Senior Software Engineer, Robotics
Berkshire Grey2 months ago
Bedford, MA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and support advanced robotic manipulation software deployed in production environments.
- Build high-performance software for motion planning, kinematics, control strategies, motion execution, and robotic coordination.
- Extend simulation environments to test and refine manipulation capabilities for robust performance.
- Collaborate with hardware engineers, product managers, and software teams to integrate robotic capabilities.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.
- Communicate technical priorities and project status clearly and proactively.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
- At least 4 years of professional software development experience in a production environment.
- Strong Python development expertise.
- Experience with motion planning, motion execution, multi-arm coordination, robotic kinematics, and/or environment representation.
- Understanding of parallel or distributed systems and asynchronous or concurrent programming.
- Experience developing RESTful interfaces and gRPC services or clients.
- Familiarity with system design principles and design patterns.
- Experience with Git, code reviews, Jira, and automated unit, integration, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
- Ability to scope, plan, and implement solutions for ambiguous or ill-defined problems.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree, 6 or more years of software development experience, ROS/ROS2, robotic hardware drivers, simulation tools, Linux, Python asyncio, C++, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
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.