Senior Robotics Software Engineer

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.

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