Senior Software Engineer (Robotic Packing/Manipulation)

Berkshire Grey; Bedford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare - Medical, dental, vision

Stock options

Lunch delivered daily

Wellness programs

Job summary

Berkshire Grey is seeking a highly capable robotics software engineer to develop learning-based approaches for spatial reasoning, sequential decision-making, and robotic manipulation. You will work on perception, planning, and manipulation to enable reliable real-world performance under uncertainty, with both data-driven and model-based methods.

This role offers exposure to cutting-edge robotics, simulation-based evaluation, and direct impact on products for customers, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software development with a focus on robotics manipulation or related areas.
• Experience with data science tools & libraries (numpy, pandas, scipy, matplotlib, scikit-learn).
• Experience with PyTorch and ROS/ROS2.

Responsibilities

• Develop learning-based approaches for 3D environment reasoning, outcomes of physical interactions, and decision-making over action sequences.
• Bridge perception, planning, and manipulation to ensure reliable performance under uncertainty.
• Prototype solutions for demos and transition prototypes to product teams.

Job description

• As part of the Core software team, you will develop learning-based approaches that help robots reason about 3D environments, anticipate the outcomes of physical interactions, and make effective decisions over sequences of actions
• The work combines perception, planning, and manipulation, with an emphasis on reliable performance under uncertainty and real-world constraints
• You’ll explore both data-driven and model-based approaches, evaluate them in simulation, and bring promising methods onto physical robotic systems
• Your work will contribute to enhancing the capabilities of our robotic solutions and explore new solutions and approaches, unlocking new value to be delivered to our customers
• This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the cutting edge of robotics applied to real-world challenges
• Develop learning methods for spatial reasoning, sequential decision-making, and robotic manipulation
• Combine learned policies and predictive models with planning and optimization to solve physically constrained tasks
• Design training and evaluation workflows that measure task success, robustness, and execution efficiency
• Quickly prototype solutions, creating demos for stakeholders and visitors
• Serve as subject matter for transitioning prototypes to product teams
• Identify high impact areas for improvements of our robotic systems to solve real problems
• Utilize and extend simulation software environments to develop and test manipulation behaviors
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in robotics and related fields, evaluating applicability to our challenges
• Collaborate with external research partners to find solutions for BG’s problem space
• Assist with mentorship of more junior engineers or interns
• Communicate technical priorities and status

Benefits

• Healthcare - Full medical, dental and vision. Life insurance, gym stipends and wellness programs
• Vacation - We value hard work and we like to have fun. Take time when you need it
• Recognition - Peer shout outs, achievement celebrations and leadership awards let you know you’ve made a difference
• Retirement - Stock options and generous 401(k) matching
• Nutrients - Lunch is delivered daily, a plethora of snacks, gourmet coffee, Soylent, and top-shelf beverages

Preferred Qualifications

4+ years of experience in software development with a focus on robotics manipulation or related areasExperience with data science tools & libraries like numpy, pandas, scipy, matplotlib, scikit-learnDetermine and communicate justification of technical prioritiesExperience with major deep learning frameworks such as PyTorchExperience in working with ROS or ROS2Strong development expertise in Python and C++Develop on and troubleshoot real robotic systemsMaster’s degree in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Computer Science or a closely related fieldStrong verbal and written communication skills, capable of explaining complex ideas clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholdersProvide technical leadership on key projectsDemonstrated experience training and adapting of existing machine learning architectures for robot learning, to solve tasks in domains such as manipulation, locomotion, or navigationWork independently on a variety of projects while maintaining focusMentor junior engineersDemonstrated ability to:Work in a fast-paced environment with changing prioritiesRapidly prototype and iterate on solutions to challenging problemsPhD in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Science or a closely related fieldDemonstrated technical proficiency in solving spatial reasoning and sequential decision-making in roboticsApplying machine learning to hardware interacting with the real worldSim-to-real for robotic manipulationReal and simulated data captureReal-time perception-based controlIncorporating tactile sensor information into manipulation behaviorsRobot simulators (e.g. OpenRAVE, Isaac Sim or MuJoCo)Robot learning frameworks (e.g. Isaac-Gym, Orbit / Isaac Labs)Docker, cloud computing, or similar applicationsCombining model-based and data-driven approachesExperiment tracking and dataset management (e.g. Weights & Biases)Database systems as data source, such as MongoDBParallel/distributed systems and asynchronous/concurrent programmingKnowledge of LLM usage within robotics context