Real-Time Robotics Fleet Lead Engineer

Exol; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability Insurance

401K

PTO

Job summary

Symbotic Seattle, MA/Wilmington area is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead design and development of high-performance software that orchestrates fleets of autonomous robots in automated warehouses.

You will mentor junior engineers, optimize performance, and contribute to the robotics software stack across deployment sites. Strong C#, multithreading, and event-driven systems experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related STEM field.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• At least 1 year of experience in technical leadership or team lead role.
• Proficiency in object-oriented design and programming concepts. C# strongly preferred.
• Experience with asynchronous or multithreaded programming.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, messaging systems, and communication protocols such as RabbitMQ, MQTT, or gRPC.
• Exposure to robotic-related technologies (e.g., path planning, embedded systems) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design & Development: Build real-time, high-performance software for managing fleets of mobile robots.
• Performance Optimization: Analyze fleet performance and contribute to projects aimed at improving key business metrics, customer requirements, and company KPIs.
• Software Excellence: Develop high-quality, robust software in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Technical Leadership: Mentor junior engineers and lead technical efforts across projects.
• Issue Resolution: Identify and address root causes of software performance issues.
• Testing: Develop and maintain unit and system-level tests for production software.

Skills

C#

Multithreaded programming

Object-oriented design

Asynchronous programming

Event-driven architectures

RabbitMQ

gRPC

Team leadership

Robotics exposure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related STEM

Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

C# tooling

Job description

Symbotic Seattle, MA/Wilmington area is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead design and development of high-performance software that orchestrates fleets of autonomous robots in automated warehouses.

You will mentor junior engineers, optimize performance, and contribute to the robotics software stack across deployment sites. Strong C#, multithreading, and event-driven systems experience are essential.