efficient, well-tested code
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working within a fast-paced agile team
Desirable
- Robotics industry experience
- Experience using Kubernetes
- Bazel and similar build systems
- Hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Nvidia driver and library management
What the job involves
- Our software team is growing and we are looking for talented engineers to join our agile, world-class team
- Our Robot Platform team is the foundational core of our product, dedicated to providing a robust, reliable, and secure software substrate that accelerates all robot feature development
- We own the critical layers that all other software teams build upon: operating system images, bootloaders, kernels, device drivers, and filesystems
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a key contributor to the Robot Platform team, focusing on the ownership and delivery of mission-critical operating system components
- You will work within established architectural patterns to build and maintain the service management (systemd, k3s) and update mechanisms that power our robots
- This role offers the opportunity to tackle complex technical challenges, from optimizing kernel performance to ensuring secure installation and updating mechanisms on our physical systems in the field
- Operating System Development: Build and maintain the operating system images used on robots and edge devices, including the bootloader, kernel, device drivers, filesystems, and system libraries
- System Orchestration & Security: Take ownership of technical projects within the robot platform stack, including:
- Service management and orchestration systems using systemd and k3s
- Secure local and remote service access mechanisms
- Robust installation and over-the-air (OTA) software update mechanisms
- Provisioning and commissioning scripts for core device environments
- Code Quality & Reliability: Write clean and maintainable code, while contributing to thorough code reviews and automated testing suites
- Debugging & Troubleshooting: Actively troubleshoot complex low-level issues across the robot software stack, focusing on OS-level bugs and hardware-software integration challenges
- Cross-functional Support: Collaborate with manufacturing, test, and robot software engineers to implement the features and interfaces they need to succeed
- Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the evolution of our developer tooling and internal best practices to improve team velocity and software quality
- Impactful Work: Everything you build will be used by engineers across the company every day
- Physical Impact: Your software decisions directly affect real robots operating in dynamic environments
- Collaboration: Work closely with robotics, cloud platform, and solutions engineers on mission-critical workflows
- Engineering Culture: Remote-friendly with a strong emphasis on developer experience, mentorship, and technical excellence
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.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
87% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2025
$400m
SERIES C
Apr 2022
$150m
SERIES B
Total funding: $578m
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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