Senior 3D Web Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE 

As part of the Simulation team within the VN Software Development department of Symbotic, a US-based robotics warehouse automation company headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, you will contribute to building a Center of Excellence in Robotics, Simulation, AI, Cloud Platforms, and Digital Twin technologies. 

This role is focused on the development of cloud-based simulation platforms, with a strong emphasis on frontend web development, 3D web visualization, digital twin applications, and interactive simulation tools. 

You will design and build high-fidelity 3D web applications that allow engineering teams, operations users, and stakeholders to visualize, analyze, test, and interact with robotic warehouse automation systems in a cloud environment. 

The role is best suited for an engineer with strong frontend development experience and deep interest in WebGL, Three.js, WebGPU, real-time 3D rendering, simulation visualization, and robotics digital twin platforms. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-based 3D digital twin and simulation applications for robotic warehouse automation systems.  

• Build interactive 3D web applications using technologies such as Three.js, WebGL, WebGPU, and related modern frontend technologies.  

• Develop frontend features that enable users to visualize robot movement, warehouse layouts, fleet behavior, simulation results, telemetry data, and system-level automation workflows.  

• Work on 3D rendering, scene management, camera controls, object interaction, animation, lighting, shadows, shaders, materials, and performance optimization.  

• Identify and resolve frontend and 3D rendering performance bottlenecks to ensure smooth user experience across different platforms, browsers, and hardware configurations.  

• Integrate 3D visualization features with backend services, simulation engines, cloud APIs, telemetry streams, and digital twin data sources.  

• Collaborate with simulation engineers, robotics engineers, cloud engineers, backend engineers, UX/UI designers, product managers, and QA engineers to deliver cohesive and scalable simulation platform experiences. 

• Translate complex robotics, simulation, and operational requirements into intuitive and effective user-facing tools. 

• Provide senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders with clear technical insights, trade-off analysis, risks, and recommendations to support long-term technical roadmaps.  

• Mentor other engineers, share technical knowledge, promote frontend and 3D engineering best practices, and help the team deliver innovative and scalable solutions.  

• Maintain clear technical documentation, architecture diagrams, frontend design notes, API integration guides, and usage instructions.  

• Stay up to date with modern frontend development, 3D web graphics, cloud-based simulation, digital twin platforms, rendering engines, and AI-assisted development tools.  

• Perform other related duties as reasonably assigned by the direct manager or the Employer. 

JOB REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Game Development, Computer Graphics, Robotics, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline.  

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong experience in frontend development and/or 3D application development.  

• 3+ years of professional experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Vue.js, Angular, or similar technologies.  

• Core Requirements: 

• Primary Stack: Professional ReactJS and ThreeJS expertise 

• Language: Mastery of JavaScript/TypeScript 

• Experience with 3D rendering techniques, including shaders, lighting, shadow mapping, materials, textures, camera systems, object selection, and scene optimization.  

• Good understanding of frontend reliability, scalability, performance optimization, maintainability, and testing.  

• Plus: Experience with ECS software architecture pattern. 

• Plus: Experience with Blender 

• Plus: Experience with robotics systems, warehouse automation, digital twin platforms, simulation systems, telemetry visualization, or operational data platforms.  

• Plus: Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, or similar tools.  

• Good teamwork, communication, time management, ownership, and problem-solving skills.  

• Working proficiency in verbal and written English, with the ability to communicate independently in an international environment and clearly present technical concepts, findings, risks, and recommendations to leadership stakeholders.