Senior Robotics Software Engineer – Production Autonomy

Motion Recruitment; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid vacation and company holidays

Equity participation

401(k)

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for a fast-growing robotics organization in the Boston area. You will help advance intelligent automation systems for high-volume logistics, writing software that enables robotic hardware to perceive, plan, and interact with the physical world.

The role emphasizes production-ready robotics, with opportunities to influence technical direction and solve real-world challenges at scale.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in robotics, CS, or electrical engineering.
• 5+ years of professional software development for robotic or autonomous systems.
• Strong understanding of robotic arm kinematics, motion generation, path optimization, and control concepts.
• Proficiency in modern C++ and Python.
• Experience designing, implementing, refining computationally intensive algorithms.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex software and system-level issues.
• Strong communication across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Robotics planning and manipulation software development.
• Core software engineering tasks across the stack.
• System architecture and scalability improvements.
• Research, experimentation, and performance optimization.

Education

Master's degree in Robotics, CS, or EE

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for a fast-growing robotics organization in the Boston area. You will help advance intelligent automation systems for high-volume logistics, writing software that enables robotic hardware to perceive, plan, and interact with the physical world.

The role emphasizes production-ready robotics, with opportunities to influence technical direction and solve real-world challenges at scale.