Senior Software Engineer, Applications

About The Job:

Berkshire Grey is a leader in the field of Robotics and AI, providing innovative solutions for e-commerce, retail replenishment, and logistics. Our technology automates complex pick, pack, and sort operations.

In the role of Senior Software Engineer, Applications, you will be joining a robotics software engineering team working on developing cutting-edge robotic solutions. If you have a start-up mentality, like to get things done, stick with things until you figure it out and are motivated by delivering working products to customers, then this will be a fit for you. The robotic application development involves high-level logic that controls the systems and ties everything together. You will be solving a variety of robotic problems including software behaviors and systems intelligence.

Responsibilities:

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  Design, develop, and support advanced robotic application software related to robotic manipulation solutions deployed in production environments.


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  Design, prototype, implement, test, and maintain software that integrates and enhances robotic capabilities to reliably deliver and perform complex robotic tasks.


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  Work closely with hardware engineers, product managers, and other software teams to integrate capabilities into our broader robotic systems.


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  Communicate technical priorities and status.

Minimum Qualifications:

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  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.


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  5+ years of experience in software development.


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  Strong development expertise in Python.


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  Commercial experience in a fast paced, agile environment.


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  Demonstrated ability to:
  
  
  
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    Provide technical leadership on key projects
  
  
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    Architect component-level software solutions
  
  
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    Operate autonomously
  
  
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    Determine and communicate justification of technical priorities to management
  
  
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    Navigate and contribute to large, complex codebases
  
  


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  MVP mentality, prioritizing functionality and going from simple to complex


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  Proficient in:
  
  
  
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    Python or C++
  
  
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    System design
  
  
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    Git
  
  
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    Jira
  
  
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    Ubuntu
  
  
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    Code reviews
  
  
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    Design patterns (producer-consumer, modular and configurable, robust and error-aware, etc.)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

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  Master’s degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.


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  Robotics experience.


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  Knowledge of the material handling field.


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  Understanding of parallel/distributed systems and asynchronous/concurrent programming.


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  Basic data analysis (logging, profiling, statics, pandas)


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  Demonstrated ability in one or more of the following:
  
  
  
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    Key-value stores (ZooKeeper)
  
  
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    Software testing (pytest)
  
  
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    Process management, containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
  
  


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  Within the robotics space:
  
  
  
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    Design and run real robot experiments, analyzing results
  
  
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    Basic knowledge of robot simulation, visualization
  
  
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    Experience with real sensors, robots
  
  


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  Experience in developing APIs.


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  Experience in developing RESTful, and/or gRPC services/clients.


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  Experience with the Robotic Operation System (ROS2).


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  Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB).

Why Berkshire Grey?

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-powered robotic solutions that are transforming the supply chain and logistics industry.


• A culture of innovation and collaboration, with a commitment to professional development and growth.


• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package.

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