Robotics Infrastructure Software Engineer

$150,000 - $170,000/Yr

Actalent - Lexington, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Lexington, MA

10,001+ employees

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Robotics Infrastructure Software Engineer will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop innovative software solutions for robotic applications, particularly in package handling. This role serves as a bridge between DevOps and software teams, ensuring seamless integration and deployment of services while optimizing robotic systems for efficiency, reliability, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop innovative software solutions for robotic applications focused on package handling.
• Act as an interface between DevOps and software teams, ensuring seamless integration and deployment of services.
• Enable and optimize robotic systems to deliver critical product features, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Develop and manage software and integration tools, including process management and environment setup, while facilitating the transition of applications to new platforms.

Requirements

• 4+ years in software development.
• Proven commercial experience in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Ability to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Proficiencies in programming languages such as Python, C++, Bash, and other scripting languages.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Docker/Docker-compose.
• Familiarity with databases, particularly MongoDB and other NoSQL databases.
• Strong understanding of parallel and distributed systems, including experience with cloud technologies for deploying and managing scalable, high-performance applications.
• Knowledge of system-level components that interface between user applications and the operating system.
• Understanding of network configuration and protocols.
• Experience with asynchronous and concurrent programming (e.g., asyncio).
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD tools like Git and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with issue tracking tools like Jira.

Nice-to-haves

• Ubuntu Kernel-level knowledge.
• System design and design patterns expertise.
• Experience with ArgoCD/Workflows.
• Familiarity with ROS (Robot Operating System) and Zookeeper.
• Understanding of Warehouse Management/Control Systems (WMS/WCS).
• Interest in robotics and robotic solutions.
• Basic knowledge of robot simulation and visualization.
• Proficiency in basic data analysis (logging, profiling, statistics).
• Experience with clear code documentation, software testing (e.g., pytest), real sensors, robots, and robot simulation, API development, and distributed networking (e.g., Apache Kafka, gRPC, DDS).
• Master's degree in Computer Science or a similar field.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• 401k
• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Health Savings Account