Senior Software Engineer, Perception Skills

Agility Robotics•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Skills team, with a focus on integrating perception models into real-world robotic applications. In this role, you will be responsible for perception integration efforts to build robust, structured world representations that can be manipulated and reasoned about in robot workflows. You will own the performance of the perception stack on the robot, working hands-on with real hardware and validating your work in production workflows. You’ll collaborate closely with AIML teams and integrate both in-house and off-the-shelf methods to meet customer and task-specific requirements. This role is ideal for someone who wants to be close to the real system, enjoys solving end-to-end integration challenges, and thrives on making perception work reliably in production.

Requirements

BS or MS in Robotics or related field
5+ years of professional experience integrating perception models in real-world robotic applications
Strong experience writing production-quality Python code
Hands-on experience working with point clouds, RGBD cameras, and depth sensing in applied robotics contexts.
Experience with perception libraries (OpenCV, Open3D, PCL, ROS perception, NumPy, scikit-image)
You’re pragmatic: you know when to use task structure and prior knowledge to get the job done reliably
You love solving hard perception problems, but your real passion is seeing those solutions work on a robot in the real world and having an impact
You’re excited to work on hardware
You enjoy debugging, testing, and iterating quickly in simulation and on the real robot

Nice To Haves

Solid understanding of spatial reasoning (homogeneous transforms, TF trees, etc)
Demonstrated ability to apply perception model outputs (detection, segmentation, pose estimation) in manipulation pipelines
Experience with structured 3D estimation (plane fitting, normal estimation, voxel maps, etc)

Responsibilities

Develop robust perception algorithms and applications that leverage existing perception models and structure in the robot task (e.g., stacks, pallets, conveyors, flowracks) to improve robustness and simplify estimation
Define and maintain reusable APIs that allow the task planner and skills layer to interact with a library of perception skills
Integrate perception functions with other robot skills like manipulation behaviors using state machines, behavior trees, and task planners
Manage datasets and run experiments to validate perception skills across diverse task conditions and variations
Create modular interfaces for field engineers to tune perception skills within your validated specs without requiring software redeployment
Contribute to defining our overall perception strategy within the skills layer, including library structure, abstraction layers, and tooling

Benefits

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: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
Time Off: 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.