# Senior Staff AI Software Engineer, Perception at Agility Robotics

- Company: Agility Robotics
- What the company does: Agility's humanoid robots are deployed today in manufacturing, distribution, and logistics. Proven automation for industrial environments. Backed by SoftBank VF.
- Company website: https://www.agilityrobotics.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh, PA); Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://www.agilityrobotics.com/about/job-post?gh_jid=6138661004
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/agility-robotics-senior-staff-ai-software-engineer-perception/

## About the role

That means perception isn't just about capability — it's about trust. Every person Digit works near is counting on our perception systems to see them, understand them, and never get it wrong, whether Digit is in a fixed work cell or navigating a busy, ever-changing facility. We're looking for a Senior Staff AI Software Engineer, Perception to own the technical vision and system architecture for how Digit perceives and stays safe as we take on these more dynamic, less constrained environments.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years in machine learning/perception for robotics, with a track record of defining system architecture
- Master's or Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field, with a strong foundation in machine learning, robotics, and intelligent systems
- Demonstrated experience architecting ML/perception systems for safety-critical or safety-rated contexts — human detection, functional safety, automotive or robotics or a comparable regulated domain
- Experience making system-level tradeoffs across sensing modalities, redundancy, and compute constraints on embedded/real-time hardware
- A track record of setting technical direction at an organization level
- Publications in your field are a plus (CVPR, ICCV, RSS, ICRA preferred)

Tags: Software Engineering