RT Communication Bus Engineer (human)

Atlas Metrics; Riederich; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Neura Robotics in Metzingen is seeking an RT Communication Bus Engineer to advance real-time Ethernet and robot communication stacks. You will architect the bus layer that connects the RTOS to actuators, sensors, and the Robot Abstraction Layer, ensuring deterministic performance and reliable operation across platforms.

You will work between kernel and BSP layers and collaborate with hardware, control, and safety teams to deliver robust, testable software in a controlled product lifecycle.

Qualifikationen

• Experience with real-time robotic communication stacks.
• Strong understanding of industrial Ethernet and fieldbus technologies.
• Ability to collaborate across hardware, safety and control teams.

Aufgaben

• Configure and maintain EtherCAT master stack for each robot platform.
• Develop and evolve the real-time communication server bridging to Robot Abstraction Layer.
• Bring-up and commissioning servo drives at firmware/protocol level.

Kenntnisse

EtherCAT

RTOS

CANfd

TSN

Tools

EtherCAT Master

IEEE 1588 PTP

gPTP TSN

Jobbeschreibung

• NEW

RT Communication Bus Engineer (human)

Neura Robotics • Metzingen

Shape the Future of Human-Robot Collaboration

In the Software Department, you're shaping robotic solutions that redefine human-machine collaboration. You'll work with cutting-edge technology, setting industry-changing standards. Not only will you help develop our solutions, but you'll also set new trends and drive innovations forward. In an agile and interdisciplinary team, you'll engage in exciting projects. With clear Scrum processes like daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and reviews, you remain flexible and efficient. Collaborating closely with other departments allows you to create software solutions that are both technically advanced and practically effective. Here, you'll find an environment where creativity and technological excellence go hand in hand. If you're eager to turn ideas into reality and enjoy taking technology to the next level, the Software Development Team at NEURA offers the perfect challenge for you.

• Full-time

Metzingen

from today

Your mission & challenges

We are growing our real-time communication capability across NEURA's current and next-generation robot platforms. This role owns the deterministic bus layer that connects the robot's real-time operating system to actuators, sensors, and the higher-level Robot Abstraction Layer — EtherCAT, PTP / gPTP, TSN, and CANfd.

You will sit between the kernel and BSP layer (where the RT & Kernel engineer owns OS scheduling and the kernel network path) and the Robot Abstraction Layer (which consumes the bus through a stable communication interface), and collaborate closely with low-level control, hardware, and safety stakeholders to deliver a communication stack that is reliable, measurable, and suitable for a controlled product lifecycle.

• EtherCAT master stack configuration and maintenance for every robot platform: cycle management, slave topology, and integrity monitoring under real workload.

• The real-time communication server that bridges the EtherCAT master to the Robot Abstraction Layer's communication interface — and its evolution as platforms and drives change.

• Servo drive bring-up and commissioning at the firmware / protocol level: drive parameterisation, CoE / SoE handling, fault and state-machine behaviour on real hardware.

• Hardware clock synchronisation (IEEE 1588 PTP, 802.1AS gPTP) and TSN traffic shaping (802.1Qbv/Qav/AS) for deterministic Ethernet on robot cells; RT network path tuning to match.

• CANfd internal bus on the Compute Unit: PHY configuration, bit-timing, frame handling, and bus-level diagnostics.

• Co-review of WCET budgets and cycle timing with the RT & Kernel engineer at