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Staff Electrical Engineer

Agility Robotics· Hardware
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Hybrid (Fremont, CA), Hybrid (Salem, OR)Full-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior electrical engineering leadership role focused on hardware architecture and development for the next generation of humanoid robots, collaborating across mechanical, test, safety, QA, and manufacturing teams to deliver production-ready PCB/hardware solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Acting as an electrical engineering architect and leader for major subsystem design
  • Performing project and technical leadership for a subsystem, including collecting status in leaf-level scrums (or equivalent) to report into a daily Scrum-of-Scrums
  • Translating product requirements into engineering specifications and ensuring cross-functional alignment across multiple domains, especially collaborating with mechanical design teams to close on PCB mechanical requirements
  • Collaborating with internal and external test, QA, Safety, and manufacturing teams to enhance design for safety, test, manufacturing, and assembly
  • Developing and executing test plans for intermediate and final products, including test fixture design and software development
  • Implementing Printed Circuit Board schematics and implementing and/or overseeing PCB layout to create PCB engineering deliverables for release
  • Managing internal stakeholders (Purchasing, Ops, etc.), component vendors/selection, layout contractors, and fab and assembly houses to achieve aggressive prototype fab and assembly goals
  • Lead verification and validation of subsystem and boards, including EMC and safety
  • Leading cross-functional design and release reviews against design and verification checklists, improving the quality and efficiency of reviews and checklists
  • Leading debugging efforts and root cause analysis for hardware and software defects within Engineering, Systems, and Operations
  • Mentoring, coaching, and delegating EE support work (checklists, verification) to Senior and entry-level EEs
  • Managing ambiguity - (capable of filling in the blanks)

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
  • A minimum of 10 years of electrical design experience, with at least 2 years specifically in robotics
  • Extensive experience with Altium for schematic entry, PCB layout, and harness development, coupled with strong manufacturing test capabilities and knowledge of EMC compliance
  • Proficiency in embedded controls, high-speed differential signaling, microcontrollers, memory buses, digital design, and power electronics
  • Demonstrated skills in collaborative design, conflict resolution, and team development
  • 3D visualization capabilities to imagine and optimize space-constrained circuitry in challenging mechanical and thermal environments
  • Enjoys and thrives at working in a dynamic, fast-growing environment where you will be meeting new colleagues every week

Skills

Required:Electrical architecture leadershipPCB design and layout (Altium)Embedded controlsPower electronicsEMC and safety complianceSystems collaborationTesting and validation

Benefits

  • 401(k) Plan with 6% company match
  • Equity: Company stock options
  • 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees
  • Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Flexible, unlimited PTO for exempt employees and 12 company holidays (including winter shutdown)
  • 10 vacation days and paid sick leave for non-exempt employees, plus 12 holidays
  • On-Site Catered lunches four times a week and healthy snacks at Salem and Pittsburgh locations
  • Generous paid parental leave programs
  • Flexible work environment
  • Professional development and tuition reimbursement
  • Relocation assistance for eligible roles
  • Annual discretionary bonus for eligible roles
Last updated Aug 6, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Agility Robotics

Industrial Humanoid Automation | Agility

Industrial Humanoid Automation | Agility's humanoid robots are deployed today in manufacturing, distribution, and logistics. Proven automation for industrial environments.

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