Senior Software Engineer, Robotic Packing and Manipulation

Job overview

The Senior Software Engineer, Robotic Packing and Manipulation role is onsite in Bedford, MA. Compensation is not specified. Berkshire Grey develops AI and robotics solutions that automate pick, pack, and sort operations for e-commerce, retail replenishment, and logistics. As part of the Core Software team, the engineer develops and evaluates learning-based methods for robotic spatial reasoning, decision-making, and manipulation. The role prototypes and tests approaches in simulation and on physical robots, then helps transition promising work to product teams and improve customer-facing robotic systems.

What you'll do

• Develop learning methods for spatial reasoning, sequential decision-making, and robotic manipulation
• combine learned policies and predictive models with planning and optimization
• design training and evaluation workflows
• prototype solutions and demos
• support transition of prototypes to product teams
• extend simulation environments
• evaluate robotics research
• collaborate with external research partners
• mentor junior engineers or interns
• communicate technical priorities and status.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior software engineer

robotics

robotic manipulation

packing and manipulation

machine learning

spatial reasoning

python

c++

pytorch

ros or ros2

bedford ma

berkshire grey

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting requires a master’s degree in a related field and 4+ years of software development experience focused on robotics manipulation or related areas; Python, C++, PyTorch, and ROS or ROS2 experience are listed.

About the employer

Berkshire Grey is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.