Staff Robotics Software Engineer – Task Planning at Agility Robotics

San Jose, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

13 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

15 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Python, C++, Robotics Software Engineering, Task Planning, Robot APIs, Dynamic API Discovery, Algorithms, Data Structures, Software Architecture, Mentorship, Behavior Frameworks, Simulation, AI-driven Autonomy, Robotic Manipulation, Multi-robot Coordination, Simulation Platforms

Industry

Robotics Engineering

Description

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 the Role We are looking for a Staff Robotics Software Engineer to join our Skills team and help mature the core software stack that powers Digit’s autonomous behaviors. In this role, you will work across the entire skill stack—from robot API layers, dynamic skill execution, and behavior frameworks to task planning and fleet orchestration—to ensure our robot skills are reliable, scalable, and production-ready. You will build the infrastructure and foundational systems that allow Digit to execute complex workflows reliably at scale, across different robot generations. Key Responsibilities Design and implement frameworks and interfaces that enable developers, planners, and agents to reason about robot behaviors and ensure behavior sequences are reactive, safe, and reliable. Implement and deploy automatic robot API discovery to allow seamless integration of heterogeneous robotic hardware into workflows. Develop reactive, reusable robot behaviors with well-defined abstractions that make them scalable and easy to extend. Implement task planning and orchestration logic that composes individual skills into higher-level workflows. Integrate symbolic and learned task planning methods that reason over logical state and structured world representations, enabling context-aware and goal-directed autonomy. Validate skills through simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing to ensure reliability and robustness in production deployments. Drive the long-term technical strategy for the skill architecture, ensuring it evolves cohesively with advances in learning-based control, planning, and AI-driven autonomy. Mentor other engineers and champion best practices in software design, code quality, testing, and maintainability across the team. Required Qualifications BS or MS in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field. 8+ years of professional experience in robotics software engineering Proficiency in Python and C++ Experience developing or maintaining robot behavior frameworks, robot APIs, task planning systems, or other robotics middleware/infrastructure. Experience implementing and managing dynamic API discovery mechanisms to streamline service integration and improve system scalability. A strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software architecture principles. Demonstrated leadership or mentorship experience guiding other engineers and defining software architecture directions. Nice to Have Experience designing and implementing one or more of the following for robotic systems: task planners, directed acyclic graph (DAG), behavior trees (BT), finite state machines (FSM), or other sequential decision-making frameworks. Experience with planning and execution frameworks integrated with large language models (LLMs), vision-language models (VLMs), or learned planners. Hands-on experience with task planning frameworks and libraries (e.g., PDDL-based planners, ROSPlan, or similar). Experience integrating planning with behavior-execution frameworks such as BehaviorTree.CPP. Experience integrating planning algorithms with perception (object detection, pose estimation, semantic segmentation) and real-time control on physical robots. Practical understanding of robotic manipulation tasks (pick-and-place, palletization, bin-picking) and mobile robot navigation, with demonstrated ability to implement planning logic for these applications. Experience with multi-robot coordination, fleet-level task allocation, or distributed task planning. Familiarity with simulation platforms like Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, or Gazebo. Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source task planning frameworks, or building internal libraries that improved reusability, testing, or developer experience. About You You think systemically and anticipate future bottlenecks, shaping infrastructure to scale with the needs of the team and product. You are self-directed and thrive in environments where you’re trusted to drive large initiatives forward, even in the face of ambiguity. You champion good software engineering practices, proactively identify and reduce technical debt, and take pride in building systems that are robust and scalable. You are a thoughtful mentor and a collaborative teammate, eager to share knowledge and help others grow. 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. 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. Apply Now: https://grnh.se/b444bbd04us

Responsibilities

Design and implement frameworks for robot behaviors and ensure reliable execution of complex workflows. Validate skills through testing and drive the technical strategy for skill architecture.