Boston Dynamics · 7 hours ago
Technical Software Manager- Stretch Mobile Palletizing
Waltham, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expBoston Dynamics is seeking a technical leader and manager to spearhead the development of their Mobile Palletizing application on Stretch. The role involves leading a team through design and deployment phases while ensuring effective integration and collaboration across teams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)SoftwareRobotics
Responsibilities
Grow, manage, and mentor an application software team, guiding their technical growth and career development
Define, drive, and track execution of the technical roadmap for the case picking application, including contributions from your own team and dependencies across other teams
Represent the work of the team in various forums, ensuring visibility and alignment with broader company objectives
Ensure the team's effective progress by removing roadblocks, defining concrete milestones, clarifying requirements, and establishing process and tools to enable the team to execute quickly
Build a positive, collaborative working environment
Set an example of senior engineering excellence through rigorous code reviews, thoughtful design reviews, and by engaging in hands-on development; step in to guide development of key components, debug complex issues, and prototype innovative new approaches
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
5+ years of experience developing software in a professional environment
3+ years of experience in a Technical Lead or Managerial role
Strong proficiency in C++ within a Linux environment
Familiarity with robotics middleware frameworks (e.g. ROS) and real-time operating systems
Demonstrated track record of taking large features or products from early-stage to at-scale commercial deployment, especially in warehouse automation or logistics
Broad technical experience with software components of a mobile manipulation robotics stack, including navigation (slam, route and path planning, multi-agent coordination), grasp planning, behavior and task planning abstractions (behavior trees, FSMs, etc)
Ability to understand and contribute to high-level application architecture, from cloud services to on-robot autonomy systems
Preferred
Experience with safety-critical systems and relevant standards a plus
Company
Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in building dynamic robots and software for human simulation.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$37MKey Investors
SoftBank
2020-12-09Acquired
2019-02-06Series Unknown· $37M
Leadership Team
Robert Playter
Chief Executive Officer
Marc Theermann
Chief Strategy Officer
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