Senior Software Engineer - Lift Controls

Symbotic

Automotive Engineering

Wilmington, MA - USA

Senior Specialist / Project Manager

Hybrid

Experteer Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer in Platform Services, you design high-level supervisory software to coordinate lift subsystems in large-scale warehouse automation. You’ll operate at the intersection of distributed systems and hardware-adjacent software to enable safe, reliable, and high-throughput operation. You’ll work with controls engineers, robotics teams, and field staff to analyze behavior, diagnose failures, and drive scalable, available systems. This role offers meaningful impact by shaping the orchestration of robot fleets across customer sites.

Compensation / Benefits

medical, dental, vision
disability
401K
PTO
other benefits

Responsibilities

Design and develop supervisory control systems for lift subsystems in automated warehouses
Implement real-time distributed software for lift dispatching, traffic coordination, and throughput optimization
Build fault-tolerant control logic for degraded modes and safe recovery
Interface software with PLC-controlled lift hardware via defined messaging boundaries
Analyze distributed systems with performance monitoring and debugging tools to identify latency and failures
Support system bring-up, integration testing, and on-site validation
Contribute to architecture decisions on scalability, availability, and resiliency
Collaborate with controls, robotics, hardware, and field support teams

Key requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline
8+ years of professional software development experience in C#, C++, or Java
Experience building distributed, real-time, or event-driven systems
Experience designing supervisory control layers for industrial automation, robotics, or material handling systems (preferred)
Familiarity with PLC-integrated systems and hardware-adjacent software architectures (strong plus)
Hands-on problem-solver with strong software design and implementation skills
Experience with asynchronous and multi-threaded programming

strong collaboration in cross-functional teams problem-solving mindset adaptability in agile environments C#, C++, or Java distributed real-time or event-driven systems industrial automation supervisory control

Description

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