Advanced Software Engineer – Motion Planning

USA Wilmington, MA - HQ

Time type: full time
Posted on: June 08, 2026
Job requisition : R6739

What we need

We are looking for an Advanced Software Engineer to join our Micro‑fulfillment team within our Software Engineering organization. You will play a critical role in maintaining motion planning/execution and tasking services for a state‑of‑the‑art Micro‑fulfillment System for grocery supply chain automation. As an Advanced Software Engineer, you will maintain and enhance the motion planning, motion execution, and tasking components for our Micro‑fulfillment solution.

Motion planning and motion execution are among the most complicated and critical components of the solution.

What we do

The team plays a critical role in developing software services for a state‑of‑the‑art Warehouse Control System for grocery supply chain automation. Working cross‑functionally the group is responsible for Motion Planning, Execution and Tasking within our Micro‑Fulfillment solution.

What you’ll do

• Develop robotic motion planning/execution and tasking solutions for the Micro‑fulfillment System.
• Work with the electrical, mechanical, systems, and safety teams to document and detail software requirements.
• Develop and code review modular and well‑documented software.
• Develop software unit‑tests, integration tests, and acceptance tests.

What you’ll need

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Core Java development (version 8 or above).
• Experience developing reactive microservices (using Akka, Vertx, RxJava or a similar framework/library) or experience developing event‑driven distributed systems using asynchronous actors and messaging.
• Experience with a messaging platform (ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka or similar).
• Experience with Docker.
• Experience in robotics and/or automation, especially in area of robotic routing.
• Experience with No
  
  SQL databases and in‑memory caches such as Redis or equivalent.
• Understanding of networking (TCP/IP, HTTP, etc.).
• Experience with Unit Testing (using Junit, Mockito or similar).
• Experience working within an Agile environment.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related area.

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.

The base range for this position in the posted location is $ - $; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k), PTO and/or other benefits.