Lead ROS Engineer

Spyrosoft Synergy S.A. is offering a role focused on migrating an autonomous vehicle platform from ROS 1 to ROS 2, involving autonomous UGV systems integrating navigation, localization, vehicle control, and hardware interfaces.

• Strong commercial experience with ROS 1 and ROS 2.
• Previous experience in ROS 1 to ROS 2 migration projects.
• Advanced C++ development skills.
• Good Python programming skills.
• Linux development experience.
• Experience with autonomous vehicles, robotics platforms, or UGV systems.
• Experience with navigation, localization, vehicle control, and system integration.
• Experience with DDS/QoS configuration and optimization.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in using AI tools in day-to-day workflow.
• Experience with ros_control / ros2_control, robot_localization, Nav2, and BehaviorTree.CPP.
• Experience with GNSS-based localization and Sensor Fusion.
• Experience integrating CAN-based vehicle interfaces.
• Familiarity with steering and braking systems.
• Familiarity with Fields2Cover.
• Experience using Foxglove or similar robotics debugging and visualization tools.

Scope of Services:

• Lead ROS 1 to ROS 2 migration activities for autonomous vehicle software.
• Analyse, refactor, and migrate existing ROS-based components written in C++ and Python.
• Migrate navigation, localization, autonomy, and vehicle control functionalities to ROS 2.
• Integrate and validate vehicle sensors, hardware interfaces, and control systems.
• Configure DDS/QoS communication and resolve performance, synchronization, and reliability issues.
• Perform integration, regression, simulation, and vehicle-level testing.
• Collaborate with customer engineering teams, provide technical guidance, and document migration decisions.