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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Robot Platform Engineer (human) - **Company:** Neura Robotics GmbH - **Location:** Metzingen, Germany - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Test Suite, Abstraction Layers, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C++ (Programming Language), Code Coverage, Middleware, Protocol Buffers, Hardware Design, Hardware Interface Design, Robotic Automation Software, Systems Integration, YAML, State Machines, Kuka - **Published:** June 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=16789fbb0673f40c ## About the Role Do you have experience in gRPC?, * Strong C++ - modern features (C++17 or later), real-time-safe patterns, allocation discipline. * State machine design experience for complex robotic systems: clean separation of states, transition guards, fault handling. Familiarity with hierarchical state machine patterns (Boost.SML, sc::statechart, BehaviorTree.CPP, or equivalent). * gRPC and protobuf: API server implementation, streaming RPCs, backward-compatible proto evolution. * Robot abstraction layer experience from prior production work - expressed through ANY ONE of the following equivalent paths (no single framework is a hard gate): ros2_control hardware interfaces (Jazzy or Humble); MoveIt2 hardware interface authoring; OROCOS RTT components for hard-RT control pipelines; Apex.OS deployment on a real platform; vendor SDKs such as Franka Control Interface, Universal Robots URX, KUKA Sunrise.OS, ABB EGM, or comparable; or proprietary in-house robot abstraction layers from prior production work. * Experience bringing up a real robot platform end-to-end - not only simulation. Hardware integration intuition: timing assumptions, sensor calibration discipline, fault scenario design. ## Description * Robot abstraction integration: working in robot abstraction layer code - implementing the abstraction surface that maps your platform's hardware capabilities (joints, limbs, end-effectors, sensors) to the shared platform API. Conceptually similar to authoring a ros2_control hardware interface, an OROCOS RTT component, or a vendor-SDK adapter - but more vertically integrated. * Middleware wiring for your platform: typically ROS 2 launch graph + ros2_control YAML + DDS QoS on platforms using the standard middleware path; OROCOS RTT component pipelines on platforms with hard-RT control loops that exceed ROS 2 callback timing budgets; Apex.OS on SIL/PLd-certified configurations (Industrial MM). Sensor topic plumbing and ObsAssembler wiring regardless of middleware choice. Partnered with the Robotics Middleware Engineer for the broader middleware stack architecture. * Operational state machine: BOOT HOMING OPERATIONAL FAULT E-STOP RECOVERY for your specific platform, including all transition guards, entry/exit actions, and timeout handling. * Mode switching: active controller selection, mode transition guards, safe mode entry/exit, gravity-compensation-only mode. * Power-on/off sequences: boot sequencing, drive enable/disable ordering, homing procedure orchestration, controlled shutdown. * Watchdog and fault management: fault classification (recoverable vs safety-critical), recovery action selection, escalation to E-stop. * Robot-level health monitoring: aggregating diagnostics, joint state health, drive temperature, joint limit proximity, communication latency. * gRPC server implementation: mode commands, state queries, fault acknowledgement, streaming joint state, operational state, diagnostics. * Proto message co-ownership for the robot control API with the Platform Architect and Robot Client SDK Engineer. * Platform integration test suite: end-to-end CI test coverage in simulation (MuJoCo / Isaac Sim) and on real hardware. ## Related Videos - [How To Test A Ball of Mud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/173-how-to-test-a-ball-of-mud) - [CI/CD with Github Actions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/856-ci-cd-with-github-actions) - [Robots are coming into the wild! 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