Hardware, QC & Reliability Engineer

Mecka AI; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mecka AI in Toronto is seeking a hardware test engineer to set the quality standard for data-capture devices used in robotics. You will design tests to ensure recordings are accurate, reliable, and resilient during long sessions.

You will translate product requirements into production acceptance criteria, build automated fixtures, diagnose failures, and collaborate with engineers to create repeatable regression tests across Linux-based hardware and cameras.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years of Python or comparable scripting for test automation, data analysis, and reporting.
• Experience testing embedded Linux, cameras, robotics, or connected hardware.
• Ability to build and automate physical test fixtures, including device control and measurement.
• Practical knowledge of Linux diagnostics, networking, logs, and system performance tools.
• Skill in designing repeatable experiments and separating product failures from problems in the test setup.
• Ability to analyze timing and recorded data, reproduce intermittent faults, and verify fixes under stress.

Responsibilities

• Build automated hardware tests that verify recording quality, performance, and recovery against clear requirements.
• Test long recording sessions and fault conditions, including power loss, disconnects, full storage, and competing workloads.
• Check recorded data for missing frames, timestamp errors, incomplete sensor streams, and corruption.
• Reproduce failures, isolate the root cause with engineers, and turn each fix into a repeatable regression test.
• Define release checks and qualification tests across supported hardware and software configurations.

Skills

Python scripting

Embedded Linux testing

Robotics hardware testing

Test fixtures automation

Linux diagnostics & perf tools

Experiment design & debugging

Timing analysis & fault repro

Job description

About Mecka AI

Mecka AI is building the data infrastructure layer for robotics and embodied AI.
We design and operate global systems for data capture, data labeling, and hardware-enabled workflows used by leading AI labs and robotics companies to train and validate humanoid and embodied AI systems.
We work closely with frontier robotics teams to bridge real-world data, simulation, learning-based systems, and deployed hardware.

About the Role

You will set the quality standard for hardware that captures the experience robots learn from. As Mecka scales production and deployment, your work will establish whether devices record accurate data and remain dependable through repeated use.

You will turn product requirements into production acceptance criteria, reliability tests, and automated checks. Bring strong experimental and debugging skills to expose subtle failures, establish their causes, and verify lasting fixes. Your evidence will guide decisions about which hardware and software are ready to ship.

What You'll Do

• Build automated hardware tests that verify recording quality, performance, and recovery against clear requirements.

• Test long recording sessions and fault conditions, including power loss, disconnects, full storage, and competing workloads.

• Check recorded data for missing frames, timestamp errors, incomplete sensor streams, and corruption.

• Reproduce failures, work with engineers to isolate the root cause, and turn each fix into a repeatable regression test.

• Define release checks and qualification tests across supported hardware and software configurations.

What You Bring

Must-have:

• 3-4 years of strong Python or comparable scripting skills for test automation, data analysis, and reporting.

• Experience testing embedded Linux, cameras, robotics, or connected hardware.

• Ability to build and automate physical test fixtures, including device control and measurement.

• Practical knowledge of Linux diagnostics, networking, logs, and system performance tools.

• Skill in designing repeatable experiments and separating product failures from problems in the test setup.

• Ability to analyze timing and recorded data, reproduce intermittent faults, and verify fixes under stress.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with camera pipelines, update fault testing, or continuous integration for hardware.

• Experience with electrical failure analysis, environmental testing, or repair qualification.

About You

• You are ambitious about what you build. You can point to results you personally delivered.

• You care deeply about your craft, pursue difficult questions, and learn quickly.

• You take initiative and own problems through to results. You work independently, make decisions, and bring others in when needed.

• You communicate honestly. You own mistakes, share credit, and help the people around you succeed.

We strive to create an inclusive work environment for all; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, we will partner with you to meet your needs.

We may use AI-assisted tools to help evaluate applications against the requirements of this role. These tools support our recruiting team in identifying qualified candidates but do not replace human judgment or limit which applications may be reviewed or considered.