Agility Robotics
Staff Robotics Architect - Electrical Hardware
$217K–$281K
Hybrid- Fremont, CA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Location
- Hybrid- Fremont, CA
Fremont, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years in robotics hardware development; at least 3 years leading electrical product development or as a lead engineer; 5+ years in electrical system design; 3+ years in firmware development.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
About the job
Leads electrical hardware architecture for humanoid robotics platforms, integrating sensing, compute, actuation, control, and safety systems from design through deployment.
What you'll do
- Own electrical system architecture and guide development of high-performance robotic subsystems.
- Lead trade studies and architecture reviews, balancing performance, safety, complexity, manufacturability, cost, and reliability.
- Partner across engineering teams to develop testable requirements and evolve architecture using system modeling, field performance, and R&D findings.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in robotics hardware development, including at least 3 years leading electrical product development or as a lead engineer.
- 5+ years in electrical system design, including actuator development, power systems, PCBA design, component selection, and layout.
- 3+ years of firmware development, from bare-metal to network integration.
- Experience delivering complex electromechanical robotic systems into field or commercial deployment, plus strong foundations in electrical engineering, robot kinematics, dynamics, controls, and system modeling.
Nice to have
- Robotics architecture experience in humanoid, legged mobility, mobile manipulation, or high-DOF automation; familiarity with functional safety, FMEA/FMECA, or hazard analysis.
- Experience with Altium, Windchill or similar ERP systems, Github, MuJoCo or Gazebo, perception pipelines, real-time control, or AI and reinforcement learning applied to robotics.
Pay
$217,000–$281,000 USD base salary
Tools
PCBA, Altium, Windchill, Github, MuJoCo, Gazebo
AI focus
Familiarity with AI and reinforcement learning techniques applied to robotics learning and control is a bonus qualification.
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