About the position Symbotic is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Perception team. You will play a hands-on role in the design and implementation of the next generation of perception software for our mobile robots. The qualified candidate will play a hands-on role helping to bring our robotics solutions to our customers. We are looking for people who thrive in a creative, collaborative and agile development environment. The Perception team is part of the Software Engineering organization which is responsible for building and delivering the intelligent robotic software platform that powers Symbotic’s automation systems. The team develops and operates perception and machine learning systems that enable robots to understand and interact with complex warehouse environments, supporting safe, efficient, and scalable operations across customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop real-time high-performance perception software for mobile robots using Python and C++.
• Analyze and evaluate existing Python and C++ software and lead technical design projects to increase efficiency and performance.
• Build high quality Python and C++ software in a dynamic fast-paced environment.
• Collaborate with team and drive best practices and improve quality standards.
• Analyze and address the root cause of issues affecting product performance using a Linux terminal as well as tools like Snowflake and Tableau.
• Drive project scoping and requirement specification providing senior leadership with deep technical insight needed to create long-term technical roadmaps.
• Amplify impact through other team members by serving as a technical mentor to guide the team toward innovative solutions and increased productivity.

Requirements

• A minimum of Master’s degree in a related discipline (i.e. Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, etc.)
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience developing software applications
• You have led complex engineering efforts and know what it takes to deliver while still having a healthy team.
• Experience developing perception software to process multiple cameras and LiDARs in real-time
• Experience developing software for Nvidia platforms
• Experience with Linux development, Docker, and CI-CD tools
• Should be comfortable with asynchronous or multithread programming.
• You have experience with event-driven architectures, messaging systems, and protocols, e.g. ROS, ROS2
• Experience to work on Agile development methodology
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively represent the derived results and technical concepts to leadership team

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• disability
• 401K
• PTO