Staff Robotics Software Engineer – Real-Time AI & Controls

Agility Robotics; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 296,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Equity

Health insurance

Benefits start day

Employee assistance program

Flexible PTO

Company holidays

Catered lunches

Parental leave

Flexible work environment

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Annual discretionary bonus

Job summary

Agility Robotics is seeking a Staff Robotics Software Engineer on the AI team to architect, build, and scale production-quality software foundational to Digit’s real-world interaction. You will ensure modular, scalable, and low-latency data collection and teleoperation systems that enable real-world manipulation tasks and fast, reliable operator workflows.

This role emphasizes end-to-end software architecture, real-time control, and continuous validation across simulation and hardware, demanding

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering for robotics, real-time systems, or highly complex hardware-software integrations.
• Exceptional software architecture skills, with a proven ability to design and build scalable, low-latency systems from scratch without foundational missteps.
• Demonstrated track record of operating as a highly autonomous, independent executor capable of delivering reliable, production-quality software.
• Experience designing low-latency communication and streaming systems for real-time applications.
• Strong systems intuition with the ability to trace and debug performance issues across complex software, networking, and hardware boundaries.
• Demonstrated experience in modern C++ or Rust, with a strong track record of building and optimizing low-latency, real-time systems (Python proficiency is a strong plus).
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to partner effectively with internal customers (AI, controls, and hardware teams) to translate requirements into robust software.

Responsibilities

• Architect from the Ground Up: Own the end-to-end software architecture of our data collection and teleoperation systems, ensuring highly modular, scalable, and predictable behavior with clear system boundaries.
• Optimize for Performance: Build the connective tissue for real-time robot execution by integrating and optimizing real-time control, streaming, and communication paths to meet strict latency and bandwidth targets.
• Design for the Future: Anticipate upcoming robot hardware, sensing, and end-effector changes. Design resilient software systems that can seamlessly adapt to new interfaces and capabilities without requiring foundational architectural rewrites.
• Drive Validation & Reliability: Develop comprehensive validation strategies across simulation and physical hardware, including performance benchmarks, fault handling, and regression testing.
• Data-Driven Iteration: Analyze system telemetry and demonstration data to continuously improve operator efficiency, system responsiveness, and overall task success rates.

Skills

Robotics software

Software architecture

Autonomy in delivery

Low-latency systems

C++/Rust

Communication with internal customers

Tools

Real-time streaming

Job description

Agility Robotics is seeking a Staff Robotics Software Engineer on the AI team to architect, build, and scale production-quality software foundational to Digit’s real-world interaction. You will ensure modular, scalable, and low-latency data collection and teleoperation systems that enable real-world manipulation tasks and fast, reliable operator workflows.

This role emphasizes end-to-end software architecture, real-time control, and continuous validation across simulation and hardware, demanding