--- title: 'Senior Robotics Middleware Engineer - Humanoid (human) at Neura Robotics' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-robotics-middleware-engineer-humanoid-human-neura-robotics-zurich-61v8zyrd2nmg' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-08' --- # Senior Robotics Middleware Engineer - Humanoid (human) at Neura Robotics - **Company:** [Neura Robotics](https://feeny.ai/companies/neura-robotics) - **Location:** Zurich, Switzerland - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-07-10 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/neura-robotics-gmbh/b266af69-a776-4fcd-9049-ccc949dd2291 ## Job description You will own the middleware integration layer for the 4NE1 Humanoid Software Platform, ensuring reliable communication between perception, planning, locomotion, whole-body control, manipulation, state estimation, hardware interfaces, and fleet-level services. The humanoid stack spans multiple middleware paradigms, ranging from hard real-time control loops to distributed cloud-connected robotics systems, all of which must operate seamlessly on a production humanoid robot. ## YOUR MISSION & CHALLENGES - ROS 2 Platform Integration: own the ROS 2 infrastructure used across the 4NE1 software stack, including sensor and actuator interfaces, state estimation pipelines, perception systems, locomotion, manipulation, diagnostics, and fleet connectivity. Responsibilities include ROS 2 architecture, driver integration, ros2_control configuration, DDS tuning, launch system design, diagnostics, and migration across ROS 2 releases such as Humble and Jazzy. - OROCOS RTT Real-Time Integration: own the hard real-time middleware layer that powers humanoid locomotion, whole-body control, inverse dynamics, and low-level control pipelines. This includes OROCOS RTT component architecture, deterministic execution, inter-process communication, and service abstractions used to bridge high-level software with safety-critical hardware interfaces. - Apex.OS & Functional Safety Deployment: develop the path from research-oriented ROS 2 software to safety-ready production deployments. This includes integration of Apex.OS and Apex.Middleware where required, supporting deterministic execution and future safety-certifiable humanoid applications that must meet functional safety requirements. - DDS Communication Architecture: design and maintain the DDS communication infrastructure used throughout the humanoid platform. Integrate, configure, and optimize FastDDS, Cyclone DDS, and RTI Connext deployments, ensuring reliable communication between distributed software components operating under strict timing constraints. Understand and troubleshoot reliability, discovery, latency, fragmentation, and QoS behavior at the RTPS protocol level. - Zenoh & Distributed Robot Connectivity: drive the integration of Eclipse Zenoh for distributed robotics use cases, including remote operation, fleet supervision, cloud connectivity, teleoperation, data collection, and multi-robot communication. Ensure reliable interoperability with existing ROS 2 and DDS-based systems. - Zero-Copy & High-Bandwidth Data Transport: develop low-latency data transport mechanisms for bandwidth-intensive humanoid workloads such as perception pipelines, whole-body state streaming, motion planning, simulation interfaces, and real-time control. Leverage technologies such as Iceoryx2 and shared-memory DDS transports to eliminate unnecessary copies and minimize communication latency. - Cross-Stack System Integration: ensure consistent communication contracts across the complete humanoid software stack. State estimation, perception, motion planning, manipulation, locomotion, whole-body control, simulation, and hardware interfaces must share coherent message definitions, time synchronization strategies, coordinate frame conventions, and interface standards as the robot evolves. - Real-Time Performance & Reliability: work closely with locomotion, controls, perception, and systems engineers to identify communication bottlenecks, deterministic execution issues, synchronization problems, and latency-related failures. Enable reliable operation of control pipelines running from high-frequency actuator loops up to fleet-level software services. ## WHAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO - Strong C++ expertise with real-time-safe software development practices, including lock-free programming, memory management, zero-copy communication, and deterministic execution. - Deep understanding of Linux-based robotic systems and real-time middleware architectures. - Practical experience integrating middleware into real-time robotics systems operating under strict latency and determinism requirements. - Strong understanding of DDS concepts, including QoS policies, discovery mechanisms, reliability models, durability, history management, fragmentation, and network-level performance tuning. - Production experience in at least one of the following domains: - ROS 2 architecture, ros2_control, lifecycle management, hardware interfaces, and system integration. - OROCOS RTT and hard real-time robotics software. - Apex.OS / Apex.Middleware deployments in industrial or safety-critical environments. - DDS infrastructure development using FastDDS, Cyclone DDS, or RTI Connext. - Experience collaborating with controls, locomotion, manipulation, perception, and embedded software teams in complex robotic systems. - Solid understanding of networking, Linux performance tuning, real-time kernels, profiling, debugging, and distributed systems. ## NICE TO HAVE - Experience developing software for humanoid robots, legged robots, or other complex floating-base robotic systems. - Hands-on experience supporting locomotion, whole-body control, manipulation, perception, or state estimation pipelines. - Experience integrating communication frameworks into high-frequency control loops (500 Hz–1 kHz). - Eclipse Zenoh for distributed robotics, teleoperation, or fleet-management applications. - Iceoryx or other zero-copy IPC technologies. - Experience bridging multiple middleware ecosystems, including ROS 2, OROCOS RTT, DDS, and custom robotics frameworks. - DDS Security, authentication, encryption, and access-control mechanisms. - Contributions to ROS 2, OROCOS, Zenoh, DDS implementations, or other robotics infrastructure projects. - Experience working on large-scale robotics software platforms with dozens of interacting subsystems and multidisciplinary teams. ## About Neura Robotics ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: NEURA Robotics develops cognitive robots that see, hear, feel, and learn, designed to work alongside humans in industrial, service, and household settings. