Robotics Software Engineer

Cosmoserve Space is seeking a Robotics Software Engineer to develop, maintain, and evolve the software stack powering its robotics laboratory for proximity operations research. The role focuses on ROS 2 software development, C++ and Python programming, robotics hardware integration, experiment automation, simulation, and reliable production software for robotic systems. Key Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and maintain large-scale ROS 2 based software systems. - Develop custom ROS 2 packages for robot control, state management, sensor processing, and inter-system communication. - Apply robot kinematics and dynamics to coordinate transforms, trajectory execution, and hardware interfaces. - Write clean, modular, well-documented C++ and Python code. - Implement unit testing, integration testing, code review, version control, and CI/CD practices. - Integrate robotic hardware, manipulators, actuators, motion platforms, and sensors into ROS 2. - Develop or adapt hardware drivers and hardware abstraction layers. - Work with EtherCAT, CAN bus, Modbus, serial communication, TCP/IP, and DDS. - Integrate cameras, IMUs, encoders, and force/torque sensors. - Develop calibration and sensor data synchronization pipelines. - Support hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing. - Integrate RL/ML models into ROS 2 systems while meeting real-time performance requirements. - Develop experiment configuration, launch, recording, playback, and post-processing frameworks. - Implement safety supervision, workspace monitoring, joint limit enforcement, and emergency stop logic. - Maintain logging, monitoring, diagnostics, operational runbooks, and technical documentation. - Own software systems through development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and documentation.

Required Skills: - Strong proficiency in C++. - Strong proficiency in Python. - Knowledge of CMake and Bash scripting. - Strong ROS 2 experience. - ROS 2 node architecture. - ROS 2 launch system. - Topics, Services, and Actions. - Lifecycle nodes. - ros2_control. - Nav2. - MoveIt 2. - ROS 2 bag. - Git and version control. - CI/CD using GitHub Actions or GitLab CI. - Unit and integration testing. - Code review and documentation. - Robotic hardware integration. - Hardware abstraction layers and driver development. - EtherCAT, CAN bus, Modbus, and serial protocols. - Camera, IMU, encoder, and force/torque sensor integration. - Sensor calibration and data synchronization. - Linux/Ubuntu. - Docker. - Systemd services. - TCP/IP networking. - DDS/FastDDS. - Multi-machine ROS 2 setups. - Gazebo/Ignition and RViz 2. - URDF/XACRO. - Understanding of robot kinematics and dynamics. - Forward and inverse kinematics. - Jacobians and DH parameters. - Understanding of equations of motion and force/torque relationships. - Strong debugging and problem-solving skills. - Experience maintaining complex robotic software systems. Preferred Skills: - Real-time Linux and PREEMPT-RT. - Real-time middleware such as Orocos or micro-ROS. - NVIDIA Isaac ROS. - GPU-accelerated perception pipelines. - Multi-robot systems. - Distributed ROS 2 deployments. - DDS middleware configuration. - Foxglove Studio or web-based robot monitoring dashboards. - WebSocket and REST interfaces. - Space proximity operations. - Relative motion dynamics or orbital mechanics. - Robotics laboratory or research facility software infrastructure.