Lead Hardware Testing Engineer - Industrial Robotics

Maven Robotics, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maven Robotics designs, builds, and deploys intelligent robotics for logistics and manufacturing, delivering industrial-grade reliability. This role owns hardware testing from strategy to fixture design, executing functional and safety tests across subsystems and full robots.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to translate test data into actionable product design improvements and ensure compliance with robotics safety standards in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hardware testing experience.
• BS in mechanical engineering, robotics, mechatronics, systems engineering, or related field.
• Experience with design verification plans and functional test procedures.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience with test instrumentation and data logging equipment.
• Knowledge of machine safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Own the test strategy for robot subsystems and inform testing cadence.
• Design test fixtures and translate data into design recommendations.
• Guide cross-functional teams to build, verify, and execute testing.
• Develop accelerated reliability test plans and correlate data to real-world operations.
• Design safe, reliable testing fixtures and environments for continuous operation.
• Plan and execute certified safety testing under regulatory oversight.

Skills

Hardware testing

Data logging

Instrumentation setup

Regulatory safety

Communication

Self-starter

Startup environment

Test fixture design

Education

Bachelor's in mechanical engineering / robotics / mechatronics

Tools

Python scripting

FEA tools

Job description

Maven Robotics designs, builds, and deploys intelligent robotics for logistics and manufacturing, delivering industrial-grade reliability. This role owns hardware testing from strategy to fixture design, executing functional and safety tests across subsystems and full robots.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to translate test data into actionable product design improvements and ensure compliance with robotics safety standards in a fast-paced startup environment.