Senior Systems Engineer

<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 ind