Associate - Robotics Engineer

Roots Multiclean; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Roots Multiclean seeks an Associate - Robotics Engineer to design and implement ROS 2 software for embedded/edge platforms. You will own node lifecycle management, define state machines, and build robust fault detection and recovery systems for multi-project robotics deployments.

You will also develop interfaces between UI layers and robot software, contribute to system architecture under a systems engineering process, and lead cross-functional collaboration with hardware teams.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross functional departments.
• Good record keeping skills.
• Produce accurate documentation.
• Able to organize and prioritise own work schedule to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Leads multiple projects.
• Strong C++ experience in a ROS 2 context (Humble or later).
• Demonstrated experience designing or implementing node monitoring/recovery systems not just application-level ROS 2 nodes.
• Comfort with state-machine-based system design and precondition-driven mode/state transitions.
• Experience deploying and debugging on embedded/edge compute platforms (Jetson family or comparable).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement ROS 2-based software systems on embedded/edge platforms, from architecture through working, tested code.
• Own node lifecycle and orchestration - launching, monitoring, health-checking, recovering, and shutting down ROS 2 nodes in a managed, deterministic way.
• Build and validate system-level state machines governing operating modes, fault escalation, safe-state entry/exit, and recovery sequencing.
• Implement fault detection mechanisms (timeouts, health watchdogs, data-freshness checks, diagnostics aggregation) with detection logic kept cleanly separated from protective/recovery actions.
• Build application-layer robot behaviour on top of shared infrastructure, so new modes or capabilities extend the system without reworking it.
• Define and maintain command-response interfaces between a controlling UI/operator layer and the robots software stack.
• Work within a formal systems engineering process contributing to and building from requirements, architecture, interface design, and risk/safety analysis documentation.
• Adapt to and take ownership of different robotics projects and subsystems as priorities shift.
• Provide technical leadership on assigned projects - guiding architectural decisions, reviewing code and design proposals, and coordinating cross-functionally with systems and hardware teams.

Skills

C++

Node lifecycle management

ROS 2

State machine design

Fault detection

Embedded/edge compute

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Documentation

Project leadership

Tools

ROS 2

Jetson

Job description

Associate - Robotics Engineer

• Design and implement ROS 2-based software systems on embedded/edge platforms, from architecture through working, tested code.
• Own node lifecycle and orchestration - launching, monitoring, health-checking, recovering, and shutting down ROS 2 nodes in a managed, deterministic way.
• Build and validate system-level state machines governing operating modes, fault escalation, safe-state entry/exit, and recovery sequencing.
• Implement fault detection mechanisms (timeouts, health watchdogs, data-freshness checks, diagnostics aggregation) with detection logic kept cleanly separated from protective/recovery actions.
• Build application-layer robot behaviour on top of shared infrastructure, so new modes or capabilities extend the system without reworking it.
• Define and maintain command-response interfaces between a controlling UI/operator layer and the robots software stack.
• Work within a formal systems engineering process contributing to and building from requirements, architecture, interface design, and risk/safety analysis documentation.
• Adapt to and take ownership of different robotics projects and subsystems as priorities shift.
• Provide technical leadership on assigned projects - guiding architectural decisions, reviewing code and design proposals, and coordinating cross-functionally with systems and hardware teams.

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross functional departments.
• Good record keeping skills.
• Produce accurate documentation.
• Able to organize and prioritise own work schedule to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Leads multiple projects.
• Strong C++ experience in a ROS 2 context (Humble or later), including managed/lifecycle nodes.
• Demonstrated experience designing or implementing node monitoring/recovery systems not just application-level ROS 2 nodes.
• Comfort with state-machine-based system design and precondition-driven mode/state transitions.
• Experience deploying and debugging on embedded/edge compute platforms (Jetson family or comparable).