Manager, Bot Controls - Case Handling

What We Need 

Symbotic is currently seeking an experienced leader to join our Bot Controls team. They understand the importance of fostering a strong team environment and the ability to develop trusting relationships with their team members. We are looking for a creative and collaborative person who thrives in an agile development environment.  This role manages a talented team of roboticists working on our Symbot mobile robot.  The team is primarily responsible to develop solutions to the challenges in handling diverse individual cases in a warehouse environment with high reliability.  Not only is high-level technical contribution expected, but the role also requires excellent communication and leadership skills, and the ability to collaborate in a highly cross-functional environment. 

What We Do 

We are a talented team of roboticists working on the heart of Symbotic’s automation solution – Symbot, the mobile robot. We are responsible for delivering solutions for the storage and retrieval of cases performed in a fully autonomous structure operating 1,000s of Symbots at customer sites.  

What You'll do 

• Building, motivating, and coaching a diverse team of roboticists and software engineers. 

• Meeting project commitments and delivering high quality releases. 

• Collaborating with other engineering teams on planning, design, and development for releases. 

• Using your technical skills to contribute to architecture and design discussions. 

• Managing the day-to-day activities of approximately 10-15 engineers. 

• Manage both in house and outsourced embedded software engineering teams. 

• translate strategic objectives into tactical action plans and establish teams which can execute those plans. 

• Continue to build the team by hiring and onboarding new engineers and then cultivating their careers from there. 

What you'll need 

• Minimum of 10 years of embedded software development experience (design and implementation)  

• At least 3 years focused on leading or managing teams. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline. 

• Knowledge of C++ Embedded coding and design patterns, suitable for real time environments. 

• Detailed knowledge of state estimation  

• Knowledge of real time or embedded operating systems and threading and communication issues related to real time operating systems. 

• Solid experience with software process and version control tools. 

• Expert level communication (oral and written) and documentation skills; must be comfortable explaining complex software systems and programming concepts. 

Our Environment: 

• Up to 10% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.  

• The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis. 

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