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Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer

Agility Robotics· SEIT
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Hybrid (Fremont, CA)$170k - $221kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer focused on mechatronics and electromechanical systems for humanoid robotics. Hybrid role based in Fremont, CA; partner with mechatronics, controls, embedded software, and manufacturing teams to drive reliability validation, perform multi-physics failure analyses, and build lifetime models for dynamic robotic hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Implement Design for Reliability (DfR) methodologies (DFMEA, FTA, component derating) across drive trains, harmonic gearboxes, BLDC motors, encoder feedback systems, and dynamic wire harnesses.
  • Establish reliability targets, duty-cycle profiles, and environmental/mechanical stress acceptance criteria for actuators, sensors, power electronics, and end effectors.
  • Collaborate with control systems and mechatronics design teams to evaluate reliability impact of control algorithms, dynamic braking, overload torque conditions, and thermal throttling regimes.
  • Design, build, and execute multi-axis accelerated stress testing setups (HALT, HASS, dynamic load cycling, thermal shock, vibration, IP validation).
  • Develop custom dynamic test rigs to simulate humanoid duty cycles (continuous walking, heavy payload lifting, impulse landing impacts, high-frequency oscillatory motion).
  • Apply statistical reliability tools (Weibull, ALT/CALT) and multi-physics degradation models (Coffin-Manson, Arrhenius, bearing/gear fatigue) for lifetime prediction under dynamic field loads.
  • Lead cross-functional Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for mechanical wear, electrical degradation, and signal/sensor degradation; translate field data into design revisions for next-gen humanoid hardware.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 5 to 8+ years of experience in reliability engineering for complex hardware systems
  • Strong preference for experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, or other high-reliability industries

Skills

Required:DFMEA/FMEAWeibull analysisCoffin-Manson / Arrhenius modelingAccelerated life testingRoot Cause Analysis

Benefits

  • 401(k) plan with 6% company match
  • Company stock options
  • 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance
  • Benefits eligible on first day of employment
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Flexible, unlimited PTO (Exempt) / 10 vacation days + paid sick leave (Non-Exempt) + 12 holidays including winter shutdown
  • Catered lunches four times a week and snacks at Salem and Pittsburgh locations
  • Generous paid parental leave
  • Professional development and tuition reimbursement
  • Relocation assistance for eligible roles
  • Annual discretionary bonus (eligible roles)
Last updated Oct 8, 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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