Robotics Software Engineer: Manipulation & Real-World Tasks

Socket.dev; Salem (VA); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with 6% match

Equity

Medical, dental, vision insurance (100

Short/Long-term disability insurance

Unlimited PTO

Relocation assistance

Annual discretionary bonus

On-site lunches and healthy snacks

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Agility Robotics is hiring a Robotics Software Engineer III to develop manipulation behaviors for humanoid robots. You will own a task vertical from definition to on-robot execution and work across learning and classical methods.

You’ll run an end-to-end LfD flywheel for manipulation tasks, collecting data, training policies, and iterating until robust for real deployments. Hybrid role with multiple US offices.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Robotics, AI, Computer Science, Machine Learning or related field.
• 2+ years of experience deploying manipulation behaviors on real robots.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Python.

Responsibilities

• Own a task vertical from definition through reliable on-robot execution.
• Work across learned and classical manipulation methods.
• Run iterative policy improvements across data collection, annotation, training, evaluation, and deployment.
• Work closely with teleoperators to improve data quality and operator instructions.
• Develop grading rubrics and evaluation workflows that measure progress of policies on real robots.

Skills

Python programming

Robotics software

Education

MS/PhD in Robotics/AI/CS

Tools

Python

Job description

Agility Robotics is hiring a Robotics Software Engineer III to develop manipulation behaviors for humanoid robots. You will own a task vertical from definition to on-robot execution and work across learning and classical methods.

You’ll run an end-to-end LfD flywheel for manipulation tasks, collecting data, training policies, and iterating until robust for real deployments. Hybrid role with multiple US offices.