Software Engineer - Robot Diagnostics & Calibration

About The Role

Our software team is growing and we are looking for an experienced robotics engineer to own how we assess the health of Digit. You will build the self-diagnostics, calibration, and fleet health tools that tell our manufacturing, test, service, and deployment teams whether a robot is ready to work — and why it isn't. You will root-cause hardware and performance issues on prototype and production robots, turn what you learn into automated checks, and feed the results back to teams across the organization. Your work will directly enable our ability to scale up the world's first production humanoid robot fleet and revolutionize the labor market.

About The Work

• Develop a deep understanding of Digit's hardware through active participation in the bring up of prototype hardware and integration of new sensors.
• Extend Digit's self-diagnostics suite: automated checks of actuators, sensors, and limbs (e.g., actuator efficiency and health, leg stiffness, IMU and force/torque sensor checks) that determine whether a robot is fit to run a workflow.
• Lead root cause analysis on robots from prototype builds, the factory, and customer sites: isolate failures to subsystems, reproduce them with the Systems Test & Validation team, and drive corrective actions with hardware teams and suppliers.
• Turn RCA findings into new checks and pass/fail criteria, and validate that check results predict real robot performance.
• Develop and maintain calibration routines, including camera-based kinematic calibration of arms and legs, that run reliably in manufacturing and service.
• Build fleet health observability: define what robots log, get results into our data pipelines, and maintain dashboards and reports that track hardware health across the fleet over time.
• Build tools that non-engineers can use, such as operator-facing GUIs and reports for manufacturing, service, and solutions teams.

About You

• BS, MS, or PhD in robotics, mechanical, electrical, or computer engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• 4+ years of industry experience developing software for physical robots or comparable electromechanical systems, with substantial hands-on hardware debugging.
• Proven track record of root cause analysis on complex electromechanical systems: separating software, controls, and hardware faults using logs, telemetry, and targeted experiments.
• Solid working knowledge of actuators (motors, transmissions, encoders) and robot sensors (IMUs, force/torque sensors, cameras), and how they fail.
• Strong Python and C++, with experience building diagnostic or test tools used by other teams.
• Data-driven: experience analyzing high-rate robot logs and fleet telemetry, using SQL and dashboards.
• Clear communicator who can turn noisy data into structured reports and procedures for engineering, manufacturing, and service partners.
• Familiarity with Jira, Git, and CI/CD workflows.

Nice To Have

• State estimation or controls background, especially on legged robots.
• Robot calibration (kinematic, camera-to-robot extrinsics) or system identification.
• Computer vision or ML applied to calibration.

This a on-site position based out of one of our Salem office.

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This range may change based on geographical location and may be modified in the future.

Anticipated Base Salary Range 144000 - 225000 USD