Senior Software Engineer, Hardware Interface

About this role

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.

About The Role

Agility Robotics is building the future of work through humanoid robots that operate in human environments. In this position you will be developing the low-level software that powers our state-of-the art humanoid robots, constantly improving the robustness, diagnostics, and safety of our system. You will also be on the front-line of robot development, building up brand-new prototypes and working with highly cross-functional teams to transform piles of parts into functional, testable systems.

About The Work

• Contribute to the C++ software stack that powers our robots, interfacing with OS drivers and hardware to enable high-bandwidth, low-latency control

• Work with cross-disciplinary teams to solve complex problems dealing with the integration of software and hardware

• Debug complex cross-domain problems and integrate learned failure modes into improved diagnostics and error reporting

• Integrate diverse computing systems through a variety of communication media: such as Wifi, networking, serial, industrial fieldbus

• Write performant, well-tested, maintainable, and well-documented C++ software

About You

• MS in robotics, computer science, or related field with 2-3 years industry experience (or BS with 5+ years industry experience)

• Skilled at writing modern C++ (17, 20)

• Knowledge of best practices for writing performant and maintainable software

• Proficient in using and programming for recent Linux systems

• Experience writing and debugging software for hardware-in-the-loop systems

• Experience debugging cross-domain (i.e. electrical, mechanical and software) problems with electro-mechanical systems

• Ability to communicate technical information effectively both orally and in writing with other team members

• Authorization to work in the USA

Bonus Points

• Experience with implementation of automation fieldbuses such as EtherCAT, CAN, Profinet, etc. EtherCAT is highly desirable

• Experience developing real-time or low-latency systems

• Experience writing C++ code for embedded systems

• Experience with electronic circuit debugging tools (e.g. multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers)

• Knowledge of brushless electric motors and motor control

• Knowledge of networking protocols and network configuration in a Linux environment (i.e. systemd / networkd)

• Experience with Python 3.6+

• Familiarity with standard agile and software development processes (issue tracking tools (Jira), feature branching, version control (Git), continuous integration and deployment)