Robotics System Test Engineer

Role Overview

We are looking for a Robotics System Test Engineer to own how we prove our robots are ready, across both the autonomy software and the physical machine. This is not a siloed QA role. You will work at the intersection of perception, planning, controls, and hardware, and you will spend real time outdoors: most of your testing happens in the yard behind our office, where our robots run in genuine sun, wind, dust, and temperature.

What You Will Do

Own the test strategy for the autonomy stack across perception, planning, manipulation, and the models that run locally on every robot. Define quantitative acceptance criteria for pick-and-place accuracy, cycle time, model performance, safety behavior, and hold releases to them. Lead root-cause analysis on failures that span perception, software, controls, and hardware.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will be comfortable working hands-on with heavy machinery outdoors and take procedure seriously. You should be comfortable taking ownership of tasks with light supervision. Must have excellent problem-solving skills.

Requirements

• M.S/B.S degree in robotics, vision, computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or other engineering disciplines (or equivalent experience)
• 3+ years in test, QA, or validation engineering, including significant experience testing robotics, autonomous systems, or other complex physical and embedded products
• Skilled in Python and C++, with a track record of building test automation, tooling, and analysis pipelines from scratch
• Hands-on hardware testing experience — building fixtures, hardware-in-the-loop rigs, and instrumentation — alongside software testing (CI, regression, simulation)
• A rigorous, data-driven approach: you write clear test plans, define quantitative acceptance criteria, and make ship / no-ship calls backed by evidence
• Sound safety judgment
• Familiarity with robotics frameworks like ROS2
• Should be comfortable taking ownership of tasks with light supervision
• Must have excellent problem-solving skills
• Legally authorized to work in the United States