Embedded Systems Architect

Energize Group; Fremont (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Agility Robotics in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Staff Robotics Architect - Embedded Systems to define the hardware and software integration for our humanoid platforms. You will lead end-to-end architecture across sensing, compute, actuation, safety, and control, partnering with software, mechanical, and systems teams to deliver scalable robotic solutions.

This senior role emphasizes technical leadership, system modeling, and hands-on collaboration to advance our product roadmap,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of robotics embedded system development experience as a senior or lead engineer.
• 3+ years development experience with actuation, sensor, and component driver hardware as a senior lead engineer.
• Strong familiarity with Firmware Development.
• Strong familiarity with Network Integration.
• Deep understanding of robotic system design including tradeoffs in cost, power, heat, sensing, compute, and safety.
• Proven experience in designing and delivering complex electromechanical robotic systems into field or commercial deployment from ideation to production.
• Familiarity with functional safety concepts, Product FuSa Certifications, FMEA/FMECA, and hazard analysis in robotic systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing decisions across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end development and validation of robot architecture for Embedded Systems, Network, Compute, and Control/Driver Hardware.
• Gather and translate requirements from our various teams into technical architectures that drive product excellence.
• Provide technical direction across cross functional teams, guiding the ingestion of complex architecture design into high-performance robotic products.
• Lead trade studies and architecture reviews balancing performance, functional safety, complexity, manufacturability, cost, and reliability.
• Partner with cross functional teams including software, controls, and simulation teams to ensure architectural decisions are grounded in system-level modeling, simulation, and performance analysis.
• Collaborate closely with software, systems engineering, test, and integration teams to ensure architecture translates into testable, traceable requirements.
• Influence long-term roadmap and product direction by translating user needs, field performance, and R&D findings into architectural evolution.

Skills

Robotics embedded systems

Actuation and sensors

Firmware development

Network integration

System architecture

Functional safety

Communication and collaboration

Education

PhD or MS in Robotics/Mechatronics/EE/CS

Tools

Github

MuJoCo

Gazebo

Job description

Agility Robotics is pioneering the development of humanoid robots built for real-world work. Our mission is to create robots that integrate seamlessly into human environments, addressing complex challenges across logistics, manufacturing, and beyond.

Location:

This position is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with occasional travel to our other offices in Salem, OR, and Pittsburgh, PA required to support development activities. Open to considering remote resources located in the United States.

About the Role

Agility Robotics is seeking a Staff Robotics Architect - Embedded Systems to create the technical vision for our network, control, compute, and software integration hardware for our humanoid robotics platforms. This role reports directly to the Principal Hardware Architect to develop new products and major improvements to existing platforms. In this technical leadership role, you will serve as the lead for Robot Embedded Systems architecture, partnering closely with engineers across systems, mechanical, electrical, software, perception, safety, and control teams as needed to define and evolve the hardware architecture of our robotic systems.

You will be responsible for ensuring our core hardware subsystems — ranging from sensing and compute to control, actuation, and safety— integrate with our software stack into cohesive, performant, reliable, and scalable systems for our humanoid robots and fleets. These designs will meet the needs of our product vision and software/skills that drive our innovations. This role is ideal for a senior level hardware designer with the software and firmware understanding required to architect complex integrated systems. Previous roles could include Electrical Engineer, Embedded Systems, Platform SW or Controls engineer with a proven track record in robotic system design, control, and architecture, experience in actuated mobile robotics, ideally including humanoid or legged robotics, and strong data driven decision making.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end development and validation of robot architecture for Embedded Systems, Network, Compute, and Control/Driver Hardware, ensuring scalable, and reliable integration of perception, compute, control, and safety.


• Gather and translate requirements from our various teams, Software, Solutions, Skills, AI, Product, Customer Success, Manufacturing, Engineer, Product Development, and ID/UX into technical architectures that drive product excellence..


• Provide technical direction across cross functional teams, guiding the ingestion of complex architecture design into high-performance robotic products.


• Lead trade studies and architecture reviews balancing performance, functional safety, complexity, manufacturability, cost, and reliability.


• Partner with cross functional teams including software, controls, and simulation teams to ensure architectural decisions are grounded in system-level modeling, simulation, and performance analysis.


• Collaborate closely with software, systems engineering, test, and integration teams to ensure architecture translates into testable, traceable requirements.


• Influence long-term roadmap and product direction by translating user needs, field performance, and R&D findings into architectural evolution.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in robotics embedded system development as a senior or lead engineer


• 3+ years development experience with actuation, sensor, and component driver hardware as a senior lead engineer


• Strong Familiarity with Firmware Development


• Strong Familiarity with Network Integration.


• Deep understanding of robotic system design including tradeoffs in cost, power, heat, sensing, compute, and safety.


• Proven experience in designing and delivering complex electromechanical robotic systems into field or commercial deployment from the ideation phase through production.


• Familiarity with functional safety concepts, Product FuSa Certifications, FMEA/FMECA, and hazard analysis in robotic systems.


• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing decisions across multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience architecting full-stack robotics systems in a humanoid, legged mobility, mobile manipulation, or high-DOF automation platform.


• Hands-on experience with perception pipelines, real-time control systems, and safety-rated architectures.


• Experience with Github and similar collaborative development tools.


• Experience with simulation tools such as MuJoCo, Gazebo, or equivalent, and integrating simulation into system design and validation workflows.


• Strong foundation in platform software, robot kinematics, dynamics, controls, and system modeling.


• Familiarity with AI and reinforcement learning techniques applied to robotics learning and control.


• PhD or Master’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.


• Experience mentoring and growing engineers, and fostering healthy team culture.

Why Agility Robotics?

At Agility Robotics, we are building the future of human-centric automation through groundbreaking humanoid robots. As a foundational technical leader, you’ll help shape a product and platform that redefines the role of robots in the workforce—developed by a world-class team committed to innovation, engineering excellence, and real-world impact.