Test Engineer

Quality Control

Field Troubleshooting & Issue Resolution

Reporting & Engineering Feedback

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Undergraduate degree in engineering, oceanography, marine technology, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience in ocean systems.
• 3–6 years of experience operating, maintaining, or testing ocean technology platforms — AUVs, ROVs, oceanographic sensor systems, or similar.
• Practical field troubleshooting experience: comfortable diagnosing and addressing hardware and sensor issues without a full bench setup.
• Experience developing or maintaining quality control procedures, acceptance criteria, or test protocols in a hardware or systems environment.
• Familiarity with marine sensor suites (IMUs, GPS, pressure transducers, acoustic systems, or similar) and comfort working across system interfaces.
• Strong technical writing skills — QC procedures and test reports must be clear, structured, and actionable for an engineering audience.
• Ability to work outdoors in varied weather and sea conditions; comfort operating in a fast-paced, prototype-heavy environment.
• Being an effective communicator at all levels within Jaia and with our customer, partner, vendor, and collaborator organizations will be an essential skill.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting defense, commercial, or research maritime programs.
• Familiarity with ROS, Python, or basic software debugging in an embedded or robotics context.
• USCG boating safety certification or equivalent small-vessel handling experience.
• Background in fast-iteration or hardware prototype environments.
• Familiarity with formal QC or QA frameworks (ISO, MIL-SPEC, or similar) in a hardware or systems context.
• Knowledge of environmental testing considerations for subsea and marine systems.
• As a Jaia Robotics employee there is almost unlimited scope to grow into a senior leadership or management role at a pace that would be unprecedented in a larger organization if that is a career path that would be of interest. If leadership aspirations are not desired, Jaia Robotics values the individual contributor role equally and will encourage growth as a deep subject matter expert.
• The duties and responsibilities of the Test Engineer may change from time to time, at the sole discretion of Jaia. The Company expects that you will adapt to and embrace new and additional duties and responsibilities that leverage your talent, expertise, and enjoyment of what you are good at and love doing most.
• We welcome teammates that will contribute to Jaia by leaving your ego at the door, having the right attitude, a passion for our vision, mission and values in everything that you do.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. You must also be eligible to obtain security clearance. Your employment is conditional upon reference and background checks. You must sign all required Jaia documents including, but not limited to, Assignments of Intellectual Property, Inventions, Non-Disclosure Agreements, and such other agreements deemed necessary by Jaia.

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