Senior Software Engineer, R&D
Berkshire Grey3 months ago
Bedford, MA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Train and adapt machine learning architectures for robot learning and visual scene understanding.
- Develop and improve the robot policy learning data-collection application.
- Determine suitable demonstrations, robot logs, sensor data, annotations, and failure cases for fine-tuning robot foundation models.
- Evaluate advancements in robotics and collaborate with external research partners.
- Prototype solutions and create demonstrations for stakeholders and visitors.
- Own solutions from prototype through robust, production-ready features.
- Design and implement software and algorithms for real robots, including troubleshooting real robot systems.
- Mentor junior engineers or interns and communicate technical priorities clearly.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
- Experience developing software in robotics or automation roles.
- Strong development expertise in Python and C++.
- Experience with Git, CI/CD, and modern software engineering workflows.
- Experience with ROS or ROS2.
- Experience designing and implementing software and algorithms for real robots.
- Ability to work independently, adapt to changing priorities, prototype and iterate rapidly, and explain complex ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Preferred qualifications include 3+ years of relevant software engineering experience in robotics or automation.
- Preferred experience includes computer vision for robotic manipulation, motion planning and optimization, imitation learning, PyTorch, robot simulators, robot learning frameworks, robotic sensors, model-based and data-driven approaches, Docker, cloud computing, parallel or distributed systems, asynchronous or concurrent programming, production robot deployment, and agentic coding tools.
Benefits
- Occasional travel of up to 10% is required.
About Berkshire Grey
Berkshire Grey builds AI‑driven robotic systems and software that automate warehouse and logistics workflows such as pick, pack, sort, parcel sortation, and trailer unloading for retailers, e‑commerce, and parcel carriers. The company sells integrated robotics, vision, and orchestration software as deployed systems and services to large fulfillment and logistics operations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, it focuses on omni‑channel fulfillment and high‑throughput logistics environments.