Senior Software Engineer, Robotics

Oishii•Phillipsburg, NJ

About The Position

Oishii is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Robotics to help develop advanced farm systems that use robotic harvesting, artificial intelligence, forecasting, and automation to grow and harvest strawberries. The role is a hands-on technical lead position focused on software for autonomous robotic strawberry harvesting, with responsibility for developing, maintaining, and enhancing the robotics software stack. The engineer will contribute across areas such as perception, motion planning, data analysis tools, robotic controls, and interfaces. They will validate software in simulation and through smoke and field testing, improve key areas of the codebase, and partner with Operations to troubleshoot field issues and improve system reliability. The role also involves cross-functional work with robotics, hardware, controls, and operations teams. The role may be remote or hybrid depending on the candidate’s location, and requires approximately 25% travel, typically monthly or quarterly, to support deployments and collaborate with teams at the Phillipsburg, New Jersey site. Oishii strongly prefers candidates willing to relocate to the region or spend additional time onsite.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
At least 5 years of backend software engineering experience in Python, Rust, or C++.
Ability to design and implement scalable solutions for complex technical challenges.
Experience translating operational issues, code traces, and system data into effective software improvements.
Proficiency with Linux, shell scripting, and modern software development tools such as Git and Jira.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve engineering productivity while maintaining software quality.
Demonstrated complex problem-solving in fields similar to robotics, particularly with challenging problems that have no defined correct answer or require iterative improvement.
Ability to analyze complex systems, instrument them to collect meaningful statistics and metrics, identify improvement areas, and act on initiatives that improve system performance.
Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate cross-functionally across organizational levels and locations.
Ability to shift priorities, work through ambiguity, troubleshoot, and use sound judgment in a startup environment.
Ability to lead through others and help teams with diverse experience succeed.
Entrepreneurial mindset, accountability, ownership, and a bias for action.

Responsibilities

Lead hands-on development, maintenance, and enhancement of the software stack powering autonomous robotic strawberry harvesting.
Build and support software across the robotics stack, including perception, motion planning, data analysis tools, and robotic controls.
Leverage and further develop AI-assisted development processes using offline simulation, recreation, and visualization to pre-test features before deployment on physical robots.
Ramp up on the existing codebase and contribute through targeted development projects.
Validate new features and bug fixes through simulation, smoke testing, and field testing.
Own and continuously improve key areas of the codebase, such as perception, motion planning, robotic interfaces, or controls.
Partner with Operations to troubleshoot field issues, prioritize software improvements, and improve system reliability.
Collaborate with robotics, hardware, controls, and operations teams to deliver scalable automation solutions.