Robotics System Test Engineer

The role

You will own the test strategy for the autonomy stack across perception, planning, manipulation, and local models. You will build automation and fixtures and lead full-system test campaigns on heavy machines in an outdoor yard.

What you will do

• Own the test strategy for the autonomy stack
• Define quantitative acceptance criteria for performance and safety
• Lead root-cause analysis on failures spanning software and hardware
• Plan and run full-system test campaigns on heavy robots in the yard
• Design and build mechanical and electrical test fixtures and instrumentation
• Execute exploratory, characterization, performance, and reliability testing
• Test across panel SKUs and various weather conditions
• Develop, document, and enforce safety procedures for testing large machines
• Produce data-driven test reports and maintain traceability
• Investigate field incidents and feed findings back into the test suite

Required qualifications

• 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
• Significant experience testing robotics, autonomous systems, or other complex physical and embedded products
• Skilled in Python and C++
• Track record of building test automation, tooling, and analysis pipelines from scratch
• Hands-on hardware testing experience including building fixtures, hardware-in-the-loop rigs, and instrumentation
• Experience with software testing including CI, regression, and simulation
• Familiarity with robotics frameworks like ROS2
• Comfortable taking ownership of tasks with light supervision
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

About the company

Gritt is an intelligent system that combines robotics and AI to build infrastructure. The founding team includes experts from Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, and MIT.