Test Engineer

About the role

We’re building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling the tasks, and giving people their time back. Simple, but it’s not. To do this right, we have to solve robotics, AI, manufacturing - at the same time, at scale, in a form factor that has to be safe enough to live with your family. If you’re inspired by this, you’ll thrive here. We’ve been at this since 2014 and we’re at the point where the hard problems are behind us and the hard work is in front of us. NEO is our flagship - a home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world alongside real people. We’re not demoing it - we’re shipping it. We’re excited to meet you, if this excites you. If you’ve spent your career working on problems that matter and want to see them actually reach the world - this is that moment. We’re scaling, we’re hiring with intention, and we need people who want to build something that will genuinely change how humans spend their time - safely creating abundance for all.

About The Team

The Robotics Test team is responsible for ensuring NEO performs safely, reliably, and consistently across every stage of development. We build the validation infrastructure, automation frameworks, and test methodologies that allow engineering teams to move quickly while maintaining confidence in system performance. Operating across hardware, firmware, software, and systems engineering, this team plays a critical role in identifying issues early, validating product requirements, and helping transform cutting-edge robotics technology into dependable products that operate in the real world.

Your Charter

• Build the systems that validate the robot.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks that improve validation coverage and reduce manual testing effort across hardware, firmware, and software systems.
• Create scalable hardware-in-the-loop and system-level validation environments that accurately represent real-world operating conditions.
• Identify, reproduce, and help resolve complex multidisciplinary failures before they impact product milestones or deployments.
• Maintain traceability between product requirements, test execution, and validation results across development programs.
• Generate high-quality performance, reliability, and characterization data that informs engineering decisions and product readiness.

Key Outcomes

• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks that improve validation coverage and reduce manual testing effort across hardware, firmware, and software systems.
• Build scalable hardware-in-the-loop and system-level validation environments that accurately represent real-world operating conditions.
• Identify, reproduce, and help resolve complex multidisciplinary failures before they impact product milestones or deployments.
• Maintain traceability between product requirements, test execution, and validation results across development programs.
• Generate high-quality performance, reliability, and characterization data that informs engineering decisions and product readiness.

Minimum Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in test engineering, systems integration, robotics, or a related engineering discipline.
• Strong programming proficiency in Python, C++, or both.
• Experience working with embedded systems, microcontrollers, and communication protocols such as CAN, SPI, I2C, or UART.
• Hands-on experience using laboratory equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and power supplies.
• Experience using version control systems such as Git in collaborative engineering environments.

Preferred Skills

• Experience developing and maintaining automated test frameworks and validation infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Linux-based development environments and real-time operating systems.
• Familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop testing, robotic systems validation, or electromechanical product testing.
• Experience designing test fixtures using CAD tools.
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies and project management tools.

Compensation Range

$119,800 - $179,600 + Equity