Staff Robotics Architect
Agility Robotics
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Fremont • California • United States
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About the role
- Contribute to the development and evolution of system-level hardware architecture for Agility’s humanoid platforms, focusing on performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Model robotic system behavior using Python-based tools to inform design tradeoffs, spanning kinematics, multibody dynamics, actuation physics, thermal loading, and structural behavior.
- Lead or support trade studies on key architectural decisions (e.g. actuator schemes, joint topology, sensor placement, compute integration), balancing competing constraints such as mass, complexity, manufacturability, and safety.
- Build and maintain analytical and parametric models to simulate full-body behavior, validate architecture choices, and identify failure modes or performance bottlenecks early in development.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including controls and software, to ensure modeling aligns with real-world system performance and that hardware/software integration supports intended use cases.
- Support requirements decomposition and traceability in partnership with systems engineering and V&V teams.
- Participate in FMEA/FMECA, safety reviews, and hazard analysis activities related to hardware systems.
- Contribute to architecture and design reviews, documentation, and technical mentorship within the hardware team.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in robotics hardware design, architecture, or simulation, with deep exposure to integrated electromechanical systems.
- Strong background in multibody kinematics, dynamics, and mechanism-level physics.
- Proficiency in Python, including numpy/scipy, symbolic modeling (e.g. SymPy), and numerical methods for system simulation and trade studies.
- Demonstrated experience developing or contributing to hardware architecture in robotics systems, particularly high-DOF or legged platforms.
- Familiarity with physics simulation tools such as MuJoCo, Gazebo, PyBullet, or similar, and how to interface them with hardware/system design workflows.
- Working knowledge of electromechanical actuation, sensors, embedded compute, and hardware/software interfaces.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally across disciplines.
Benefits
- 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
- Equity: Company stock options.
- Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
- Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
- Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Time Off:
- Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
- Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
- On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
- Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
- Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
- Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
- Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
robotics hardware designhardware architecturesystem simulationmultibody kinematicsmechanism-level physicsPythonnumerical methodselectromechanical systemsFMEAhazard analysis
Soft Skills
communicationcross-functional collaborationtechnical mentorship