- Robot type
- Warehouse and Logistics
- Location
- AustinTexasUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 20, 2026
- Salary
- $180,000–$247,500 a year
Full-time
Principal Robotics Engineer
Job description
We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information.
Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies.
We are a community of innovators, collaborators and pioneers who embrace our differences, because we know unique perspectives make us stronger and smarter. Every perspective matters.
Job responsibilities
- Play a central, hands-on role designing and developing real-time, high-performance perception software for automated forklift and loading dock automation systems.
- Serve as a leading technical contributor within the Perception organization for this work, operating in close integration with the broader Symbotic engineering org.
- Mentor and grow other engineers, helping build technical capability on the team as this work scales.
- Analyze and address the root cause of issues affecting product performance, applying systems-level thinking about how perception interacts with the rest of the system.
- Drive project scoping and requirement specification, providing leadership with the technical insight needed to create long-term technical roadmaps.
- Represent engineering in technical discussions with customer program stakeholders on the direction and scope of the loading dock automation / automated forklift program, including ownership of relevant customer-facing…
- Operate with a broader technical scope beyond Perception when the work calls for it — spanning areas such as Controls, system architecture, CI/CD practices, or cross-team planning — as is typical for senior engineers…
- Build high-quality software in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, and drive best practices and quality standards.
Job requirements
- A minimum of a Master's degree in a related discipline (Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mathematics, etc.).
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience developing software for complex, real-time systems.
- Deep expertise in Perception for robotics: SLAM, sensor fusion, state estimation, computer vision, and processing multiple cameras and/or LiDARs in real time.
- A track record of taking complex robotic systems into production and making them work reliably , with evidence of measurable value delivered (uptime, throughput, reduced faults, etc.) — not just prototypes or research…
- You have led complex engineering efforts and know what it takes to deliver while still having a healthy team.
- Experience mentoring or growing other engineers.
- Comfort and prior experience operating with a broader technical scope beyond Perception when needed — for example Controls, system architecture, CI/CD, planning, or customer-facing KPI ownership — as is typical for…
- Experience developing software for embedded or GPU-accelerated platforms (e.g., Nvidia) is a plus.