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Staff Electrical Engineer

Agility Robotics · Hybrid- Fremont, CA · Hybrid

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About Agility Robotics

Agility's humanoid robots are deployed today in manufacturing, distribution, and logistics. Proven automation for industrial environments. Backed by SoftBank VF.

About the role

This role is integral to the design of the next generation of Digit, aimed at meeting customer needs at a commercial scale. The Staff Electrical Engineer will be responsible for driving robot hardware architecture, as well as designing and developing robust and reliable hardware for this new robot generation. Collaboration with a multi-discipline team of engineers is essential to understand product requirements and ensure designs are robust, safe, and production-ready.

What they're looking for

  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
  • A minimum of 10 years of electrical design experience, with at least 2 years specifically in robotics
  • Extensive experience with Altium for schematic entry, PCB layout, and harness development, coupled with strong manufacturing test capabilities and knowledge of EMC compliance
  • Proficiency in embedded controls, high-speed differential signaling, microcontrollers, memory buses, digital design, and power electronics
  • Demonstrated skills in collaborative design, conflict resolution, and team development
  • 3D visualization capabilities to imagine and optimize space-constrained circuitry in challenging mechanical and thermal environments
More about this role

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

This role is integral to the design of the next generation of Digit, aimed at meeting customer needs at a commercial scale. The Staff Electrical Engineer will be responsible for driving robot hardware architecture, as well as designing and developing robust and reliable hardware for this new robot generation. Collaboration with a multi-discipline team of engineers is essential to understand product requirements and ensure designs are robust, safe, and production-ready.

About The Work

  • Acting as an electrical engineering architect and leader for major subsystem design
  • Performing project and technical leadership for a subsystem, including collecting status in leaf-level scrums (or equivalent) to report into a daily Scrum-of-Scrums.
  • Translating product requirements into engineering...

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