Staff Software Engineer – Machine Learning/Computer Vision

Symbotic; Wilmington (MA); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

Symbotic is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance ML vision for autonomous robots. You will build state-of-the-art perception models, deploy on-bot and cloud components, and collaborate with hardware, kernel, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure robust real-time processing across the fleet.

The role requires a Master’s degree and 6+ years in software engineering, with expertise in Python and C++, plus Docker/Kubernetes for portable deployments.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related discipline (CS/EE/Math) is required.
• Minimum 6 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience developing ML models and vision systems for robotics.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain on-bot vision solutions using Python, C++, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Build on-bot and cloud infrastructure for binocular and 3D vision.
• Design dashboards and metrics to monitor vision systems.
• Understand sensor packages and collaborate with hardware/kernel teams for data correctness.
• Work with QA and DevOps to deploy solutions across the robot fleet.

Skills

Python

C++

Software engineering

Education

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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USA Wilmington, MA - HQ

Staff Software Engineer - Machine Learning/Computer Vision

Time type: full time
Posted on: October 01, 2026
Job requisition id: R6551

What we need

The ML Vision Team at Symbotic is expanding, and we’re looking to hire a software engineer to help us build Machine Learning solutions. The candidate will assist in the development of deep learning vision models that will help our fleet of autonomous robots to accomplish their missions safely, accurately, and with super-human efficiency. The engineer is expected to help in all tasks that would develop ML solutions and deploy them to run on our fleet.

What we do

Our work matters – robotics is transforming the world of commerce. Every day our intelligent robots are responsible for getting food and merchandise to thousands of stores across North America. We’re an industry changer – we created the first and only fully autonomous, end-to-end supply chain solution. Today, we are driving towards even bigger ideas – and we have the people, technology, and leadership to fully realize these aspirations. We have the excitement and ambition of a startup with the benefits and resources of a proven organization.

What you will do

• Implement and maintain state-of-the-art on-bot vision solutions using python, C++, Docker, Kubernetes and other modern tools.




• Build on-bot and in-cloud infrastructure to develop and deploy state-of-the-art binocular and 3D vision solutions.




• Design and build dashboards and metrics to help develop and monitor vision solutions.




• Intimately understand the sensor package and work closely with electrical engineers and Linux Kernel developers to ensure correctness and timeliness of processed data.




• Work closely with our QA and DevOps engineers to deploy our solutions to the robot fleet across the world.

What you will need

• A minimum of Master’s degree in a related discipline (i.e. Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, etc.)




• Minimum of 6 years of solid professional experience in software engineering, skilled with an expertise in at least one language and its associated stack. The ideal candidate will check-in thoughtful, working code quickly and consistently.




• Ability to understand and help design a modern perception of hardware and software stack for a complex robotics system.




• Direct experience with developing ML models from scratch and implementing SOTA vision models in real-world applications.




• Plus: Experience implementing portable solutions using containers both in cloud and on edge.




• Plus: Experience with ML cloud computing models and tools (WandB, TFX, TensorBoard, KFP, etc.)




• Leadership: need to own a perception sub-system.




• Collaborative with, flexible in thinking and have a good sense of humor.

Our environment

• Up to 10% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.




• The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.

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The base range for this position in the posted location is $149,000.00 - $223,000.00 however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes medical, dental, vision, disability, 401K, PTO and/or other benefits.