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Robot type
Warehouse and Logistics
Location
North ReadingMassachusettsUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Oct 11, 2026
Full-time

System Development Engineer II, Manipulation Robotics

Job description

Our team is pushing the limits in contact-rich manipulation for robotic systems that pick and move diverse items from cluttered containers at high speed and quality. The field has not settled which architectures, learning and controls stacks, and hardware embodiments will best solve the problem, so we need to create prototype systems quickly, test them in realistic and repeatable conditions, and adapt as we learn. We are looking for a Systems Development Engineer to develop a laboratory test strategy, design and build test infrastructure, and drive the test and learning loop. This role is hands-on, in the lab and in code.

The Manipulation Robotics team develops robotic workcells to pick,…

Job requirements

  • Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • 2+ years building prototype or test hardware for electromechanical or robotic systems, including hands-on fabrication, assembly, and integrating sensors and actuators.
  • Experience writing and maintaining software for hardware integration, test automation, data acquisition, or analysis, in Python, C/C++, or a related language.
  • Working knowledge of networking fundamentals and Linux systems.
  • Experience adapting existing hardware or open-source software to stand in for a component that was not yet available.
  • Experience building data pipelines that turn test output into usable data.
  • Experience debugging failures that span hardware, firmware, and software.

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