Staff Middleware Engineer - Robotics Platform & Observability

Symbotic; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbotic in Wilmington, MA, HQ, is seeking a Staff Middleware Software Engineer to own and advance the middleware layer for our mobile robotics platform. You will design, develop, and maintain components used across robotic platforms, with a focus on IPC, logging, and reliable data exchange.

You will lead development efforts, collaborate in an agile environment, and ensure robust deployment to physical robots and simulations, while supporting telemetry and diagnostics for operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent + 8+ years of experience.
• Production-quality software in C++.
• Strong understanding of Linux systems, process management, networking, IPC and system services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of middleware on robotic platforms.
• Design and develop middleware components for robotics systems.
• Build and maintain logging, diagnostics, telemetry, and observability infrastructure.
• Develop process management systems for launching, monitoring, restarting, and supervising robotic software services.
• Design communication frameworks for reliable data exchange between distributed software components.
• Deploy, validate, and troubleshoot software on physical bots and simulation environments.

Skills

C++

Linux systems

IPC

Process management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Robotics / Engineering

Tools

ROS2

DDS

Job description

Symbotic in Wilmington, MA, HQ, is seeking a Staff Middleware Software Engineer to own and advance the middleware layer for our mobile robotics platform. You will design, develop, and maintain components used across robotic platforms, with a focus on IPC, logging, and reliable data exchange.

You will lead development efforts, collaborate in an agile environment, and ensure robust deployment to physical robots and simulations, while supporting telemetry and diagnostics for operations.