Senior Manager, Simulation

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agility Robotics is building the world's most capable humanoid robots, and we're looking for an engineering leader to build the simulation team to own software at the foundation of it. This is a greenfield role: you'll define the team's charter, create the roadmap,  hire and develop its engineers, and establish the infrastructure.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">You'll work at the intersection of physics simulation, hardware abstraction, and robot learning — partnering closely with our AI, Controls, Perception Sensors, Hardware Interfaces, Quality Assurance, and Systems Integration teams to build simulation environments that accelerate development, provide insights into the system, and enable rapid validation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the Work</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Build and lead a new Simulation team from the ground up — including defining scope, hiring engineers, and establishing team culture and practices</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Architect and own the hardware abstraction layer connecting sensors, actuators, and physical hardware to simulation environments</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Develop and integrate physics simulators using open-source frameworks, with a focus on fidelity, performance, and sim-to-real transfer</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Partner with  AI, Controls, Perception Sensors, Hardware Interfaces, and Systems Integration teams to support new robot development and capability expansion</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Define what success looks like for simulation at Agility — tooling, workflows, coverage, and metrics — and drive the team to deliver it</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Develop your engineers: set clear expectations, create growth opportunities, and build a team people want to be part of</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About You</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>Leadership</em></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrated experience leading and growing engineering teams, including hiring</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Track record of developing engineers' careers and building high-performing team cultures</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ability to operate effectively across hardware and software organizations, aligning stakeholders with different technical vocabularies</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>Technical</em></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10+ years of industry experience, with at least 5 years in robotics</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hands-on experience building or leading simulation infrastructure</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Proficiency in modern C++ and Python</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with at least one major robotics physics simulator (MuJoCo, IsaacSim, Gazebo, or similar)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Familiarity with standard software development practices: Git, CI/CD, Jira or equivalent, feature branching</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>Education</em></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">MS or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field — or equivalent depth of industry experience</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Bonus Points</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with humanoid or legged robots</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with sim-to-real transfer pipelines</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span…