Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.
About The Role
Our software team is growing and we are looking for an experienced robotics engineer to own how we assess the health of Digit. You will build the self-diagnostics, calibration, and fleet health tools that tell our manufacturing, test, service, and deployment teams whether a robot is ready to work — and why it isn't. You will root-cause hardware and performance issues on prototype and production robots, turn what you learn into automated checks, and feed the results back to teams across the organization. Your work will directly enable our ability to scale up the world's first production humanoid robot fleet and revolutionize the labor market.
About The Work
- Develop a deep understanding of Digit's hardware through active participation in the bring up of prototype hardware and integration of new sensors.
- Extend Digit's self-diagnostics suite: automated checks of actuators, sensors, and limbs (e.g., actuator efficiency and health, leg stiffness, IMU and force/torque sensor checks) that determine whether a robot is fit to run a workflow.
- Lead root cause analysis on robots from prototype builds, the factory, and customer sites: isolate failures to subsystems, reproduce them with the Systems Test & Validation team, and drive corrective actions with hardware teams and suppliers.
- Turn RCA findings into new checks and pass/fail criteria, and validate that check results predict real robot performance.
- Develop and maintain calibration routines, including camera-based kinematic calibration of arms and legs, that run reliably in manufacturing and service.
- Build fleet health observability: define what robots log, get results into our data pipelines, and maintain dashboards and reports that track hardware health across the fleet over time.
- Build tools that non-engineers can use, such as operator-facing GUIs and reports for manufacturing, service, and solutions teams.
About You
- BS, MS, or PhD in robotics, mechanical, electrical, or computer engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- 4+ years of industry experience developing software for physical robots or comparable electromechanical systems, with substantial hands-on hardware debugging.
- Proven track record of root cause analysis on complex electromechanical systems: separating software, controls, and hardware faults using logs, telemetry, and targeted experiments.
- Solid working knowledge of actuators (motors, transmissions, encoders) and robot sensors (IMUs, force/torque sensors, cameras), and how they fail.
- Strong Python and C++, with experience building diagnostic or test tools used by other teams.
- Data-driven: experience analyzing high-rate robot logs and fleet telemetry, using SQL and dashboards.
- Clear communicator who can turn noisy data into structured reports and procedures for engineering, manufacturing, and service partners.
- Familiarity with Jira, Git, and CI/CD workflows.
Nice To Have
- State estimation or controls background, especially on legged robots.
- Robot calibration (kinematic, camera-to-robot extrinsics) or system identification.
- Computer vision or ML applied to calibration.
This a on-site position based out of one of our Salem office.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This range may change based on geographical location and may be modified in the future.
In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:
- 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 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
- Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 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.
- Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.
All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.
Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies. We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page. If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered. To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field
- At least 4 years of industry experience developing software for physical robots or comparable electromechanical systems
- Substantial hands-on hardware debugging experience
- Experience performing root-cause analysis on complex electromechanical systems
- Working knowledge of actuators, motors, transmissions, encoders, IMUs, force/torque sensors, and cameras
- Strong Python and C++ programming skills
- Experience building diagnostic or test tools for other teams
- Experience analyzing high-rate robot logs and fleet telemetry using SQL and dashboards
- Clear communication skills for creating reports and procedures for engineering, manufacturing, and service teams
- Familiarity with Jira, Git, and CI/CD workflows
- Background in state estimation or controls, especially for legged robots
- Experience with robot calibration or system identification
- Computer vision or machine learning applied to calibration
What We Do
Agility Robotic's legged locomotion expertise is built on a history of academic research and scientific breakthrough. We're here to build robots for good. Robots that help businesses and people thrive.
