Software Engineer - Interface Architecture & Platform Integration (human)
Software Engineering, IT
Metzingen, Germany
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Software Engineer – Interface Architecture & Platform Integration (human)
Neura Robotics • Metzingen
Shape the Future of Human-Robot Collaboration
In the Software Department, you're shaping robotic solutions that redefine human-machine collaboration. You'll work with cutting-edge technology, setting industry-changing standards. Not only will you help develop our solutions, but you'll also set new trends and drive innovations forward. In an agile and interdisciplinary team, you'll engage in exciting projects. With clear Scrum processes like daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and reviews, you remain flexible and efficient. Collaborating closely with other departments allows you to create software solutions that are both technically advanced and practically effective. Here, you'll find an environment where creativity and technological excellence go hand in hand. If you're eager to turn ideas into reality and enjoy taking technology to the next level, the Software Development Team at NEURA offers the perfect challenge for you.
- Full-time
Metzingen
Your mission & challenges
We're looking for a Software Engineer to design, implement, and maintain the internal and external interfaces of Mobile Robotics. You'll work in the software department on Mobile Robotics' core software, defining how our robots communicate with upper-level software platforms, ensuring technical consistency across product lines, and establishing unified user-facing and hardware-facing APIs. The role also includes designing a dispatcher mechanism that assigns different software configurations to different hardware versions.
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You maintain and develop the communication architecture between our robots and upper-level software platforms, ensuring technical consistency across product lines.
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You design and maintain unified user-facing APIs, developer APIs, integration APIs, and hardware-facing APIs for different user groups, including customers, developers, system integrators, partners, and internal teams.
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You develop and maintain REST/gRPC APIs, Python/C++ SDKs, OPC UA, MQTT, ROS 2, and ZeroMQ-based interfaces and related integration layers.
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You design and maintain a dispatcher mechanism that maps the right software configuration, interface behavior, and feature set to different robot models and hardware versions.
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You ensure API versioning, backward compatibility, authentication, authorization, secure access, and clear interface ownership.
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You support external partner and system integrator integrations, including onboarding, debugging, issue analysis, and real-deployment support.
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You create and maintain API documentation, SDK examples, interface specifications, and configuration guides.
What we can look forward to
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A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
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3+ years of relevant work experience in robotics, software engineering, or a related technical field is a plus.
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A strong ownership mindset for maintaining a production robotics middleware repository, including architecture decisions, issue triage, code reviews, documentation, and releases.
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The ability to maintain API surfaces across multiple protocols, including FastDDS clients/servers, REST/OpenAPI endpoints, and Python bindings.
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Solid C++17 and CMake experience, with the ability to work across modular/plugin-based components, shared interfaces, adapters, and client SDKs.
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Hands-on experience with distributed communication systems such as FastDDS/DDS, ROS 2, or similar robotics middleware, including network discovery and runtime debugging.
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Comfort working close to AMR/MAV systems, including navigation APIs, robot state handling, hardware adapters, and PLC and field debugging.
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Strong engineering hygiene: unit/integration/live testing, GitLab CI/CD, Docker-based development, static analysis, Debian/wheel packaging, semantic versioning, and changelog discipline.
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Experience with SDK development, developer platforms, or partner integrations is a strong plus.
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Good English communication skills.
What you can look forward to
Creative Freedom and Agility
Enjoy a dynamic, self-reliant work culture with flat hierarchies, flexible hours, and 30 vacation days. Ideal for those seeking an inspiring professional setting, whether you're starting out or an experienced exec.
Passion for Winning
A passionate and highly skilled team of international experts aiming to redefine robot assistants.
Attractive Compensation
Enjoy a competitive salary package along with exclusive employee discounts.
One Team
Whether it's a summer party or company town hall meetings, we celebrate our successes together.
Professional Growth
Support for your personal and professional development.
Our values. The cornerstones of our success.
We are a team. We strive to achieve great things by promoting the success of our colleagues and partners.
We strive for technological progress in order to give people back their valuable time for enjoyable activities.
We strive to revolutionize the world of robotics by pushing the boundaries of technology every day.
We live a high level of appreciation through open communication and transparency.
We do our best to always be two steps ahead. We achieve this through empowerment, freedom of action and personal responsibility.
People are at the center of everything we do.
Our Location
Our headquarters in Metzingen and Riederich are the heart of our company. It's not just home to our offices, but also our production facilities, Academy, logistics, and Tech Labs—all working together to turn ideas into reality. Riederich itself is a small, peaceful town, just a kilometer away from Metzingen, a city with its own unique character. Metzingen is globally renowned as Outlet City, attracting visitors from all over the world. Here, you can enjoy exclusive designer stores in a relaxed and charming setting. The city also offers a variety of restaurants, cafés, and a down-to-earth Swabian coziness—perfect for unwinding after work.
Our application process
We ensure a transparent and efficient process and look forward to getting to know you during the application process.
Your insight into our daily work
Unsere Mission
"Our goal was to develop the world's first cognitive robot that can work with people, learn from them and provide them with targeted support. And that is exactly what we have achieved. But there is much more to come!"