Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Company Overview:

Berkshire Grey is a leader in AI-powered robotic solutions that automate fulfillment, supply chain, and logistics operations. Our technology transforms pick, pack, move, and sort operations to deliver unmatched efficiencies to customers in retail, eCommerce, and logistics. At Berkshire Grey, we drive productivity while reducing costs, creating exceptional customer experiences, and enabling better employee engagement.

About The Job:

Berkshire Grey is a leader in the field of Robotics and AI, providing innovative solutions for e-commerce, retail replenishment, and logistics. Our technology automates complex pick, pack, and sort operations.

In the role of Senior Robotics Software Engineer you will be joining a robotics software engineering team working on developing cutting-edge robotic solutions. If you have a start-up mentality, like to get things done, stick with things until you figure it out and are motivated by delivering working products to customers, then this will be a fit for you. The robotic application development involves high-level logic that controls the systems and ties everything together. You will be solving a variety of robotic problems including software behaviors and systems intelligence.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and support advanced robotic application software related to robotic manipulation solutions deployed in production environments.
• Design, prototype, implement, test, and maintain software that integrates and enhances robotic capabilities to reliably deliver and perform complex robotic tasks.
• Work closely with hardware engineers, product managers, and other software teams to integrate capabilities into our broader robotic systems.
• Communicate technical priorities and status.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.
• 5 years of experience in software development.
• Strong development expertise in Python.
• Robotics experience.
• Commercial experience in a fast paced, agile environment.
• Demonstrated ability to:
• Provide technical leadership on key projects
• Architect component-level software solutions
• Operate autonomously
• Determine and communicate justification of technical priorities to management
• Navigate and contribute to large, complex codebases
• MVP mentality, prioritizing functionality and going from simple to complex
• Proficient in:
• Python
• System design
• Git
• Jira
• Ubuntu
• Code reviews
• Design patterns (producer-consumer, modular and configurable, robust and error-aware, etc.)
• Robotic Operation System (ROS2).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.
• Knowledge of the material handling field.
• Understanding of parallel/distributed systems and asynchronous/concurrent programming.
• Basic data analysis (logging, profiling, statics, pandas)
• Demonstrated ability in one or more of the following:
• Key-value stores (ZooKeeper)
• Software testing (pytest)
• Process management, containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Within the robotics space:
• Design and run real robot experiments, analyzing results
• Basic knowledge of robot simulation, visualization
• Experience with real sensors, robots
• Experience in developing APIs.
• Experience in developing RESTful, and/or gRPC services/clients.
• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB).

Why Berkshire Grey?

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-powered robotic solutions that are transforming the supply chain and logistics industry.
• A culture of innovation and collaboration, with a commitment to professional development and growth.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package.

I acknowledge that Berkshire Grey is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and Berkshire Grey prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, and any other protected characteristic as outlined by state, federal or local laws.

I also acknowledge I have been informed that it is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.