Robotics Engineer

Kritikal Securescan; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kritikal Securescan seeks a Robotics Software Engineer to build a modular, high-performance autonomy stack for robotic systems. You will work on robotics middleware, IPC, real-time data flow, and C++ system development with exposure to perception pipelines.

Collaborate with autonomy, perception, and embedded teams to deliver reliable, low-latency software infrastructure for real-world deployments, including ROS/ROS2 integration and CUDA/GPU-accelerated pipelines where applicable.

Qualifications

• Experience in robotics software or real-time distributed systems.
• Strong C++ (14/17) with multi-threading and memory management.
• Hands-on IPC frameworks like iceoryx and DDS middleware.
• ROS/ROS2 experience with nodes and executors.
• Linux environment experience and OpenCV familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain robotics software modules.
• Develop IPC and messaging with zero-copy methods.
• Configure QoS and data flows for DDS-based middleware.
• Work with ROS/ROS2 nodes and executors.
• Handle shared memory for high-throughput sensor data.
• Support perception pipelines and image data transport.
• Debug timing, synchronization, and concurrency across distributed processes.
• Profile latency, throughput, and memory on embedded platforms.
• Participate in lab and field testing, analyze logs.

Skills

Robotics software

Autonomy systems

Real-time systems

Modern C++17

Multithreading

Memory management

Performance optimization

IPC frameworks

Iceoryx

DDS middleware

eProsima Fast DDS

Cyclone DDS

QoS configuration

Shared memory

ROS/ROS2

ROS2 nodes

OpenCV

Linux debugging

CUDA/GPU pipelines

Docker

Tools

Docker

Jetson

Job description

We are looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to contribute to the development of a modular, high-performance autonomy stack for robotic systems. This role focuses on robotics middleware, inter-process communication (IPC), real-time data flow, and C++ system development, with exposure to perception and computer vision pipelines.

You will work closely with autonomy, perception, and embedded teams to build reliable, low-latency software infrastructure for real-world robotic deployments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain robotics software modules using modern C++ , supporting real-time autonomy workflows.
• Develop and optimize IPC and messaging layers using zero-copy communication mechanisms such as iceoryx and DDS -based middleware.
• Work with DDS implementations (eProsima Fast DDS, Cyclone DDS) to configure QoS profiles, topic structures, and data flow for deterministic behavior.
• Implement and manage shared-memory data exchange for high-throughput sensor data (images, point clouds, IMU streams).
• Integrate robotics software components within ROS/ROS2, including custom nodes, executors, and middleware configurations.
• Collaborate with perception engineers to support computer vision pipelines, ensuring efficient transport of image and metadata streams.
• Debug and resolve timing, synchronization, and concurrency issues across distributed robotics processes.
• Profile system performance to meet latency, throughput, and memory constraints, especially on embedded platforms.
• Support sensor integration workflows (cameras, IMU), focusing on data transport, timestamps, and consistency.
• Participate in lab and field testing, analysing logs and runtime behavior to improve system robustness.

Required Technical Skills

• Experience in robotics software , autonomy systems, or real-time distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++ (14/17) , with experience in multithreading, memory management, and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience with IPC frameworks such as iceoryx or similar zero-copy messaging systems.
• Practical experience using DDS middleware, preferably eProsima Fast DDS or Cyclone DDS, including QoS configuration.
• Experience implementing zero-copy data paths and working with shared memory for high-bandwidth sensor data.
• Familiarity with ROS or ROS2 , including nodes, executors, middleware abstraction layers, and TF concepts.
• Experience working on robotics systems, integrating multiple software components and sensors.
• Working knowledge of computer vision concepts, including image pipelines, camera data handling, and basic OpenCV usage.
• Comfortable working in Linux environments, debugging concurrency and runtime issues.

Nice to Have

• Experience tuning ROS2 + DDS for real-time or near-real-time performance.
• Exposure to embedded platforms (NVIDIA Jetson, ARM-based systems).
• Familiarity with CUDA-accelerated or GPU-backed pipelines for image transport.
• Experience with Docker-based development and deployment.
• Knowledge of sensor synchronization, timestamping, and clock management in robotics systems.