Staff HiL SW Infrastructure Engineer

Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we’re pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.

Role Overview

Agility Robotics is seeking a Staff HiL Software Infrastructure Engineer to join the Systems Engineering, Integration & Test (SEIT) team. This critical role will lead the development of a modular, rack-based Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) ecosystem for our next-generation V5 humanoid robot. You will be responsible for the core software infrastructure that powers our automated testing, including real-time simulation models, CI/CD pipelines, and hardware interface libraries.

Key Responsibilities

• Automation Framework Development: Design, implement, and scale test automation frameworks to support continuous firmware and software regression testing.
• CI/CD Pipeline Engineering: Build and manage automated pipelines using GitHub Actions to trigger firmware flashing and test execution on physical HiL runners.
• Real-Time Simulation Modeling: Develop high-fidelity RT models for motor, encoder, communication framework and sensor emulation to support sub-system and full-system HiL benches.
• Hardware Interface Libraries: Create and maintain robust software libraries for interfacing with industrial hardware protocols, including EtherCAT, CAN, SPI , I2C , SCPI-controlled power supplies, and PXI relay APIs.
• Infrastructure Management: Configure and maintain Linux-based workstations as GitHub Actions self-hosted runners, ensuring deterministic and traceable test environments.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Electrical Engineers and Firmware teams to define signal mapping, fault injection requirements, and sensor data simulation strategies.
• Fault Injection Implementation: Programmatically control Fault Injection Units (FIU) to simulate short-to-battery, short-to-ground, and open-circuit conditions on critical robot signals.

Technical Skills & Requirements

Core Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in test engineering, design verification, or electrical validation
• Strong preference for experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, or other complex hardware systems
• Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) systems, and deep familiarity with Verification & Validation (V&V) methodologies for complex robotic or embedded systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python for automation, scripting, and development, as well as MATLAB/Simulink for real-time model development.
• Proven experience with GitHub Actions and test automation framework in a hardware-focused environment.
• Deep understanding of EtherCAT, Ethernet, CAN , SPI, I2C, and differential UART.
• Experience with real-time simulation platforms such as dSpace (Labbox/SCALEXIO/ConfigurationDesk) or NI, and real-time operating systems like Linux RT.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Acontis and other EtherCAT simulation
• Proven experience in Linux  system administration and Docker for containerized test environments.
• Experience with one or more robotics simulation platforms such as NVIDIA Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Gazebo, or Webots.
• Experience with programmable power supplies, electronic loads, and PXI-based switching hardware.
• Experi…