Symbotic

Software Support Engineer

Symbotic
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4 months ago
Wilmington, MA, USAMid Level

Base Salary

$82k - $113k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Provide Tier 2 technical escalation support for live-site operations and troubleshoot issues according to severity levels and response SLAs.
  • Support incident response through triage, escalation coordination, mitigation, stakeholder communication, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action documentation.
  • Monitor system performance, respond to alerts, and help maintain availability, reliability, and uptime of automation systems and robotics.
  • Partner with Software, Hardware, Systems, Controls, and Operations teams to diagnose and resolve production-impacting issues.
  • Identify recurring issues, analyze incident and system data, and drive improvements that reduce repeat incidents and improve system stability.
  • Support validation of system, software, and network updates to minimize operational impact.
  • Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, runbooks, technical documentation, training materials, scripts, and workflow-improvement tools.
  • Incorporate customer and site feedback into product, process, and operational improvements and support team onboarding and knowledge sharing.
  • Participate in the Wednesday-through-Saturday 10x7 operational support model and on-call rotation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 2 years of experience in technical support, NOC operations, systems engineering, site reliability, or a similar operational support environment.
  • Experience supporting production systems, including incident response, escalation management, root-cause analysis, and operational documentation.
  • Familiarity with automation, controls, or material-handling systems, including PLCs, VFDs, motion control, or servo tuning; Allen-Bradley ControlLogix experience is preferred.
  • Hands-on electrical and mechanical troubleshooting experience, ideally in robotics or automation.
  • Proficiency with Linux/Unix environments and scripting languages such as Python.
  • Experience using or developing dashboards, reporting tools, or system-monitoring platforms; Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools are preferred.
  • Exposure to databases, data warehouses, or knowledge-based systems is preferred.
  • Strong technical troubleshooting, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work across Software, Hardware, Systems, Operations, and Engineering teams.
  • Ability to work the Wednesday-through-Saturday 10x7 schedule, participate in on-call rotations, and work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Valid driver's license and ability to drive and/or fly to client and customer locations.

Benefits

  • Hybrid schedule with two days per week onsite at the Wilmington headquarters and two days remote.
  • Up to 10% travel may be required.
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k), PTO, and/or other benefits are included.
  • Employees own a credit card and manage expenses personally for bi-weekly reimbursement.

Tech Stack

Categories

Site Reliability
Symbotic

About Symbotic

1,001-5,000 employees

Symbotic builds AI-enabled warehouse automation systems that combine high-density storage, autonomous robots, and warehouse execution software for large retailers, wholesalers, and consumer-goods distributors. The company sells and operates end-to-end material-handling platforms, including automated case picking and AS/RS, delivered through system deployments and long-term service agreements. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, Symbotic is a public company on Nasdaq (SYM) and counts Walmart among its customers.

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