Quality Assurance Specialist

Tundra Technical Solutions; New York (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement benefits

New Child Benefit

Job summary

We're hiring a talented and highly motivated Quality Assurance Technician to continuously run end-to-end tests on our robots. You'll follow defined test plans on physical robots, log defects clearly, and keep the engineering team up to date on build quality.

This on-site contract role requires hands-on lab work, ability to lift up to 50 lbs, and experience with Linux, Jira/Asana, and bug reporting. You will generate daily test reports and verify fixes across new builds to ensure reliable robotic

Qualifications

• Experience in QA or test/deployment with hardware, robotics, embedded, or other physical devices.
• Comfortable with Linux environment and command line, and with collecting logs.
• Experience with a bug tracker and with following written test cases.
• Strong attention to detail and clear written communication.
• Able to work on-site in a lab, stand for long periods and lift up to 50lbs.

Responsibilities

• Flash and set up the robots with each new SW release build.
• Run end-to-end test cases (locomotion, manipulation, perception, navigation, safety) and record results.
• Send a daily test report covering build version, tests run, pass/fail summary, defects, and blockers.
• File clear bug reports in an issue tracker with steps, version logs, and video.
• Re-test fixes and run regression checks on new builds.
• Follow lab safety procedures and report robot or equipment issues.

Skills

QA testing hardware

Linux command line

Bug tracking

Written communication

On-site work

Lift heavy gear

Tools

Jira

Asana

ROS/ROS2

Job description

Please note that this posting is for a contract assignment and is not a full-time employment opportunity with our client. Candidates selected for roles will be employed as contract workers through our clients approved 3rd party Direct Source provider for the duration of the specified project and will not be an employee of our client.

Summary

We're hiring a talented and highly motivated Quality Assurance Technician to continuously run end-to-end tests on our robots. You'll follow defined test plans on physical robots, log defects clearly, and keep the engineering team up to date on build quality.

What You'll Do

• Flash and set up the robots with each new SW release build.
• Run defined end-to-end test cases (locomotion, manipulation, perception, navigation, safety behaviors, etc...) and record pass/fail results.
• Send a daily test report covering the build version, tests run, pass/fail summary, new and open defects, and blockers.
• File clear, reproducible bug reports in an issue tracker with steps, version logs, and video.
• Re-test fixes and run regression checks on new builds.
• Follow lab safety procedures (e-stop, safe zones) and report robot or equipment issues.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in QA or test/deployment experience with hardware, robotics, embedded, or other physical devices.
• Comfortable working with Linux environment and the command line, and with collecting logs.
• Experience with a bug tracker (e.g., Jira, Asana) and with following written test cases.
• Strong attention to detail and clear written communication.
• Able to work on-site in a lab, stand for long periods and lift up the robotic equipment weighing up to 50lbs (22 kg).

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic understanding of quantitative data analysis, such as summarizing test results, calculating pass rates and spotting trends across builds.
• Basic Python scripting and AI tooling.
• Prior experience testing robots, drones or autonomous vehicles.
• Experience in ROS/ROS2.
• Experience with QA process and Software Development Life Cycle

Our work spans the full stack: mechanical design, control systems, dynamic modeling, and intelligent software. The focus is not just functionality, but experience. We’re building robots that feel responsive, expressive, and genuinely useful.

The pay range that Tundra in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $33.00/hour - $38.00/hour.

Tundra’s benefits offering includes optional medical, dental, vision, retirement benefits, and a New Child Benefit.

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.