Robotics Automation Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Design, create, test, and maintain software applications that facilitate warehouse automation operations.

• Develop services that coordinate fleets of autonomous mobile robots, manage inventory movement, oversee order fulfillment workflows, handle workstation activities, allocate warehouse resources, and orchestrate and route tasks.

• Create scalable APIs, event-driven services, and user-facing applications.

• Produce clean, maintainable, and thoroughly tested code.

• Engage in architecture and design review sessions.

• Construct highly available microservices and systems driven by events.

• Establish reliable communication between warehouse systems, robots, and external integrations.

• Design systems capable of handling high transaction volumes, ensuring resiliency, fault tolerance, and graceful recovery.

• Develop integrations that connect warehouse execution software with robotic fleet management systems.

• Assist with task dispatching, route execution, status monitoring, and exception handling.

• Collaborate with Robotics Engineering teams to enhance operational efficiency.

• Design software interfaces that support simulation, testing, and production deployments.

• Partner with QA and Simulation Engineering teams to validate software using digital twin environments.

• Engage in simulation-based testing and validation of operational scenarios.

• Support automated testing strategies.

• Monitor and enhance application performance.

• Investigate production incidents and implement corrective measures.

• Participate in on-call support rotations as needed.

• Analyze operational metrics to identify areas for system improvement.

• Contribute to the development of technical roadmaps and the evolution of architecture.

• Improve development processes, deployment pipelines, and engineering standards.

• Evaluate and assess new technologies and frameworks.

• Mentor junior engineers and disseminate technical knowledge across teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 3+ years of professional experience in software development.

• Strong expertise in Java or Kotlin.

• Experience in building distributed systems and APIs, including Kafka and MQTT.

• Familiarity with key-value stores, such as Redis, and NoSQL databases.

• Understanding of software design principles and architectural patterns.

• Excellent problem-solving and debugging capabilities.

• Knowledge of Flutter/Dart is a plus.

• Prior experience in warehouse automation, logistics, supply chain, robotics, or industrial systems is preferred.

• Experience in developing event-driven architectures is preferred.

• Familiarity with real-time operational systems is preferred.

• Knowledge of robotics platforms or fleet management systems is preferred.

• Experience with simulation environments or digital twins is preferred.

• Understanding of optimization, routing, scheduling, or resource allocation systems is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time employment.

• Remote/Virtual work arrangement.