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Senior Robotics Validation Engineer (Embodied Robotics)

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Own and design the validation framework for embodied robotics, ensuring system stability across simulation and physical deployment. Define test plans, metrics, and quality infrastructure while collaborating cross-functionally to drive continuous improvement. Requires deep expertise in robotics testing, Linux environments, and test automation with a focus on reliability and performance.

Key Highlights
End-to-end ownership of validation framework for embodied robotics (simulation and physical deployment)
Design and maintain test strategies, metrics, and quality infrastructure for system stability and release readiness
Cross-functional collaboration to resolve issues, verify fixes, and improve validation workflows
Key Responsibilities
Own the validation framework for embodied robotics, spanning simulation and physical robot deployment across manipulation, mobile navigation, grasping, picking & sorting, and human-robot interaction.
Define simulation and real-robot smoke test plans to establish release readiness and system stability before model, algorithm, and software version releases.
Design comprehensive functional validation plans, including test scenarios, test cases, execution procedures, acceptance criteria, failure handling, recovery behaviors, and edge-case validation.
Establish and continuously refine quality metrics such as task success rate, completion time, intervention rate, failure rate, collision rate, drop rate, motion stability, robot reliability, system robustness, and performance consistency.
Maintain the scenario library and regression validation suites, supporting issue reproduction, version regression, release gating, and quality assessment.
Collaborate across algorithm, simulation, system, controls, hardware, and data teams to drive issues to resolution, verify fixes, and close the feedback loop for continuous improvement.
Technical Skills Required
Robotics Functional Testing Linux Environment (Debugging, System Diagnostics, Log Analysis) Test Automation (Python, Shell Scripting)
Benefits & Perks
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
401(k) with company match
Relocation assistance
Nice to Have
Hands-on experience validating embodied robots, robotic arms, mobile robots, humanoid robots, or autonomous driving systems
Experience in release validation, deployment validation, and quality infrastructure beyond simulation and real-robot testing
Familiarity with ROS / ROS2, DDS, CyberRT, or other robotics middleware
Proven track record of building a robotics quality system, validation framework, or automation infrastructure from 0 to 1

Job Description


Responsibilities

  • Own the validation framework for embodied robotics, spanning simulation and physical robot deployment across manipulation, mobile navigation, grasping, picking & sorting, and human-robot interaction.
  • Define simulation and real-robot smoke test plans to establish release readiness and system stability before model, algorithm, and software version releases.
  • Design comprehensive functional validation plans, including test scenarios, test cases, execution procedures, acceptance criteria, failure handling, recovery behaviors, and edge-case validation.
  • Establish and continuously refine quality metrics — task success rate, completion time, intervention rate, failure rate, collision rate, drop rate, motion stability, robot reliability, system robustness, and performance consistency.
  • Maintain the scenario library and regression validation suites, supporting issue reproduction, version regression, release gating, and quality assessment.
  • Collaborate across algorithm, simulation, system, controls, hardware, and data teams to drive issues to resolution, verify fixes, and close the feedback loop for continuous improvement.


Requirements

  • Proven experience in robotics functional testing, system testing, simulation testing, or autonomous systems / robotics validation workflows.
  • Solid understanding of the robot autonomy pipeline — perception, planning, control, execution, feedback, and data logging.
  • Strong capability in test strategy and release validation design; able to independently define smoke tests, functional tests, regression suites, and acceptance criteria.
  • Familiarity with at least one robotics platform or simulation environment (e.g., robotic arms, mobile robots, Isaac Sim, Gazebo).
  • Comfortable working in a Linux environment with debugging, system diagnostics, troubleshooting, log analysis, and test scripting.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to drive cross-team efforts toward issue resolution with a strong quality mindset.


Nice-to-Have

  • Hands-on experience validating embodied robots, robotic arms, mobile robots, humanoid robots, or autonomous driving systems.
  • Experience in release validation, deployment validation, and quality infrastructure beyond simulation and real-robot testing.
  • Familiarity with ROS / ROS2, DDS, CyberRT, or other robotics middleware.
  • Proficiency in Python / Shell for building automated validation pipelines, regression automation, CI workflows, and test infrastructure.
  • Proven track record of building a robotics quality system, validation framework, or automation infrastructure from 0 to 1.


Benefits & Perks

  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Career growth opportunities and a dedicated Learning & Development budget
  • Relocation assistance
  • Visa sponsorship available for qualified candidates

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