About the role

Staff Robotics Hardware Architect at Agility Robotics, focusing on high-performance hardware architectures for humanoid robots. Collaborating across engineering teams to drive design and system integration.

Responsibilities

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.

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.

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.