Staff Software Engineer, Industrial Controls Systems - Tooling
Symbotic Inc.Visit Symbotic Inc. website
Symbotic develops AI-enabled robotic systems and software for end-to-end warehouse and supply-chain automation.
Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States
About Symbotic Inc.
Symbotic provides turnkey warehouse automation systems that use autonomous robots and AI-enhanced software to store, move, sort, and fulfill goods, including distribution and micro-fulfillment operations.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design and develop industrial control automation, PLC and HMI code-generation tools, and AI-powered testing and deployment solutions. You will build scalable software, integrate tools and APIs, resolve production issues, mentor junior engineers, and communicate with internal and external customers.
Requirements
- College degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 8 years of software design and implementation experience.
- At least 5 years of professional object-oriented C# development experience.
- Demonstrated experience with AI-driven development and Agentic AI applications.
- PLC programming experience preferred.
- Experience integrating and testing with tools such as Rockwell and Ignition.
- Experience with microservice development and database schema.
- Background in networking and electrical engineering.
- Customer-facing and multitasking ability.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop industrial control system automation.
- Drive PLC and HMI auto code generation using AOI libraries and Ignition templates.
- Automate PLC code testing, optimization, and remote deployment with Agentic AI.
- Design scalable and maintainable software systems.
- Analyze production issues and deliver timely solutions.
- Integrate tools, services, and APIs for data retrieval and reporting.
- Lead assigned tasks and mentor junior team members.
- Communicate with internal and external customers.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401K
- PTO
- Business travel expense reimbursement
- Eligible corporate credit card
