Full-Time

Senior Electrical Engineer

Robotics

Posted on 10/31/2025

Berkshire Grey

Berkshire Grey

201-500 employees

Robotic automation for order fulfillment

No salary listed

Bedford, MA, USA

In Person

Category
Mechanical Engineering (1)
Required Skills
TCP/IP
Wireshark
AutoCAD
Linux/Unix
SolidWorks
Requirements
  • BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or similar (e.g. Mechatronics, Computer, Mechanical, Robotics Engineering, Physics).
  • Six or more years of related work experience in industries such as material handling, process automation, piece part automation or semiconduction.
  • Demonstrated experience successfully designing and bringing industrial automation systems into production.
  • Significant experience with Equipment such as conveyor systems, robot arms, photo-eyes, proximity sensors, VFD drives, barcode scanners, safety controllers.
  • Programming robots and systems using tools such as Siemens TIA Portal, ABB Robot Studio, CODESYS, and other industrial control environments.
  • Electrical system and component design - DC, analog, single phase and three phase circuit design. Industrial electrical work involving 220-480v hardware & standards.
  • Design selection of electromechanical systems including motors, gearheads and actuators.
  • Various motor architectures in the power range of 50W-3kW.
  • Designing networks and distributed I/O such as Ethernet, Profinet and EtherCAT.
  • Functional safety devices and relationship to Safety Performance Level.
  • Hands-on troubleshooting of electrical systems, sensors, mechanical systems, and controls logic.
  • Developing and maintaining electrical designs in AutoCAD or AutoCAD Electrical.
  • Root cause analysis and managing rollout of updates, including service bulletins.
  • Control interface stacks such as OPC/UA, TCP-IP sockets and Profinet.
  • API definition for control systems interface with higher level software.
  • Selection and control of BLDC, servo, stepper and induction motors.
  • Use of lab tools including Logic/Bus Analyzer and wireshark.
  • Selecting, specifying and integrating sensing solutions including retroreflective, inductive proximity, Reed switches, and load cells.
  • SolidWorks or comparable 3D CAD tool.
  • ROS software and Linux operating system.

Berkshire Grey provides intelligent robotic automation for supply chain tasks in retail, eCommerce, and logistics. It automates identifying, picking, sorting, packing, and moving items in warehouses with modular, scalable hardware and software. It differentiates itself through configurable modular systems and real-world deployments like FedEx Ground, aiming to cut costs and raise throughput (potentially up to 70% cost reduction and 25–50% throughput gains). Its goal is to transform warehouses by replacing or augmenting manual labor to improve efficiency and speed in fulfillment.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Bedford, Massachusetts

Founded

2013

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Kardex partnership on September 4, 2024, expands AutoStore picking globally.
  • Maersk UK deployment boosts sorting speed and inventory picking by 33%.
  • FedEx Ground expansions in Las Vegas and Columbus cut shipping costs.

What critics are saying

  • SoftBank $375M merger fails, delisting Berkshire Grey and starving capital.
  • Covariant steals Radial contract, eroding eCommerce market share.
  • Maersk terminates UK robots after sorting underperforms in-house AI.

What makes Berkshire Grey unique

  • AI-driven robotics handle 100% of eCommerce SKUs with SpectrumGripper technology.
  • Modular systems integrate with AutoStore and ASRS for one-touch fulfillment.
  • Robotic Shuttle Put Wall sorts orders 3X faster than manual processes.

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Growth & Insights and Company News

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6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-1%

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Stock Titan
Sep 4th, 2024
Berkshire Grey Announces Formal Partnership with Kardex; Powering Robotic Picking From an AutoStore

This collaboration aims to integrate Berkshire Grey's AI-enabled robotic picking technology with Kardex's AutoStore systems, offering customers a fully automated, one-touch fulfillment solution.

EIN News
Aug 22nd, 2023
AI in Supply Chain Market to be Worth $41.23 Billion by 2030 - Exclusive Report by Meticulous Research®

For instance, in October 2021, Berkshire Grey Inc. (U.S.), the leader in AI-enabled robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes, partnered with Atos (France) to accelerate the automation of supply chain operations.

AIX
Aug 15th, 2023
Case Study: Maersk's Innovative Use of AI in Global Shipping

In the UK, Maersk has partnered with Berkshire Grey to deploy AI-enabled robotic solutions in warehouses, allowing for accelerated sorting and enhanced flexibility in warehousing operations.

Robotics & Automation News
Aug 6th, 2023
Prime Robotics agrees warehouse automation partnership with Wulftec International

Berkshire Grey, a developer of robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes, is partnering with Advanced Handling Systems, a system integrator of fulfillment and distribution solutions within the supply chain.

Peerless Media
Mar 29th, 2023
Berkshire Grey Agrees to Merge With SoftBank Group and Go Private

Berkshire Grey Inc. last week announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with SoftBank Group Corp. and its affiliate.

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