Full-Time
Senior Manager
Perception
Posted on 1/30/2025
Agility Robotics
201-500 employees
Develops humanoid robots for automation solutions
No salary listed
Senior, Expert
Remote in USA
- 6+ years of industry experience developing/deploying perception algorithms on mobile robots with at least 2 years of experience managing a team of 5 or more engineers
- Familiarity with deep learning, object detection, pose estimation, MLOps, SLAM with a deep technical background in one or more of these
- Familiarity with common computer vision and machine learning libraries such as (but not limited to) PyTorch, OpenCV, etc.
- Strong software experience in modern C++ and Python with a history of delivering production quality code that is observable and extensible
- Exposure to standard agile and software development processes (issue tracking tools (Jira), feature branching, version control (Git), continuous integration and deployment)
- Provide strategic leadership and vision for the perception team. Work with tech leads and product to create a unified roadmap and release schedule
- Lead development of perception algorithms in areas such as object detection, pose estimation, SLAM and MLOps
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of 5+ software engineers
- Drive best practices for development, review, testing, and deployment that will ensure high-quality releases to production
- Grow the team by sourcing, hiring, and onboarding highly talented and passionate engineers
- Collaborate with navigation, manipulation and hardware teams to align perception capabilities with product requirements
- Experience working with various sensing technologies (monocular cameras, stereo cameras, lidar, etc.)
- Experience with GPU Programming (eg. CUDA, OpenGL)
- Publications in your field (CVPR, ICCV, RSS, ICRA preferred)
Agility Robotics develops mobile manipulation robots and automation solutions, with its most notable product being the humanoid robot, Digit. Digit works in conjunction with Agility Arc, a cloud-based automation platform, to assist businesses in sectors like logistics, manufacturing, retail, eCommerce, and distribution. These robots are designed to work alongside human employees, enhancing productivity by taking on labor-intensive tasks, allowing humans to focus on more complex activities. Unlike many competitors, Agility Robotics emphasizes human-robot collaboration, aiming to optimize operations rather than replace human workers. The company's goal is to enable businesses to improve efficiency and effectiveness through the integration of their robotic solutions.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$319.1M
Headquarters
Tangent, Oregon
Founded
2015
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Partnership with Schaeffler Group to deploy robots in 100 plants by 2030.
- Successful deployment of Digit in Spanx warehouses and Amazon tests.
- Growing demand for humanoid robots in logistics and eCommerce sectors.
What critics are saying
- Increased competition from Figure's humanoid robots with advanced capabilities.
- Apptronik's Apollo gaining attention could impact Digit's market share.
- MIT's PRoC3S technology may surpass Agility's current logistics capabilities.
What makes Agility Robotics unique
- Agility Robotics specializes in bipedal humanoid robots for logistics and manufacturing.
- Their Digit robot is designed for human-robot collaboration in labor-intensive tasks.
- Agility Arc platform enhances robot functionality with cloud-based automation solutions.
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↑ 1%The dream of having robots do household chores inched a little closer to reality last week. Figure, an OpenAI-backed robotics artificial intelligence (AI) startup, showed off humanoid robots that can understand voice commands and can grab objects they had never seen before. In a Figure video, a guy holding a bag of groceries starts unloading eggs, apple, ketchup, cheese, cookies and other items on a counter
Agility Robotics announced a minority investment from Schaeffler Group and an agreement for Schaeffler to purchase humanoid robots for its global plant network. Schaeffler plans to deploy these robots in 100 plants by 2030. Agility Robotics, known for its DigitⓇ robot, previously signed a multi-year agreement with GXO for the first Robots-as-a-Service deployment. CEO Peggy Johnson aims to deliver safe humanoid robots to work alongside humans within 24 months.
Apollo surprises CES 2025 attendants with cute features while Agility Robotics' Digit makes a daring comeback
Despite their low-tech reputations, the industrial and agricultural sectors are being reimagined by autonomous solutions. The advent of autonomous commercial vehicles, as well as across warehouse operations, couldn’t be coming at a better time. Within agriculture alone, the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates there are around 2.4 million farm jobs that need to be filled annually. Separately, a skilled tradesmen shortage has left 88% of contractors struggling to find skilled labor. “Our agriculture, construction and commercial landscaping customers all have work that must get done at certain times of the day and year, yet there is not enough available and skilled labor to do the work,” said Jahmy Hindman, chief technology officer at John Deere, in a Monday (Jan. 6) statement announcing the debut of John Deere’s latest driverless machines
Furthermore, Agility Robotics has introduced Digit, a bipedal humanoid currently employed in logistics settings, having been deployed successfully in a Spanx warehouse and tested by Amazon.