Staff Real-Time Robotics Fleet Engineer

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

Job summary

Symbotic is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and development of real-time software that orchestrates fleets of autonomous robots in automated warehouse environments. You will mentor engineers and drive high-performance, scalable control systems across multiple deployment sites.

The role emphasizes C# expertise, asynchronous/multithreaded programming, and familiarity with RabbitMQ, MQTT, or gRPC within an event-driven architecture. Up to 10% travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, math or related STEM field.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience.
• At least 1 year 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 and messaging 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#

Asynchronous programming

Multithreading

Event-driven architectures

RabbitMQ

MQTT

gRPC

Robotics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Mech/Math

Job description

Symbotic is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and development of real-time software that orchestrates fleets of autonomous robots in automated warehouse environments. You will mentor engineers and drive high-performance, scalable control systems across multiple deployment sites.

The role emphasizes C# expertise, asynchronous/multithreaded programming, and familiarity with RabbitMQ, MQTT, or gRPC within an event-driven architecture. Up to 10% travel may be required.