Senior Hardware Test Engineer

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.

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.

We are seeking a Senior Hardware Test Engineer with 5+ 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 robots arm subsystem and components including electronics, electrical interfaces, actuators, sensors and end‑effectors. 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.

• Own the design verification strategy for the arm subsystem and components, including electronics, electrical interfaces, actuators, sensors, and end‑effectors
• 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

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

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

• 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

• Experience:
  • Minimum of 5 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 mechatronics verification testing, including motor controllers, electrical interfaces, kinematics and sensors with a strong preference for experience with EtherCAT architecture
  • Experience validating electro‑mechanical systems, and safety‑critical electrical subsystems
  • Familiarity with sensor verification (force torque, motor encoders) 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 Mechatronics, Controls, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field (Master’s preferred)

• This is a hybrid position based out of our Fremont office.

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