Symbotic, a provider of robotics and AI-driven warehouse automation, employs roughly 1,085 people. Recent hiring activity added about 20 % to the workforce while departures remained comparatively modest, resulting in steady net growth. Engineering talent makes up roughly half of the company’s roster, underscoring Symbotic’s focus on proprietary technology development. The organization maintains a balanced mix of technical, operational, and corporate roles to support both product innovation and customer deployment.
Engineering is Symbotic’s largest function with 553 employees—about one out of every two team members—reflecting the technical depth required to design and maintain its robotic systems. Operations follows with 129 employees who oversee installation, support, and day-to-day performance in customer facilities. Core corporate groups such as Information Technology (78), Business Management (76), and Finance & Administration (59) provide essential backbone services, while Human Resources (51) and Sales & Support (39) manage people programs and customer relationships. Smaller but important practices, including Program & Project Management (34) and Marketing & Product (29), round out the lineup. Overall headcount growth has been spread across departments, with Engineering absorbing the largest share of recent hires and experiencing limited attrition.
Symbotic’s workforce is concentrated in the Northeastern United States. The Boston, Massachusetts area hosts the largest single cluster at 231 employees, complemented by nearby Wilmington and Cambridge. Additional pockets of staff are located in Lowell, MA; Nashua and Manchester, New Hampshire; and Chicago, Illinois, with smaller teams in San Francisco and Montreal supporting customer and partner activities. Approximately two-thirds of employees are tagged as “Other,” pointing to a sizable remote or distributed contingent that works directly at customer sites or from various regional offices, enabling Symbotic to be close to retail and grocery warehouse locations across North America.