Robotics Test Engineer

Join Apptronik, a leading robotics company, as a Robotics Test Engineer. In this role, you will write automated tests to verify Apollo's software, partner with senior engineers on defect investigations, and help grow regression coverage. You will work hands-on with our pytest-based test infrastructure and hardware-in-the-loop benches. This position is designed for someone who wants to grow into deep expertise in robotics test engineering, with mentorship from senior teammates and meaningful ownership of test suites from day one.

• Automated Test Authoring: Write automated integration, contract, and ICD conformance tests in pytest against software-level requirements.
• Defect Investigation and Regression Coverage: Partner with senior engineers on root-cause investigations for CI failures, convert defects into permanent regression tests.
• HIL Test Execution and Test Suite Maintenance: Run and maintain test suites on hardware-in-the-loop benches, capture data, and report results.
• Version Control: Solid Git fundamentals, including branching, pull requests, and code review participation
• Debugging Mindset: Demonstrated curiosity and persistence in tracking down bugs, including willingness to read code in unfamiliar parts of the stack to understand a failure
• Learning Orientation: Eagerness to grow into deeper expertise in robotics, real-time systems, and verification engineering through mentorship, code review, and hands-on work
• Programming: Working proficiency in Python, including ability to write clean, maintainable test code and small utility scripts. Comfort reading C++ to understand the systems under test
• Test Frameworks: Hands-on experience with pytest or an equivalent framework (unittest, Google Test, JUnit), including fixtures, parameterization, and test organization
• Communication: Ability to write clear bug reports, test documentation, and pull request descriptions. Comfort asking questions and surfacing blockers early
• Linux Comfort: Day-to-day fluency on the Linux command line, including basic systemd, log inspection, file system navigation, and shell scripting
• Experience with observability tools (Grafana, Loki, Prometheus) as a consumer of dashboards and logs
• Experience with CI/CD systems (Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar) as a user
• Experience writing or maintaining automated tests in a production codebase is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with sanitizer tooling (ASan, TSan, UBSan) or other dynamic analysis approaches
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field
• 2-4 years of professional experience in software development, test engineering, or a related discipline. Strong internship and project experience may substitute for a portion of this requirement
• Background in robotics, autonomous systems, aerospace, or another hardware-integrated domain through coursework, internships, or prior roles
• Exposure to ROS or ROS2
• Familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop testing or other forms of hardware-integrated software verification
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Hearing and speech to communicate
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen