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Senior Software Engineer, R&D

Berkshire Grey · Bedford, Massachusetts · On-site

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About Berkshire Grey

Berkshire Grey provides AI-powered robotic automation solutions to transform warehouse, ecommerce, retail, and 3PL logistics operations. Backed by NEA and SoftBank VF.

About the role

As part of the Research & Advanced Development group, you will develop new approaches to solving a variety of challenging manipulation problems for real-world robotics systems, allowing them to understand and interact with their environment in unprecedented ways. This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the cutting edge of robotics applied to real-world challenges.

What they're looking for

  • Master’s degree in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Computer Science or a closely related field
  • Experience in software development in robotics or automation roles
  • Strong development expertise in Python and C++
  • Experience with modern software engineering tooling and workflows including Git and CI/CD
  • Experience in working with ROS or ROS2
  • Experience in designing and implementing software and algorithms for real robots, including troubleshooting of real robot systems
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About The Job

Berkshire Grey is a leader in the field of AI and robotics, providing innovative solutions for e-commerce, retail replenishment, package handling, and logistics operations. Our technology automates complex warehouse tasks such as picking, packing, sorting, and trailer unloading.

As part of the Research & Advanced Development group, you will develop new approaches to solving a variety of challenging manipulation problems for real-world robotics systems, allowing them to understand and interact with their environment in unprecedented ways. This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the cutting edge of robotics applied to real-world challenges. Your work will span the full range of this robotics stack, from robot drivers to the multi-robot orchestration system running in Berkshire Grey’s in-house robot proving ground.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to training and adapting of existing machine learning architectures for robot learning and visual scene understanding
  • Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of Berkshire Grey’s robot policy learning data collection application
  • Determine what demonstrations, robot logs, sensor data, annotations,...

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