Staff Software Engineer - Fleet Controls

Skills

About the Role

Symbotic is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Fleet Controls team. The role focuses on building scalable, reliable, real-time systems that orchestrate fleets of autonomous mobile robots and coordinate communication between upstream tasking, structure, and inventory systems and downstream path planning and bot control systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related STEM field.
• At least 5 years of professional software development experience.
• At least 1 year of experience in a technical leadership or team lead role.
• Proficiency in object-oriented design and programming concepts.
• C# experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with asynchronous or multithreaded programming.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, messaging systems, and protocols such as RabbitMQ, MQTT, or gRPC.
• Exposure to robotics technologies such as path planning or embedded systems is a plus.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive and/or fly to client and customer locations may be required.

Responsibilities

• Build real-time, high-performance software for managing fleets of mobile robots.
• Analyze fleet performance and improve business metrics, customer requirements, and company KPIs.
• Develop high-quality, robust production software in a fast-paced environment.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead technical efforts across projects.
• Identify and address root causes of software performance issues.
• Develop and maintain unit and system-level tests.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Disability benefits.
• 401K.
• Paid time off and/or other benefits.
• Base salary range of $149,000 to $204,600 depending on knowledge, skills, and experience.