Manual QA Tester (Contract 3+ months)

The role

You will run structured manual and exploratory test passes across robot control apps, teach pendant, and core workflows. You will execute regression every release and file well-documented bugs.

What you will do

• Execute manual regression and smoke passes across software releases on product UI and real robots
• Run broad exploratory testing across complex robotic workflows
• Write and maintain clear, repeatable manual test cases in Qase
• File high-quality bug reports with precise reproduction steps, system state, logs, and firmware/build versions
• Partner with SDETs and Systems Test Engineers to reproduce and isolate defects
• Support release QA, including gated test runs and release-candidate validation
• Perform basic recovery on test hardware

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on manual QA experience
• Strong test-case design and disciplined, repeatable execution
• Excellent written communication
• Comfortable testing a product where software controls physical hardware
• At home in Linux/CLI environments and with test-management tools

Nice to have

• Experience testing products where software controls physical hardware (robots, EVs, drones, medical devices, appliances)
• Familiarity with test-management tools (Qase, TestRail) and bug trackers (Asana, Jira)
• Basic scripting (Python, Bash) or CLI comfort for log parsing and data extraction
• Exposure to robotic systems (6-axis arms, collaborative robots) or hardware-in-the-loop testing
• Familiarity with network protocols (SSH, HTTP)

About the company

Standard Bots is a company where software drives physical 6-axis robots.