Middleware Robotics Engineer (Humanoid)

Location: Zurich, Switzerland (Onsite)

Company

hirify.global is a pioneer in the development of advanced humanoid software platforms and intelligent robotic systems.

What you will do

• Own the middleware integration layer for the 4NE1 Humanoid Software Platform, bridging perception, planning, and control systems.
• Manage ROS 2 infrastructure, including sensor/actuator interfaces, diagnostics, and migration across releases.
• Develop hard real-time middleware using OROCOS RTT for locomotion and whole-body control pipelines.
• Design and maintain DDS communication infrastructure, optimizing for reliability, latency, and QoS.
• Integrate Eclipse Zenoh for distributed robotics, cloud connectivity, and fleet supervision.
• Implement zero-copy data transport mechanisms to minimize latency in high-bandwidth perception and control loops.

Requirements

• Strong C++ expertise with real-time-safe development practices, including lock-free programming and memory management.
• Deep understanding of Linux-based robotic systems and real-time middleware architectures.
• Practical experience integrating middleware into real-time robotics systems with strict latency requirements.
• Strong knowledge of DDS concepts, including QoS policies, discovery, and network-level performance tuning.
• Production experience in at least one of: ROS 2 architecture, OROCOS RTT, Apex.OS, or DDS infrastructure development.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams including controls, locomotion, and perception engineers.

Nice to have

• Experience with humanoid or floating-base robotic systems.
• Hands-on experience with high-frequency control loops (500 Hz–1 kHz).
• Knowledge of Iceoryx or other zero-copy IPC technologies.
• Familiarity with DDS security, authentication, and encryption mechanisms.
• Contributions to open-source robotics infrastructure projects.