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C — raised up to $1.4 billion as of 2025/2026) - **Headquarters**: Metzingen, Germany (with offices in Bielefeld and Munich, and US locations in preparation) - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: David Reger ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Cognitive Robotics, Humanoid Robotics, Industrial Automation, AI - **Target customers**: B2B (industrial clients, integrators, strategic partners); also B2C via household robots like MiPA - **Mission or purpose statement**: "We serve humanity by creating robots that give people back their time for what matters most. Our mission is to expand human potential through cognitive robotics that work safely alongside us." ## Products & Services - **4NE1**: Production-ready humanoid robot designed for industrial workflows and everyday assistance, powered by proprietary AI (AURA). Built for mass production. - **MAiRA (Multi-sensing Intelligent Robotic Assistant)**: The world's first cognitive robot arm — a collaborative robot that senses, responds, and adapts. - **LARA (Lightweight Agile Robotic Assistant)**: Collaborative industrial robot for agile, lightweight automation tasks. - **MiPA (My Intelligent Personal Assistant)**: Humanoid service and household robot for home assistance. - **MAV (Multisensing Autonomous Vehicle)**: Mobile transport robot for logistics and material handling. - **NEURA OmniSensor**: Proprietary sensor technology enabling robots to perceive their environment. - **Neuraverse**: A global platform connecting robots, developers, and partners into a shared intelligence network where every deployment makes each robot smarter. Also serves as a marketplace for robotics applications. - **NEURA Gyms**: Real-world training facilities where robots learn complex tasks in controlled environments to generate high-quality data for AI model validation. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Total investment >€100 million in 2023; Series C up to $1.4 billion (2025/2026); 2024 revenue in mid-double-digit million euros; 2025 target: triple-digit million euros - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lingotto Investment Management, BlueCrest Capital Management, InterAlpen Partners, Vsquared Ventures, HV Capital, Delta Electronics, C4 Ventures, Primepulse, L-Bank, Volvo Cars Tech Fund. Strategic partners include Qualcomm, Bosch, Schaeffler, NVIDIA, and AWS. - **Growth Signals**: Over 1,400 employees from more than 45 countries (up from 300+ in 2024). Four of the world's ten largest robotics companies use NEURA's technology under their own brand. Deployed across Europe, US, China, and Japan. Europe's first production-ready humanoid robot (4NE1) launched. ## Competitive Advantages - **Full vertical integration**: Develops all software, hardware, and platform technologies in-house, giving full control over performance, safety, and reliability. - **Cognitive robotics pioneer**: Coined the term "cognitive robotics" — robots that perceive, learn, and adapt in real-time, unlike traditional industrial robots. - **Neuraverse platform**: World's first platform connecting cognitive robots into a shared intelligence network, creating a data moat as every deployment improves all robots. - **White-label partnerships**: Four of the top 10 global robotics companies OEM NEURA's technology, creating deep industry lock-in. - **Diverse product range**: From collaborative robot arms (MAiRA, LARA) to humanoids (4NE1, MiPA) and autonomous vehicles (MAV), covering industrial, service, and household use cases. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling production**: Rapidly scaling robot production to meet growing demand, with Europe's first production-ready humanoid robot. - **Expanding the Neuraverse**: Building the world's largest repository of real-world robotics data through shared learning across all deployed robots. - **Global expansion**: Establishing US operations and strengthening presence in Japan and China. - **B2B platform strategy**: Moving beyond hardware to become a platform company via the Neuraverse marketplace and NEURA Gyms. - **Partnership ecosystem**: Deepening relationships with strategic partners like Bosch, Schaeffler, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, and AWS. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: "Passion for Winning" — achievement-driven, self-responsible culture with flat hierarchies. Values include trust, honesty, speed, and "We Are Human" (people at the heart of everything). - **Flexibility**: Flexible working hours, 30 days of vacation, and a hybrid-friendly environment. - **Team**: Over 1,400 employees from more than 45 countries — highly skilled, international team of experts. - **Growth & Development**: Support for personal and professional growth via Udemy training platform and more. - **Compensation**: Competitive salary package with exclusive employee discounts. - **Perks**: Summer parties, company town hall meetings, and regular team celebrations. - **Impact**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cognitive robotics and AI that directly addresses labor shortages and makes a meaningful societal impact. - **Diversity**: Explicitly welcomes applications from all backgrounds, emphasizing building a team that reflects the world. - **Application Process**: Fast — initial feedback within a few days, interviews scheduled within two weeks. ## Sources 1. [neura-robotics.com](https://neura-robotics.com/) 2. [press.neura-robotics.com](https://press.neura-robotics.com/factsheet-neura-robotics-en/) 3. [neura-robotics.com/company-about-us](https://neura-robotics.com/company-about-us/) 4. [jobs.neura-robotics.com](https://jobs.neura-robotics.com/) 5. 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