Senior Robotics Motion-Planning Lead (Remote)

Agility Robotics; Salem, Pittsburgh, Fremont (OR, Allegheny County, CA); Hybrid; CAD 302,000 - 472,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Equity

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

Relocation assistance

Annual discretionary bonus

Job summary

Agility Robotics is seeking an experienced technical leader to set the direction for motion planning on our humanoid robots. You will own the technical roadmap for collision-free motion planning across whole-body motion, manipulation, grasping, and loco-manipulation, partnering with state estimation, navigation, controls, and behaviors teams.

This fully remote role offers the option to work hybrid from Salem, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, or Fremont, CA offices.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and deploying manipulation algorithms on high-DOF robots.
• Industry experience deploying mobile manipulation robots in real-world commercial applications.
• Proven expertise in sample-based motion planning, trajectory optimization, and model predictive control (MPC) with a track record of shipping these algorithms to production.
• Expertise developing planning and optimization algorithms subject to geometric and kinodynamic constraints, including contact, friction, and collision.
• Deep mathematical fundamentals in search and numerical optimization, including convex and non-convex problem formulation.
• Expertise in modern C++ (C++17/20) and Python for high-performance, multithreaded, real-time robotics applications.
• Track record architecting large-scale autonomy systems and defining clean interfaces across perception, estimation, planning, and control.
• Demonstrated technical leadership: setting direction for complex robotics systems, owning architecture, and mentoring senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the technical roadmap for collision-free motion planning across whole-body motion, manipulation, grasping, and loco-manipulation.
• Design, implement, test, and deploy motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms for humanoid robots.
• Architect motion planning systems for modularity, observability, and clean integration with perception, state estimation, and control.
• Develop algorithms robust to environmental uncertainty and imperfect state estimation.
• Lead cross-team architectural decisions and collaborate with autonomy, controls, and behaviors teams to solve complex system-level problems.

Skills

Motion planning expertise

Robotics leadership

C++ (modern)

Python proficiency

Tools

C++17/20

Python

Job description

Agility Robotics is seeking an experienced technical leader to set the direction for motion planning on our humanoid robots. You will own the technical roadmap for collision-free motion planning across whole-body motion, manipulation, grasping, and loco-manipulation, partnering with state estimation, navigation, controls, and behaviors teams.

This fully remote role offers the option to work hybrid from Salem, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, or Fremont, CA offices.