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Robotics Middleware Engineer – UAV Systems (m/w/d)

Munich (DEU)
Full-time
Permanent employee

What we offer

  • Work in an international, agile team creating the future of autonomous systems
  • Grow your career in a expanding and ambitious engineering team
  • Build innovative products using state-of-the-art technologies in AI, robotics, and autonomy 
  • Benefit from a steep learning curve and continuous development
  • Enjoy team events and a strong, collaborative culture

Your mission

Your mission will be several parts of: 
  • Design, build, and harden the ROS 2 middleware layer: message schemas, QoS profiles, routing, callback prioritization, dedicated executors by criticality.
  • Make data move reliably from sensors → fusion/perception → planning/actuation: time sync (PTP/NTP), timestamps, clean frames/TF, rosbag replay for debugging.
  • Realize a modular and extensible sensor I/O & fusion framework: drivers/bridges, message conversions, composable pipelines.
  • Integrate hardware components on Jetson/ARM: bring-up GNSS/IMU/cameras/LiDAR/radar, tune I/O buses (CSI/USB/Ethernet), manage power/thermals.
  • Liaise with computer-vision and acoustics experts: expose stable interfaces, define latency budgets, and service contracts (topics, rates, QoS).
  • Evaluate and select middleware options (DDS, transports, codecs, HW acceleration) under latency and reliability constraints.
  • Keep track of the ROS 2/middleware ecosystem & best practices (executors, tracing, security, observability) and drive continuous improvements.
  • Ensure consistently high quality of the overall detection & tracking pipeline: via end-to-end integration tests, embedded CI/CD, metrics, and alerting.
What you’ll work with 
  • ROS 2 (rclcpp, lifecycle, rosbag2, tracing), DDS (QoS profiles), C++17/20
  • Jetson Orin/Xavier, CUDA/TensorRT, V4L2/GStreamer
  • Embedded Linux, colcon, Docker/Podman, Git (PRs/reviews), CI/CD

Your profile

  • University degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Math, Physics, etc...
  • Relevant experience with C++
    • Interesting frameworks are for example: EIgen, Ceres, GTSAM
    • Rust is a bonus
    • Also great to have ROS(2), OpenCV

  • Some key points for the position we would need: 
    • C++
      • memory management
      • multithreading (executors, callback groups; prefer lock-free where sensible)
      • error/exception handling (contracts, retries, watchdogs)
    • ROS 2
      • evaluation and use of different middlewares (CycloneDDS, Fast DDS, Connext)
      • knowledge of data transfer and callback prioritization (QoS, executors, deadlines, liveliness, intra-process)
    • Knowledge of other robotics frameworks (ROS 1, DDS native or custom solution, GStreamer, LCM/LCMS, ZeroMQ, etc.)
    • NVIDIA Jetson
      • memory management (CPU/GPU, pinned memory, zero-copy)
      • HW accelerators (CUDA/TensorRT/VPI — orchestrating data flows)
      • sensor acquisition interfaces (CSI/MIPI, USB3, Ethernet, CAN, SPI)

Nice to have

  • RT-preempt, cgroups/CPU pinning, DDS Security, GMSL/MIPI bring-up, CAN/UDP custom protocols
  • Exposure to PX4/ArduPilot/MAVLink for autopilot interfacing (optional)

What else

  • Intrinsic motivation, willing to go the extra mile, attention to detail
  • Outside of the box creativity, conceptional & systematic design thinking
  • Fluent in English or German
  • Nationality of a NATO member nation or close ally is a must

About us

The world is changing. Exponential technologies are enabling new types of security threats. ATS is committed to staying ahead by building nimble, scalable, and cost-effective defences. We are looking for passionate team members who are eager to create exceptional products, safeguard our freedom, and strengthen the resilience of democracies.


Who we are: Autonomous Teaming is a defence-tech start-up specializing in machine vision solutions. Driven by cutting-edge innovation, our team works on next-generation technologies designed to meet rapidly evolving security challenges.


What we do: We develop systems that enable computers and sensors to operate as coordinated teams, collaborating in real time to counter AI-powered asymmetric threats at scale — including drone swarms and other UXVs. Our mission is to build resilient, intelligent defence capabilities that perform reliably in the most demanding environments.


How we work: We value close, in-person collaboration as the foundation for building complex, high-impact technology, while maintaining flexibility aligned to role and team needs. Our culture is built on ownership, responsibility, and trust — with a shared commitment to growing and building together.


Where we are: Based in Munich, Berlin, and Toulouse, we are expanding rapidly across Europe with plans to open additional office hubs.