Staff Systems Validation Engineer

As a Staff System Validation Engineer at Agility Robotics, you will be a hands-on technical contributor responsible for designing and executing comprehensive system-level verification and validation of our fully integrated humanoid robot. Once the robot is assembled as a complete system, you will develop, run, troubleshoot, and report on test plans that validate the robot meets all requirements for product acceptance. You will work closely with Systems Engineering, Software, Controls, and Product Management to ensure what we build works as intended in real-world customer environments.

This role is ideal for a technically strong engineer with solid testing experience in complex electromechanical systems who is ready to take on meaningful ownership of the validation strategy in a fast-moving robotics environment.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute system-level V&V test plans for fully integrated humanoid robots, working with Systems Engineering to translate requirements into testable validation criteria with clear pass/fail metrics and traceability

Design and execute end-to-end system validation tests across the fully integrated robot including full-body manipulation and locomotion, human-robot interaction, safety systems, environmental and operational scenarios.

Extend validation coverage through simulation environments including regression testing at scale, rare failure modes, edge cases, and sim-to-real fidelity validation.

Apply AI-assisted analysis techniques and modern data tooling to process large validation datasets, identify failure patterns and behavioral anomalies, and continuously sharpen test strategy based on empirical signal from the field and lab

Support functional safety verification and validation activities ensuring compliance with ISO standards, including safety-critical function testing, fault injection, and Safety Integrity Level (SIL) or Performance Level (PL) verification

Develop automated test scripts and contribute to test infrastructure including fixtures, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems to enable repeatable, scalable validation

Prepare and present clear validation reports, test results, and risk assessments to engineering leads and stakeholders, contributing data-backed input to go/no-go decisions

Required Qualifications

Experience

10+ years of system-level verification and validation experience in robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, aerospace, or similar complex electromechanical systems

Hands-on experience using robot simulation environments to develop and execute test cases, generate synthetic test scenarios, and support regression testing at scale.

Experience testing complex robotic or electromechanical systems including manipulation, locomotion, or similar multi-DOF systems

Familiarity with safety-critical system validation and functional safety standards such as ISO 13849, IEC 61508, or ISO 26262

Experience in fast-paced product development environments balancing rigor with speed

Technical Skills

V&V Expertise: Solid understanding of verification vs. validation, V-model processes, test design techniques, and requirements traceability. Familiarity with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) or Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) testing

Robotics Fundamentals: Working knowledge of kinematics, dynamics, control systems, sensing, and actuation sufficient to effectively test and debug robotic systems

Test Automation: Proficiency in Python or similar languages for developing and maintaining automated test scripts and frameworks

Test Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with test fixtures, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems

Troubleshooting: Strong debugging skills across hardware-software integration issues in complex systems

Preferred Qualifications

BS or MS in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field

Experience with one or more robotics simulation platforms such as NVIDIA Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Gazebo, or Webots.

Experience validating machine learning-based software components or models, including working with software integration teams to define acceptance criteria, manage model versioning, and assess behavioral drift or regression across releases

Exposure to functional safety certification processes (TÜV or similar)

Experience contributing to or mentoring junior engineers on test methodology

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 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.

Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 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.

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