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Staff Electrical Engineer

Agilityrobotics · Hybrid- Fremont, CA · 2026-06-30

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<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;">This role is integral to the design of the next generation of Digit, aimed at meeting customer needs at a commercial scale. The Staff Electrical Engineer will be responsible for driving robot hardware architecture, as well as designing and developing robust and reliable hardware for this new robot generation. Collaboration with a multi-discipline team of engineers is essential to understand product requirements and ensure designs are robust, safe, and production-ready.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">About The Work</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Staff Electrical Engineer's responsibilities include:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Acting as an electrical engineering architect and leader for major subsystem design</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Performing project and technical leadership for a subsystem, including collecting status in leaf-level scrums (or equivalent) to report into a daily Scrum-of-Scrums.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Translating product requirements into engineering specifications and ensuring cross-functional alignment across multiple domains, especially collaborating with mechanical design teams to close on PCB mechanical requirements.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Collaborating with internal and external test, QA, Safety, and manufacturing teams to enhance design for safety, test, manufacturing, and assembly</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Developing and executing test plans for intermediate and final products, including test fixture design and software development</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Implementing Printed Circuit Board schematics and implementing and/or overseeing PCB layout to create PCB engineering deliverables for release.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Managing internal stakeholders (Purchasing, Ops, etc.), component vendors/selection, layout contractors, and fab and assembly houses to achieve aggressive prototype fab and assembly goals.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lead verification and validation of subsystem and boards, including EMC and safety.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Leading cross-functional design and release reviews against design and verification checklists, improving the quality and efficiency of reviews and checklists</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Leading debugging efforts and root cause analysis for hardware and software defects within Engineering, Systems, and Operations</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mentoring, coaching, and delegating EE support work (checklists, verification) to Senior and entry-level EEs.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Managing _________ ambiguity - (capable of  filling in the blanks)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About You</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Candidates should possess the following qualifications:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A minimum of 10 years of electrical design experience, with at least 2 years specifically in robotics</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Extensive experience with Altium for schematic entry, PCB layout, and harness development, coupled with strong manufacturing test capabilities and knowledge of EMC compliance</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Proficiency in embedded controls, high-speed differential signaling, microcontrollers, memory buses, digital design, and power electronics</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrated skills in collaborative design, conflict resolution, and team development</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span…

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