Agility Robotics
Senior Director, AI
$257K–$402K
Remote +1 · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Jan 29, 2026
- Location
- Remote
Remote, Oregon, United States - Experience
- Minimum 8 years in AI/ML, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership or directorial role.
- Education
- Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
About the job
Leads Agility Robotics’ AI strategy, team, and delivery of safe, real-time AI systems for commercially deployed humanoid robots.
What you'll do
- Set AI strategy and architecture; oversee development and deployment of on-robot and cloud-based AI.
- Lead research and production delivery for robotics challenges, including Sim2Real, MLOps, and fleet learning.
- Scale and mentor the AI team while managing its budgets, infrastructure, and hiring.
What they ask for
- Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 8 years of AI/ML experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership or directorial role.
- Experience developing and deploying real-time AI for robotics, autonomous systems, or other mission-critical applications; expertise in computer vision, reinforcement learning, and LLMs applied to robotics.
- Track record managing significant technical budgets and scaling engineering or research teams; experience deploying models on resource-constrained edge devices.
Pay
$257,000 — $402,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MLOps, MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, GPUs, TPUs
AI focus
Leads embodied AI for humanoid robotics, including perception, manipulation, natural language understanding, real-time planning, human-robot interaction, adaptive motor control, Sim2Real training, and fleet learning.
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