Robot Test Engineer

Physical Intelligence; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Physical Intelligence in San Francisco is seeking a Robot Test Engineer to ensure that robot systems meet performance and reliability standards across prototypes to production. You will develop test processes and documentation, build and maintain test fixtures, and work with hardware and software teams to resolve issues during testing.

You will perform functional, environmental and reliability testing, analyze data with Excel/Matlab/Python, and communicate results broadly while thriving in a

Qualifications

• Education: B.S. in Robotics, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 4+ years in hardware test engineering, product validation, or QA for electromechanical/robotics.
• Hardware Knowledge: Debug electromechanical systems including actuators, PCBs, cameras, wiring harnesses, and comms hardware.
• Systems Knowledge: Understand mechanical, electrical, and software interactions in robotics.
• Software Knowledge: Basic scripting to understand robot testing code development.
• Data Analysis & Processing: Use Excel, Matlab, Python to analyze data and create graphics.
• Hands on Skills: Building test fixtures, diagnostics, and using lab equipment.
• Strong Communication: Excellent written and verbal technical documentation.
• Other Facets: Detail-oriented, organized, able to run multiple test campaigns in a startup.

Responsibilities

• Test Process Development: Create test processes and documentation for robotic systems.
• Test Setup Development: Build and maintain robot test systems and explore test automation.
• Test Execution: Perform functional, environmental, and reliability testing across prototypes to production.
• Test Failure Investigation: Do root cause analysis and drive corrective actions with engineers.
• Cross Functional Collaboration: Work with hardware and software teams to align on test processes and resolve issues.

Skills

Data analysis

Test planning

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in Robotics

Equivalent experience

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Environmental chambers

PCB debugging

Job description

Role Overview

As a Robot Test Engineer, your role is critical to ensuring that robot systems integrating into our growing robot fleet meet performance requirements and are reliable. You will work with robot systems across a range of maturity levels from early prototypes to production systems. You will be responsible for creating test systems and test processes/documentation, executing tests on robotic systems, and engaging with members of the hardware engineering and software engineering teams to resolve issues that arise during test.

Key Responsibilities

- Test Process Development: Create test processes and documentation for robotic systems.

- Test Setup Development: Build and maintain robot test systems, explore ways to automate testing, etc.

- Test Execution: Complete functional, environmental, and reliability testing of robot systems, assemblies, and components ranging across different maturity levels from early prototypes to production robot systems. Collect data, analyze data, and compile data into reports to communicate results broadly.

- Test Failure Investigation: Perform root cause analysis from test failures and work with engineers to resolve and drive corrective actions.

- Cross Functional Collaboration: Engage with hardware and software teams to align on test processes and to resolve issues observed during testing.

Required Competencies & Skills

- Education: B.S. in Robotics, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

- Experience: 4+ years of hands on experience in hardware test engineering, product validation, or quality assurance for electromechanical or robotics systems

- Hardware Knowledge: Proficiency debugging electromechanical systems including actuators, PCBs, cameras, wiring harnesses, and communication hardware.

- Systems Knowledge: Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, and software interactions in robotic systems

- Software Knowledge: Basic scripting to understand robot testing code development from runtime/robot software team.

- Data Analysis & Processing: Ability to process data (i.e. Excel, Matlab, Python, etc.) to analyze and create graphics.

- Hands on Skills: Building test fixtures, performing diagnostics, and using standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, environmental chambers, etc.)

- Strong Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication, particularly in technical documentation.

- Other Facets: High attention to detail, highly organized, capable of supporting multiple test campaigns in parallel, ability to work in a highly dynamic start up environment (adaptable/not rigid to specific test standards).

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.