Senior Robotics Software Engineer: Manipulation

berkshiregrey; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkshire Grey is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Robotics, focused on manipulation, to advance our cutting-edge robotic solutions for real-world tasks.

You will design, implement, and optimize software for robotic manipulation, motion planning, and multi-arm coordination, collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver robust production systems. Mentorship and proactive communication are valued across the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
• 4+ years of professional software development experience in a production environment.
• Strong development expertise in Python.
• Understanding parallel/distributed systems and asynchronous/concurrent programming.
• Experience in designing and implementing software and algorithms for motion planning, motion execution, multi-arm coordination, robotic kinematics, and/or environment representation.
• Experience in designing and developing RESTful interfaces, gRPC services/clients, etc.
• Familiarity with system design principles and design patterns.
• Strong drive to deliver well-designed, well-implemented and well-tested solutions to meet internal and external requirements.
• Ability to handle ambiguous or ill-defined problems, and scope, plan and implement solutions for them.
• Experience with version control (Git), code reviews, issue tracking (Jira) and automated testing (unit, integration, and hardware-in-the-loop).
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support advanced robotic manipulation software deployed in production environments.
• Create high-performance software solutions for robotic manipulation, focusing on motion planning, kinematics, control strategies and motion execution, to enhance our robotic solutions.
• Utilize and extend simulation software environments to test and refine manipulation development, ensuring expected and robust performance.
• Work closely with hardware engineers, product managers, and other software teams to integrate capabilities into our broader robotic systems.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Clearly and proactively communicate technical priorities and status.

Skills

Python

ROS/ROS2

Motion planning

C++

RESTful interfaces

gRPC

Git

Jira

asyncio

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

MongoDB

Linux

Job description

Berkshire Grey is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Robotics, focused on manipulation, to advance our cutting-edge robotic solutions for real-world tasks.

You will design, implement, and optimize software for robotic manipulation, motion planning, and multi-arm coordination, collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver robust production systems. Mentorship and proactive communication are valued across the team.