Hardware Test Engineer – Robotics & Validation

Atoms; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Discretionary vacation days

8 paid holidays per year

Job summary

Lab37 Robotics is seeking a Hardware Test Engineer to design, execute, and automate tests for our food-production robotics platform. You will translate safety and operational standards into test requirements, build fixtures, and instrument systems with environmental sensors.

Expect hands-on fixture building and end-to-end test execution in a fast-paced lab environment. You will work with engineering and supply chain to drive design improvements, ensuring reliability and durability in real

Qualifications

• 3+ years in hardware/product validation or test engineering with proven fixture building and lab skills.
• Hands-on with Raspberry Pi/Arduino or similar, integrating temperature/humidity and related sensors.
• Experience designing and executing environmental and lifecycle tests (thermal/humidity, ingress/cleaning exposure, durability).

Responsibilities

• Convert food safety and regulatory requirements into testable specifications, acceptance criteria, and traceable test plans/protocols.
• Design and build test fixtures/rigs using Raspberry Pi/Arduino (or similar) for sensor logging, control, and automation.
• Execute environmental, thermal, humidity, ingress, cleaning/chemical exposure, wear/abrasion, and lifecycle/MTBF tests; analyze results and document findings.
• Develop automated data-logging and reporting for temperature/humidity profiles, duty cycles, etc.
• Run component and subsystem endurance testing (motors, augers, valves, seals, electronics) to characterize failure modes and recommend design or supplier changes.
• Partner with engineering and supply chain to resolve issues and conduct root-cause analysis.
• Maintain lab safety, calibration, and test asset management; publish test reports.

Skills

Hardware testing

Fixture building

Raspberry Pi/Arduino

Environmental testing

Automated data logging

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Arduino

Job description

Lab37 Robotics is seeking a Hardware Test Engineer to design, execute, and automate tests for our food-production robotics platform. You will translate safety and operational standards into test requirements, build fixtures, and instrument systems with environmental sensors.

Expect hands-on fixture building and end-to-end test execution in a fast-paced lab environment. You will work with engineering and supply chain to drive design improvements, ensuring reliability and durability in real