Staff Hardware Test Engineer

Agility Robotics is a pioneer. Our robot, Digit, is the first to be sold into workplaces across the globe. Our team is differentiated by its expertise in imagining, engineering, and delivering robots with advanced mobility, dexterity, intelligence, and efficiency -- robots specifically designed to work alongside people, in spaces built for people. Every day, we break through engineering challenges and invent new solutions and capabilities that will one day make robots commonplace and approachable. This work is our passion and our responsibility: our mission is to make businesses more productive and people’s lives more fulfilling.

About Agility Robotics: Agility Robotics is at the forefront of humanoid robotics, redefining how robots interact with and navigate the human world. Our cutting-edge robots rely on advanced hardware systems, including actuators, motor controllers, sensors, PCBAs, limbs, and end effectors, to perform complex tasks in dynamic and demanding environments.

Role Overview: We are seeking a Staff Hardware Test Engineer with 8+ years of experience to join our team in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this hybrid role, you will serve as a key technical leader for design verification testing of the humanoid robot Torso electrical subsystem and components including PCBAs, battery systems, power electronics, and advanced sensors such as cameras and LiDAR. You will own verification strategy and planning, develop robust test infrastructure, lead subsystem-level characterization, and drive improvements in test coverage, engineering rigor, and design robustness.

Design Verification Strategy & Planning

• Own the design verification strategy for Torso electrical subsystems and components, including PCBAs, batteries, sensors, and power electronics


• Define verification plans, coverage goals, and test protocols across the product development lifecycle


• Partner with hardware design, systems engineering, and analysis teams to ensure requirements, testability, and verification readiness are addressed early in development


• Maintain clear end-to-end traceability from subsystem requirements through test execution and results

Test Development & Execution

• Develop and execute subsystem-level characterization and design verification testing for torso electronics

Design automated, repeatable test setups for cameras, LiDAR, battery packs, power distribution, and control electronics

• Build test scripts, tooling, and diagnostics to improve efficiency, repeatability, and data quality

Continuous Improvement & Technical Leadership

• Lead investigation of verification test failures and nonconformances, driving root cause identification and corrective actions in partnership with design teams

• Identify gaps in verification coverage and implement improvements in test infrastructure, processes, and standards


• Document test methods, results, and best practices to scale learning across future development cycles


• Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of strong engineering rigor, execution, and continuous improvement

Qualifications:

• Experience:




• Minimum of 8 years of experience in test engineering, design verification, or electrical validation


• Strong preference for experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, or other complex hardware systems


• Technical Expertise:




• Deep understanding of electronics and PCBA-level verification testing, including power, signal integrity, and sensor interfaces with a strong preference for experience with EtherCAT architecture


• Experience validating battery systems, power distribution, and safety-critical electrical subsystems


• Familiarity with sensor verification (cameras, LiDAR, IMUs) and performance characterization


• Proficiency with lab tools such as oscilloscopes,sensors, logic analyzers, DAQs, power supplies, and environmental test equipment


• Proficiency in python scripting for test automation


• Skills:




• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to translate test results into clear design feedback


• Exceptional communication and collaboration abilities, capable of driving alignment and leading technical discussions across multidisciplinary teams and supplier partners


• Demonstrated ability to execute effectively and drive results in dynamic, highly ambiguous environments.


• Education:




• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field (Master’s preferred)

Full-time Employees are eligible for Benefits:

• 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.


• Equity: Company stock options.


• Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.


• Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.


• Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).


• Time Off:
  
  
  
  • Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
  
  
  • Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
  
  


• On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.


• Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.


• Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.


• Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.


• Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.

All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.

Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.

Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies. We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page. If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered. To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.

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