Robot Firmware QA & Test Engineer

present of AI; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

1X designs and manufactures bipedal humanoid robots for household tasks, seeking a firmware QA engineer to own release readiness. You will build hardware-in-the-loop rigs, run embedded tests, and trace faults across firmware, hardware and test rigs to prove safety before homes.

Collaboration with firmware teams ensures robust regression suites and early defect detection. Read embedded C and C++ code to design tests, and contribute to CI pipelines with Python automation.

Qualifications

• Design and implement regression tests for firmware quality ensuring safe releases.
• Build hardware-in-the-loop rigs and automated CI suites for embedded boards.
• Collaborate with firmware engineers early in feature work to ensure test coverage.

Responsibilities

• Own firmware quality for release readiness at the hardware/software boundary.
• Develop test rigs and automated test suites for embedded systems.
• Trace faults across firmware, hardware or the test setup and guide fixes.

Skills

Embedded C

C++

Python

Test automation

Hardware-in-the-loop

CAN protocol

SPI protocol

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Tools

CAN

SPI

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Embedded boards

CI pipelines

Job description

1X designs and manufactures bipedal humanoid robots for household tasks, seeking a firmware QA engineer to own release readiness. You will build hardware-in-the-loop rigs, run embedded tests, and trace faults across firmware, hardware and test rigs to prove safety before homes.

Collaboration with firmware teams ensures robust regression suites and early defect detection. Read embedded C and C++ code to design tests, and contribute to CI pipelines with Python automation.