Software Engineer, Platform

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain custom Ubuntu/Linux distributions tailored for real-time
• Optimize and tune ROS 2 DDS middleware (e.g., Cyclone DDS, Fast DDS) for low-latency
• Develop, integrate, and maintain kernel modules and user-space drivers for LiDARs, cameras, radars
• Maintain and expand the network interfaces of the system
• Implement observability and logging solutions to monitor system health, performance, and resource
• Collaborate with autonomy, perception, and controls engineers to profile CPU/GPU usage and remove

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience developing or maintaining Linux-based embedded or robotics platforms
• Deep knowledge of Ubuntu or Linux systems, including package management, systemd, networking, and
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python; experience writing or debugging kernel modules and user-space
• Hands-on experience with ROS 1 or ROS 2 in a production or research setting
• Familiarity with common communication buses and protocols (USB, Ethernet, CAN, PCIe, SPI, I2C)
• Strong grasp of real-time performance tuning, profiling tools (perf, eBPF, tracing), and

🎁 Benefits

• Prior work on autonomous vehicles, drones, or other safety-critical robotic systems
• Experience with ptp4l configurations in complex systems
• Experience with v4l2/gstreamer
• Experience with Nvidia Orin/Jetson platforms
• Experience customizing the Linux kernel for PREEMPT_RT or other real-time patches
• Knowledge of DDS internals and QoS tuning for deterministic data delivery