Senior Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer
Agility Robotics · Hybrid- Fremont, CA
About this role
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 Agility Robotics:
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.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Staff Reliability Engineer with 15+ years of experience to join our team in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this hybrid role, you will serve as the technical leader for humanoid robot reliability. This role is critical to ensuring the performance, safety, and durability of our products throughout their lifecycle. Leveraging your deep expertise in reliability engineering, you will lead efforts to establish reliability standards, conduct advanced analyses, and drive improvements across key hardware components and systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Reliability Strategy
- Lead the overall hardware reliability strategy across the full humanoid robotic system including actuators, motor controllers, PCBAs, sensors, limbs, and end effectors
- Define reliability metrics, lifecycle-stage goals, and test protocols from design through production
- Drive Design for Reliability practices (FMEA/DFMEA, stress analysis, reliability growth modeling) and integrate reliability into cross-functional engineering design workflows
- Develop reliability standards and targets, documentation, and best practices to scale future hardware development
Reliability Testing & Analysis
- Develop and execute reliability validation plans including HALT, HASS, vibration, thermal cycling, and environmental stress testing
- Design accelerated testing approaches that extract meaningful insights from small sample sizes using statistical methods and engineering judgment
- Apply component derating principles and perform thermal, electrical, mechanical, and Coffin-Manson fatigue analyses to predict lifecycle and identify failure risks
Failure Analysis & Continuous Improvement
- Lead hardware failure RCA efforts, implementing corrective and preventative actions
- Analyze prototype, production, and field data to identify trends and drive reliability improvements
- Partner with suppliers to ensure sourced components meet reliability and quality standards
- Communicate reliability insights to engineering leadership and executives, and mentor junior engineers to build a strong reliability culture.
Qualifications:
- Experience:
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in reliability engineering for complex hardware systems
- Strong preference for candidates with experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, or other high-reliability industries
- Technical Expertise:
- Extensive experience with reliability engineering principles, including component derating, FMEA/DFMEA, and Coffin-Manson analysis for fatigue prediction
- Proficiency in reliability testing methods such as HALT, HASS, vibration, and thermal cycling
- Strong understanding of mechanical systems, electronic components (PCBAs, motor controllers), sensors, and materials science
- Skills:
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with a focus on data-driven decision-making
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, capable of working with cross-disciplinary teams and suppliers
- Proven ability to lead RCA efforts, implement corrective actions, and drive reliability improvements
- Experience with industry-standard reliability engineering and modeling tools such as ReliaSoft, ANSYS Sherlock, and Windchill Quality Solutions (Relex)
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (Master’s or PhD preferred)
This a hybrid position based out of one of our Fremont, CA office.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Agility Robotics is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions who work in other locations. These ranges may be modified in the future.
In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:
- 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.
- Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.
All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
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.
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