Senior Robotics Distributed Systems Engineer

Blackshark; Madrid; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ARQUIMEA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our global technology team. You will work on distributed software systems, robotics, and embedded platforms across multidisciplinary R&D projects involving robotic systems and high-level software infrastructure.

The role emphasizes designing scalable architectures, middleware development, and interfaces between embedded devices, edge computing, and remote applications, with a focus on reliability and maintainability.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar.
• Senior-level experience in software development for distributed systems, robotics, embedded platforms or industrial/mission-critical applications.
• Strong experience in systems integration, network communications and software architecture design.
• Solid programming skills in C++ and Python, with production-quality software experience.
• Experience integrating software across heterogeneous environments, including embedded devices, Linux-based systems and higher-level applications.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software architectures that connect robotic systems with network infrastructures and higher-level services.
• Define and implement communication interfaces between embedded devices, robotic platforms, edge computing systems, multimodal sensors and remote applications.
• Develop middleware, APIs and integration layers for distributed and heterogeneous systems.
• Contribute to the design of reliable, maintainable and scalable software frameworks for operational environments.
• Integrate networking, telemetry, command and control, data exchange and monitoring capabilities into robotic or cyber-physical systems.
• Analyze system-level requirements and translate them into robust software designs and implementation plans.
• Identify integration risks, diagnose complex failures and propose corrective actions across interfaces and subsystems.
• Participate in software validation, performance evaluation and deployment activities.
• Collaborate in the technical planning of multidisciplinary projects with software, electronics, control, mechanical and systems engineering teams.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development practices, software quality and architectural consistency.

Skills

C++

Python

Distributed systems

Robotics

Software architecture

Education

Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or similar

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Linux

Middleware

Job description

ARQUIMEA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our global technology team. You will work on distributed software systems, robotics, and embedded platforms across multidisciplinary R&D projects involving robotic systems and high-level software infrastructure.

The role emphasizes designing scalable architectures, middleware development, and interfaces between embedded devices, edge computing, and remote applications, with a focus on reliability and maintainability.