Senior Robotics Software Engineer: Distributed Systems

ARQUIMEA; Torrejón de Ardoz; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ARQUIMEA in Spain seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement distributed software systems for robotics and complex embedded platforms. You will work on interfaces, middleware, and scalable software in multidisciplinary teams across software, electronics, control, and mechanical engineering.

The role involves validating performance, mitigating integration risks, and contributing to development practices to ensure quality and reliability in demanding environments.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications 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 with communication protocols, inter-process communication, service-oriented architectures or middleware technologies.
• 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.
• Analyse 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 or Engineering

Tools

ROS/ROS 2

Linux

Middleware

Job description

ARQUIMEA in Spain seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement distributed software systems for robotics and complex embedded platforms. You will work on interfaces, middleware, and scalable software in multidisciplinary teams across software, electronics, control, and mechanical engineering.

The role involves validating performance, mitigating integration risks, and contributing to development practices to ensure quality and reliability in demanding environments.