Head of Robotics Software & AI Engineering

berkshiregrey; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkshire Grey is seeking a Director of Software to lead the software for our Research and Advanced Development program. You will manage a small team of advanced robotics software engineers, guiding architecture, evaluation, and integration of emerging AI-enabled robotics capabilities into real-world systems.

You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering leaders to ensure work is technically sound, measurable, and aligned with Berkshire Grey’s automation roadmap.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, ML or AI.
• 10+ years of software development experience, including robotics/automation.
• 3+ years in technical leadership or people management.
• Strong Python and/or C++ development skills.
• Experience leading software architecture for advanced robotic systems.
• Experience evaluating or integrating AI/ML robotics capabilities.
• Experience with real robotic systems, debugging, testing, and performance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of advanced robotics software engineers with planning and mentoring responsibilities.
• Define technical priorities and drive execution across architecture, experimentation, and integration.
• Provide architectural leadership for software systems in AI-enabled robotics.
• Design rigorous experiments and evaluation workflows for robotic behaviors.
• Evaluate new robotics technologies and assess their fit and risks.
• Drive rapid prototyping and demonstrable robotic capabilities with maintainable software.
• Collaborate with hardware, perception, controls, product, and software teams to align development with roadmaps.
• Establish engineering practices to improve velocity, quality, and repeatability.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews and career development.
• Communicate plans, progress, risks, and tradeoffs to leadership.

Skills

Python

C++

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Master's degree

PhD (preferred)

Tools

ROS/ROS2

PyTorch

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Job description

Berkshire Grey is seeking a Director of Software to lead the software for our Research and Advanced Development program. You will manage a small team of advanced robotics software engineers, guiding architecture, evaluation, and integration of emerging AI-enabled robotics capabilities into real-world systems.

You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering leaders to ensure work is technically sound, measurable, and aligned with Berkshire Grey’s automation roadmap.