Senior Systems Engineer

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><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">About Agility Robotics</span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Agility Robotics is at the forefront of developing humanoid robots designed to operate in real-world environments. Our mission is to build robots that seamlessly integrate into human workflows, solving complex challenges in logistics, manufacturing, and beyond. As we scale, we are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to strengthen our Systems Engineering team—ensuring structured, scalable development processes while maintaining the agility and execution speed required in a fast-paced startup environment.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Location</span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This position is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Travel to our Salem headquarters, occasionally 1 week per month, will be required.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">About the Role</span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">As a Senior Systems Engineer for Software at Agility Robotics, you'll drive system-level architecture and integration for our humanoid robot platform. Working within a high-impact Systems Engineering team, you'll take ownership of requirements, interfaces, and cross-functional integration—bringing clarity and structure to complex systems while maintaining speed of execution.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This role is ideal for a hands-on technical contributor who thrives in ambiguity, demonstrates systems thinking, and has a passion for building real systems fast. You'll apply structured engineering methods while maintaining the agility and pragmatism needed to ship products.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">What You'll Do</span></strong></p> <ol> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">System Architecture & Integration: Define and document system and subsystem architectures spanning mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software domains. Drive trade studies with focus on simplicity, performance, cost, and execution speed.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Requirements Engineering: Own software subsystem-level requirements through their full lifecycle—writing, decomposing, validating, and tracking execution. Maintain rigorous traceability while enabling development velocity.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Compliance & Functional Safety: Ensure system designs meet industry standards and regulatory requirements. Facilitate functional safety analysis including hazard analysis, risk assessment, and safety case development. Drive compliance activities for certification, software development, and software deployment.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Interface Management: Develop and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICDs). Anticipate and resolve integration issues early through proactive systems thinking.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Operational Excellence: Identify and eliminate operational inefficiencies through systematic analysis of field performance data, customer workflows, and deployment scenarios. Implement design improvements that directly enhance system reliability, maintainability, and performance.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Technical Execution: Participate in design reviews, integration efforts, and root cause analysis. Identify risks, lead trade studies, and influence decisions from a systems perspective.</span></p> </li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Field-Focused…