Our areas of activity areAerospace, Defense & Security, Big Science, Biotechnology and Fintech. We are looking forRobotics Software Engineerwith strong hands?on experience in software development for robotic systems, complex mechatronic platforms or cyber?The successful candidate will join the Robotics Platform Team, working in multidisciplinary R&D; and product?oriented projects involving highly dynamic robotic platforms, advanced actuation technologies, simulation, control, sensing and software tooling operating in technically demanding environments. This role is focused on developing, integrating, testing and maintaining the software ecosystem foundations that allow robotic platforms to be designed, simulated, built, controlled, validated and used effectively.

The candidate will work across platform software, system integration, simulation, high?level control, testing, developer tooling and user?facing software interfaces, contributing both to internal R&D; platforms and to the software ecosystem used by internal teams, partners and customers.

The Robotics Platform

Team acts as an internal user and validation partner for ARQUIMEA's actuator, motor, embedded software and control technologies. The role therefore involves a tight feedback loop between real robotic platform development and the evolution of the underlying actuation ecosystem, with the goal of making these technologies robust, usable and valuable for roboticists working on real systems. The candidate is not expected to be a deep expert in every robotics area.

We are looking for a broad robotics software profile with strong engineering fundamentals, practical systems intuition and one or more stronger technical axes, such as platform software, high?level control, simulation, testing, perception integration, tooling or release?oriented software development. Depending on project needs, the role may involve work on high?level robot control or behaviour generation, including classical control, model?based control, MPC, reinforcement learning, locomotion or manipulation, as well as integration of perception, localization, mapping, navigation, sensing or autonomy capabilities developed by specialized research teams. Develop and maintain software for robotic platforms, including control interfaces, platform bring?up, hardware abstraction, system integration, testing tools and validation workflows.





Contribute to reusable software components for highly dynamic robotic systems and physical human?Integrate robotic subsystems across actuators, embedded devices, sensors, communications, simulation tools, control software and higher?Work with real and virtual robotic systems, using simulation and digital?twin?based workflows to accelerate development, debugging, testing and validation. level testing, experimental validation, data logging, diagnostics, troubleshooting and performance evaluation on real hardware. Develop and maintain ROS 2 packages, launch files, configuration files, interfaces and integration layers where applicable. Support software interfaces, APIs, examples, tutorials and tools that make the robotics ecosystem easier to use by internal teams, research collaborators, partners and customers.

Collaborate with perception, localization, mapping, navigation or autonomy teams when bringing research outputs into robotic platform software stacks. Apply strong software engineering practices, including clean Git workflows, code reviews, modular design, automated testing, documentation and reproducible development environments. Support CI/CD workflows, automated validation, packaging, release preparation and maintenance of software tools and interfaces. level failures and propose practical corrective actions across software, electronics, control, mechanical and testing domains.

Provide feedback to actuator, motor, embedded software and control teams based on real platform usage, customer?facing needs and robotic system constraints. Collaborate in multidisciplinary technical planning with software, control, electronics, mechanical, systems, testing and product teams. Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering or similar.

Hands?on experience developing software for robotic systems, mechatronic platforms, embedded systems, automation systems or other complex cyber?Solid programming skills in C++ and Python, with the ability to write maintainable, testable and production?quality software.





Experience with ROS/ROS 2 or similar robotic middleware frameworks. Broad understanding of robotic systems across actuation, control, sensing, simulation and software integration, with practical depth in at least one relevant technical area. Ability to work close to robot control or behaviour?generation problems, translating platform needs into usable software interfaces, tests and validation workflows.

Strong understanding of software engineering principles, modular design, interfaces, testing, documentation and maintainability.

Experience integrating software with real hardware, including debugging communication, timing, configuration, deployment or system?Experience working in Linux?based development environments and with common robotics development tools. Practical experience with automated testing, CI/CD workflows, software packaging or release?Ability to work with evolving requirements, incomplete information and high levels of technical uncertainty while keeping software usable and maintainable. Ability to collaborate effectively across software, control, electronics, mechanical, systems and testing disciplines.

Fluent

English, both written and spoken. Eagerness to learn new technologies and contribute beyond a narrowly defined role. level robot control, behaviour generation or planning, such as classical control, MPC, reinforcement learning, whole?body control, locomotion or manipulation.

Experience with legged robots, walking platforms, humanoid robots, exoskeletons or other highly dynamic robotic systems.

Experience with robotics applications involving physical human?robot interaction, force control, impedance control or safe interaction with humans. inertial odometry, navigation, perception or sensor fusion in robotic systems. D sensors, event cameras, IMUs or other sensing systems into robotic platforms.

Experience with ros2_control, robotic hardware interfaces, actuator control, telemetry, diagnostics or low?Familiarity with simulation, digital twins, model?based development, sim?to?real validation or robotic system identification. time or near?real?time software constraints. Familiarity with Pixi or Docker, containerised deployments, reproducible development environments or DevOps practices. facing tools for robotics users. stage product development, industrial robotics, aerospace, defence or other technically demanding environments.

📌 Robotics Software Engineer (Permanent) (Torrejón de Ardoz)
🏢 Arquimea
📍 Torrejón de Ardoz