Berkshire Grey

Robotic automation for order fulfillment

Director – Hardware Engineering

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBedford, MA, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related engineering discipline is required.
At least 8 years of progressive engineering experience developing complex electromechanical products is required.
At least 3 years of experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams composed of experienced engineers is required.
Proven experience leading products through production at scale is required.
Experience working with manufacturing partners and supply chains is required.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional engineering organizations is required.
Excellent communication and executive presentation skills are required.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and manage a 15–20-person team of hardware engineers, including 4–5 direct reports who are managers or technical leads.
Work with program management, software, and product leadership to meet customer and market needs.
Travel to domestic and international customer sites, approximately 10–20% of the time.
Work with the software team to inform design and development of robotic pick cells and core technologies.
Lead brainstorming for customer problems and prototype ideas on short timelines.
Communicate directly with customers throughout the relationship, from pre-sales through sustaining.
Work with corporate partners to identify customer needs, design solutions, and iterate together.
Promote engineering best practices, design reviews, and technical excellence.
Lead design verification, validation, qualification, and product release activities.
Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and product safety certifications.
Establish development and execution schedules, resource plans, and project milestones.
Identify technical risks and implement mitigation strategies.
Drive predictable execution while balancing scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to meet design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly standards.
Support manufacturing scale-up and continuous improvement initiatives.
Lead engineering support for production issues and field reliability improvements.
Develop and deploy robotic picking configurations that meet customer requirements while maintaining a scalable product architecture.
Design and deploy new core technology components, including end-effectors and tool changers, to meet market needs.
Design and deploy new large subsystems, including advanced conveyance systems, to meet market needs.
Use field performance data and customer feedback to prioritize improvements in reliability, throughput, and serviceability.

Desired Qualifications

Experience leading original equipment manufacturer equipment, robotic picking systems, warehouse automation, or industrial robotics is preferred.
Experience with pneumatic systems, conveyors, industrial controls, or programmable logic controller-based automation is preferred.
Experience working with external consultants in areas such as safety, build, or design is preferred.
Knowledge of ISO, CE, UL, OSHA, and other applicable safety standards is preferred.
Experience with product lifecycle management, enterprise resource planning, and engineering change management systems is preferred.
Experience scaling engineering organizations in high-growth technology companies is preferred.

Director, Hardware Engineering

Position Summary

The Director, Hardware Engineering leads the development and delivery of the hardware platforms behind Berkshire Grey’s robotic picking systems. Leading a multidisciplinary team of 15-20 engineers, this person translates customer operating needs into robust, scalable electromechanical products, from concept and prototyping through validation, production, and deployment. This position requires deep technical involvement in the brainstorming phase to design reviews and onsite issues.

The team is composed of a highly talented and flexible group of electrical, mechanical and mechatronic engineers. The Director is responsible for fostering an agile problem solving environment driven by customer needs and leading the team in these areas of responsibility:

Develop and deploy robotic picking configurations that meet customer requirements while maintaining a scalable product architecture.
Design and deploy new core technology components that meet market needs (end-effectors, tool changers, etc)
Design and deploy new large subsystems that meet market needs (advanced conveyance systems, etc)
Use field performance data and customer feedback to prioritize improvements in reliability, throughput, and serviceability.

Essential Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and manage a 15-20 person team of hardware engineers. The team is currently broken up into multiple groups that will report to you (4-5 direct reports that are managers/technical leads).
Work closely with program management, software and product leadership to meet the needs of our customers as well as the market.
Ability to travel to customer sites - both domestic/international (10-20%).
Work closely with the software team to inform the design and development of robotic pick cells and core technologies.
Lead the group in brainstorming new ideas for customer problems and prototype new ideas on short timelines.
Communicate directly with customers during all phases of the relationship from pre-sales through sustaining.
Work with corporate partners in identifying customer needs, designing against them and iterating together.
Promote engineering best practices, design reviews, and technical excellence.
Lead design verification, validation, qualification, and product release activities.
Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and product safety certifications.
Establish development and execution schedules, resource plans, and project milestones.
Identify technical risks and implement mitigation strategies.
Drive predictable execution while balancing scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to ensure DFM and DFA standards are met
Support manufacturing scale-up and continuous improvement initiatives.
Lead engineering support for production issues and field reliability improvements.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering or related engineering discipline.
8+ years of progressive engineering experience developing complex electromechanical products.
3+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering teams comprised of experienced engineers.
Proven experience leading products through production at scale.
Experience working with manufacturing partners and supply chains.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional engineering organizations.
Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.

Preferred

Experience with leading OEM equip, robotic picking systems, warehouse automation, or industrial robotics.
Experience with pneumatic systems, conveyors, industrial controls or PLC-based automation.
Experience in working with external consultants (safety, build, design, etc).
Knowledge of ISO, CE, UL, OSHA, and other applicable safety standards.
Experience with PLM, ERP, and engineering change management systems.
Experience scaling engineering organizations in high-growth technology companies.

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About the Company

Berkshire Grey

Robotic automation for order fulfillment

Berkshire Grey provides intelligent robotic automation for supply-chain tasks in retail, eCommerce, package handling, and logistics. Its modular, scalable systems combine hardware, software, and services to identify, pick, sort, pack, and move items across warehouses and fulfillment centers, handling nearly all SKUs. It differentiates itself with deployments that fit different sizes and real-world integrations, such as a partnership with FedEx Ground, to connect with large logistics networks and deliver noticeable cost savings and throughput gains. Its goal is to reduce manual warehouse work by automating tasks, lowering costs, reducing dependence on labor, and speeding up fulfillment for retailers and parcel handlers.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Bedford, MA
Founded: 2013

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