System Test Engineer - Humanoid (human)

The role

You will own the verification and validation strategy for the 4NE1 humanoid robot. This involves testing interactions between mechanics, software, controls, and embedded systems to ensure reliability and robustness.

What you will do

• Own the overall verification and validation strategy for 4NE1
• Define and maintain test plans, coverage, acceptance criteria, and release readiness processes
• Derive test cases from system requirements and ensure traceability
• Collaborate with mechanical, software, controls, autonomy, and safety teams
• Provide objective release recommendations based on test evidence and risk assessments
• Design and improve quality control procedures for robot testing
• Define scalable test workflows, reporting standards, and failure classification schemes
• Plan and execute functional, endurance, environmental, reliability, and integration testing
• Investigate failures and drive root-cause analysis
• Build, maintain, and improve test rigs and validation environments

Required qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Systems Engineering, or a related field
• Several years of experience testing complex mechatronic or robotic systems
• Experience owning verification, validation, or system testing activities across multiple disciplines
• Strong understanding of system-level interactions between hardware, actuators, sensors, software, and controls
• Structured, hands-on, and documentation-driven approach to engineering
• Ability to move between detailed technical investigations and broader system-level implications
• Experience testing complex robotic, mechatronic, automotive, aerospace, industrial automation, or similar systems
• Experience creating test strategies, test plans, and test cases from requirements
• Root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of multidisciplinary system failures
• Experience with test automation using Python or similar scripting languages
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and modern development workflows
• Requirements traceability tools (e.g., Jira, Polarion, DOORS, or similar)

Nice to have

• Experience testing humanoid robots, mobile robots, manipulators, or other complex robotic systems
• ROS / ROS2 experience
• Familiarity with actuators, gearboxes, motion control systems, and robotic drivetrains
• Experience contributing to internal testing frameworks and developer tooling
• Data analysis using Pandas, Grafana, InfluxDB, or similar tools
• CI/CD validation pipelines and automated regression testing
• Simulation environments (Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MATLAB/Simulink, etc.)
• Functional safety awareness (ISO 13849, IEC 61508, IEC 62061)
• Environmental, endurance, vibration, or reliability testing experience
• Basic understanding of embedded systems and communication protocols such as CAN, EtherCAT, or Ethernet

About the company

NEURA Robotics is developing the 4NE1 humanoid robot.