Senior Staff Software Engineer, Calibration

Agility Robotics develops commercially deployed humanoid robots that work alongside people in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers. The Senior Staff Software Engineer, Calibration will lead calibration capabilities end to end, designing and delivering production systems while guiding engineers and shaping the long-term technical direction of calibration.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and deliver calibration systems end to end, including algorithms, fixtures, on-fixture software, data pipelines, validation, and operator workflow
• Own calibration across perception sensors (RGB cameras, LiDAR, thermal imagers, and other modalities) and kinematic calibration of the robot, including joint approaches that couple sensor extrinsics with arm and whole-body kinematics
• Establish the data and metrics infrastructure underpinning calibration, including per-unit records, accuracy and drift metrics, traceability, and fleet-level monitoring
• Own the delivery of calibration fixture software, including operator-facing applications on Linux
• Own the delivery of in-field self-check and recalibration capabilities to maintain calibration validity through Digit's service life
• Define the requirements that calibration outputs place on downstream manufacturing processes, including cycle time, repeatability, data capture, and operator workflow
• Coordinate with sensor vendors and contract manufacturers on the deployment of calibration processes at their facilities, including process documentation, operator training, and acceptance criteria
• Identify, hire, mentor, and develop other engineers contributing to calibration work

Requirements:

• 10+ years of practical experience calibrating complex robotic or sensor-rich systems in real production environments
• Track record of designing and delivering calibration systems end to end, including algorithms, fixtures, on-fixture software, validation, and operator workflow
• Deep expertise across multiple sensor modalities (RGB cameras, LiDAR, thermal imagers, IMUs, encoders, etc), with working command of kinematic calibration and the coupling of sensor extrinsics to kinematics
• Demonstrated understanding of what production calibration requires: repeatability, data collection, simplicity, and throughput
• Experience building the data and metrics infrastructure that supports calibration at scale
• Strong programming skills in C++ and Python
• Player-coach orientation: capable of executing the technical work directly, while also identifying and developing the talent that contributes to it
• Effective collaboration across multiple stakeholders, including hardware, controls, perception, sensor vendors, and contract manufacturers
• Hands-on engineering practice, comfortable in the lab and on the production floor
• This is a fully remote role with the option to work hybrid if a commutable distance from our Salem, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, or Fremont, CA offices
• All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States
• Owned calibration end to end at an autonomous vehicle company, mobile robotics company (humanoid, quadruped, or other dynamically stable robot), or other hardware organization deploying sensor-rich systems at scale
• Experience with in-field calibration validation and recalibration on deployed fleets
• Background in metrology, optical alignment, or geometric computer vision
• Built the data infrastructure side of production calibration, including traceability databases, per-unit calibration history, and fleet-wide monitoring