Robotics QA Engineer - Hardware

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's or Master’s in mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, robotics engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3–5 years of QA experience on hardware and firmware products (robots, drones, consumer electronics, medical devices, and automotive) with ownership of test strategy, not just execution.
• Demonstrated experience taking at least one hardware product through the full QA cycle from test planning through validation, production sign-off, and real-world deployment.
• Proven ability to write detailed test cases, design test setups, document results clearly, collaborate closely with engineering teams on bug resolution, and maintain structured test logs and reports.
• An adversarial mindset instinctively thinks about what can go wrong; it can watch a demo and immediately generate a list of untested conditions, boundary cases, and failure modes.
• Ability to write test automation (Python, Bash) and work with robotics tooling to instrument, capture, and reproduce robot behaviour in repeatable test sequences.
• Familiarity with ROS/ROS2, robot telemetry, embedded diagnostics, or real-time systems. Experience with sensor validation, calibration verification, or surface-quality metrology.
• Experience with reliability testing HALT/HASS, accelerated life testing, thermal cycling, vibration, and IP rating validation.
• Knowledge of compliance standards ISO 9001, CE, UL, IPC, or industry-specific safety standards.
• Strong technical expertise in quality tools such as SPC, MSA, FMEA, and statistical analysis, combined with a solid understanding of manufacturing and NDT processes.
• Strong leadership, influencing, and communication skills (written and verbal) to collaborate cross-functionally, with high ownership, accountability, and attention to detail.

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