Senior Software Engineer, Applications

About The Job

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

In the role of Senior Software Engineer, Applications, 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 might 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 software tooling to enable other engineers or technicians to support large scale system manufacturing and commissioning.
• Design, develop, and support advanced robotic application software 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, Robotics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in software development with a strong technical background.
• Proficient in at least one relevant programming language (Python, C++).
• Commercial experience in a fast paced, agile environment. 
• Demonstrated ability to:
  
  • Navigate software commissioning complexity for production automation equipment.
  • Architect and develop component-level software solutions. 
  • Operate autonomously.
    
  • Determine and communicate justification of technical priorities to management.
    
  • Contribute to large, complex codebases. 
  • Embody the MVP mentality, providing functionality and progression from simple to complex.
    
• Proficient utilizing Issue Tracking Systems (Jira), Linux (Ubuntu), Version Control Systems (Git), shell scripting (Bash), with a knowledge of basic networking fundamentals.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.
  
• 5+ years of experience in software development.
  
• Experience with robotics and robotic solutions, particularly related to material handling.
  
• Data analysis experience (logging, profiling, statistics, pandas).
  
• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the following:
  
  • Process management, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
    
  • Production-grade code documentation.
    
  • Key-value stores (ZooKeeper).
    
  • Software Testing (pytest)
  • Design and run real-world robot experiments, and thoughtfully analyze results.
    
  • Robotic simulation, and visualization.
  • Working with real robots, sensors in production settings.

• Experience developing with REST and gRPC.
  
• Experience developing APIs.
• Experience with the robotic operating system (ROS2 or ROS1).
  
• Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB).
  
• MQTT-based communication protocols.

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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