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# Senior Software Engineer, Navigation at Agility Robotics

- **Company:** Agility Robotics
- **Location:** Any Office Fremont CA Salem OR OR Pittsburgh, PA
- **Compensation:** $155k–$241k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-04-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://www.agilityrobotics.com/about/job-post?gh_jid=5850335004

## Job description

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

Join the Autonomy team as a Senior Software Engineer focused on Navigation. You will be a core contributor, driving the design and deployment of real-time motion planning and navigation systems that empower our humanoid robots to operate robustly and autonomously in complex logistics and manufacturing environments. This is a high-impact role essential to scaling our commercial deployments, improving the efficiency of autonomous loco-manipulation behaviors, and achieving software readiness for the next generation robot platforms.

## About The Work

- Design, implement, and deploy 3D motion planning algorithms for locomotion, with an emphasis on whole-body collision-aware motion execution in real-time.
- Own the core components of our navigation stack, specifically the local planning maps, terrain models, and grid map representations used for path and motion planning with collision avoidance.
- Advance our locomotion capabilities by developing and maintaining a 3D footstep path planner aiming to significantly reduce navigation cycle times.
- Define and implement the necessary navigation features and route planning algorithms to enable coordinated movement and resource sharing within multi-agent robot fleets.
- Drive the maturity of our release processes by designing, implementing, and maintaining robust regression testing pipelines for motion planning and navigation modules.
- Collaborate with the AI and Controls teams to integrate locomotion behaviors with RL policies and support whole-body control.
- Integrate and debug planning algorithms on real-world hardware, owning the transition from simulation environments (e.g., Gazebo, MuJoCo, Isaac Sim) to physical robots.

## About You

- 5+ years of professional experience in robotics, specifically developing and deploying real-time navigation and motion planning systems for autonomous mobile platforms (humanoids, quadrupeds, autonomous vehicles).
- Expertise in 3D/volumetric map representations (e.g., octomaps, voxel grids) for local path planning and collision avoidance.
- Deep technical understanding of locomotion-specific path and motion planning algorithms, including sampling-based planners (RRT/PRM), optimization-based methods (MPC/LQR), and hybrid A*.
- Expert proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20), with a proven track record of writing high-performance, multithreaded code for robotics applications.
- Experience with common robotics frameworks (e.g., ROS/ROS2, DDS) and hands-on experience with modern optimization libraries relevant to motion planning (e.g., Ceres, IPOPT, OSQP).
- Proven ability to systematically test and debug systems on physical robots, and integrate perceived environment data (LiDAR, camera, depth sensing) into the planner.

Bonus Qualifications

- Experience training and deploying Reinforcement Learning (RL) agents for complex locomotion behaviors.
- Hands-on experience implementing Model Predictive Control (MPC) or similar optimization-based control techniques for dynamic robot locomotion.
- Familiarity with perception pipelines and the integration of perceived environment data into the planning stack.
- Experience with GPU-accelerated spatial data structures (e.g., NVBlox, specialized CUDA implementations) for high-throughput, low-latency map updates and querying.
- Strong foundational knowledge of robot kinematics, dynamics, controls, and state estimation (e.g., EKF, particle filters).
- Experience with multi-robot coordination/route planning and abiding by boundary constraints in a workcell map.
- Experience with multi-robot mapping and localization, including map persistence and sharing capabilities.
- Publications in top-tier robotics conferences (ICRA, RSS, IROS, CoRL).

This a hybrid position based out of one of our Salem, Pittsburgh, or Fremont offices.

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. Anticipated Salary Range $155,000—$241,000 USD

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.

## About Agility Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Agility Robotics designs, manufactures, and deploys Digit, a commercially available humanoid robot, paired with the Arc cloud platform to automate repetitive and difficult tasks in logistics and manufacturing facilities.
- **Entity Type**: Private (planning to go public via merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, announced June 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Salem, Oregon, USA (additional offices in Pittsburgh, PA and Fremont, CA)
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Jonathan Hurst, Damion Shelton

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Robotics engineering, humanoid robotics, industrial automation
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprise logistics and manufacturing companies (e.g., warehouses, distribution centers, assembly plants)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Making humans more capable” by automating repetitive and dangerous tasks with safe, reliable humanoid robots

## Products & Services
- **[Digit](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/)**: Commercially deployed humanoid robot designed to move totes, handle goods, and perform material handling tasks in human-centric workspaces. FCC approved and NRTL certified. Over 100,000 totes moved at a single facility.
- **[Agility Arc](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/)**: Cloud platform that runs and orchestrates Digit fleets, providing remote monitoring, task scheduling, and integration with existing facility workflows.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company; SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI values the deal, but final valuation not yet confirmed)
- **Key Metrics**: Annual Revenue ≈ $15M (LinkedIn estimate, 2025); Total Funding ≈ $728.8M
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Playground Global, DCVC, Schaeffler Group, NVIDIA (partner on Halos safety system), Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (commercial agreement), Mercado Libre (commercial agreement)
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 55.9% YoY to 308 employees; RoboFab factory in Salem can produce up to 10,000 robots annually; 38 active job postings; first humanoid robot to achieve FCC and NRTL certification; targeting cooperatively safe humanoid certification in 2026

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover**: First commercially deployed humanoid robot with real-world ROI (over 100,000 totes moved at a single facility).
- **Proven safety**: Over a decade of R&D; FCC and NRTL certified; working toward the first “cooperatively safe” humanoid robot.
- **Supply chain resilience**: ~75% of Digit’s 6,000 parts sourced from the U.S., minimizing supply chain shocks.
- **RoboFab**: World’s first full-scale humanoid robot factory, enabling scalable production with a modular workcell design.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling deployment across logistics and manufacturing verticals through direct commercial agreements and partnerships.
- Advancing AI and safety systems (e.g., NVIDIA Halos integration) to expand Digit’s capabilities and use cases.
- Going public via SPAC to access capital for further production capacity expansion and R&D.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “We do more than build demos. We build robots that ship, deploy, and get to work.” Emphasizes real-world impact, safety, and reliability.
- **Locations**: Salem, OR (manufacturing HQ); Pittsburgh, PA (engineering, testing, validation); Fremont, CA (AI and bay-area talent).
- **Team**: Engineers, AI researchers, and manufacturing experts; strong technical focus (46% of staff in technical roles).
- **Growth**: Fast-growing company (55.9% headcount growth YoY) with ample career development opportunities; active hiring for engineering, AI, and operations roles.
- **Perks/Policy**: Not detailed, but culture highlights “hard problems, real deployment, a team that ships” and multiple office locations (likely hybrid/office-based depending on role).

## Sources
1. [Agility Robotics Official Website](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/)
2. [Agility Robotics Careers](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/agilityrobotics)
3. [Agility Robotics LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/agilityrobotics)
4. [Agility Robotics Company Page](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/company)

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