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# Sr. Robotics Middleware Engineer

- **Company:** ALTEN Technology USA
- **Location:** Woburn, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $170,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Nvidia CUDA, Serialization, Distributed Systems, Memory Management, Linux on Embedded Systems, Middleware, Inter-Process Communication, Performance Tuning, Real-Time Operating Systems, Robotic Automation Software, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Software Performance
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=03d0d2c2ed6160d5

## About the Role

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Deep hands-on experience with:

 * ROS 2 middleware architecture
 * RMW implementations
 * DDS internals and transport mechanisms

Experience with Zenoh or comparable publish/subscribe communication frameworks, including:

 * eCAL
 * iceoryx
 * Cyclone DDS
 * Fast DDS
 * Strong proficiency in modern C++ development.

Extensive knowledge of:

 * Shared-memory inter-process communication (IPC)
 * Zero-copy messaging techniques
 * High-performance distributed systems
 * Experience profiling and optimizing software performance on embedded Linux and ARM-based platforms.
 * Strong analytical and benchmarking skills with a data-driven approach to architectural decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications;

 * Experience developing and optimizing applications on NVIDIA Jetson platforms.
 * Understanding of GPU/CUDA memory management and GPU-aware communication strategies.
 * Experience with real-time operating systems and low-latency robotics applications.
 * Background in autonomous systems, robotics platforms, or edge computing environments.

## Description

We are seeking a Senior Robotics Middleware Engineer to evaluate, prototype, and optimize next-generation communication middleware for advanced robotic systems. This role will focus on assessing emerging robotics transport technologies, including Zenoh, and improving high-throughput, low-latency messaging architectures on NVIDIA Jetson-class embedded platforms. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in ROS 2 middleware, DDS internals, shared-memory communication, and performance optimization for embedded Linux environments.

 * Lead a comprehensive build-versus-adopt evaluation of Zenoh as a robotics communication transport, including:
 + Standalone deployment models
 + Integration as an RMW (ROS Middleware) layer within ROS 2
 + Technical recommendations supported by quantitative benchmarking and analysis
 * Design, implement, and optimize zero-copy and shared-memory messaging architectures to maximize communication performance on NVIDIA Jetson platforms.
 * Analyze and improve messaging pipelines through:
 + Memory layout optimization
 + Serialization efficiency enhancements
 + Transport-layer tuning
 + Resource utilization optimization
 * Develop and execute benchmarking frameworks to measure:
 + End-to-end latency
 + Throughput
 + CPU utilization
 + GPU overhead
 + Overall system performance versus existing communication architectures
 * Collaborate with robotics, software, and systems engineering teams to identify and implement scalable middleware solutions for production robotic applications.
 * Document findings, benchmark results, architectural recommendations, and implementation best practices.


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