Robotics Automation Test Engineer

Machinalabs; West Chatsworth (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Machina Labs seeks a Robotics Automation Engineer in Test to own quality, validation, and release execution across our robotics software stack as we scale production cells.

You will define and enforce quality strategies for robotics systems, validate release candidates, and support deployments to production. You’ll work hands-on with hardware and software, triage issues, and act as a gatekeeper for releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or comparable practical experience.
• Experience testing software systems, including writing test scripts or test code.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks or tools.
• Ability to debug issues across software and automation interfaces.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience testing industrial automation systems, robotics, or hardware–software integrated products.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, versioned deployments, and release validation.
• Experience supporting deployments and troubleshooting issues in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive quality strategy for the robotics and automation software stack, including ROS2, C++, Python, Beckhoff TwinCAT, and Structured Text PLCs.
• Define, formalize, and maintain test plans, validation procedures, and release criteria for robotics and automation systems.
• Execute smoke tests, system validation, and acceptance testing of release candidates on production cells.
• Serve as release authority, approving or blocking promotion from release candidate to official production release.
• Deploy software and automation releases to production cells and support rollout activities.
• Automate testing and validation workflows to improve coverage, reliability, and release velocity.
• Run tests and experiments on production and development cells, independently or with teams.
• Triage and support cell-level issues, escalating to engineering when needed.
• Partner with Software Engineers in Test for large release validation and extended testing.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing, deployment, and validation processes.

Skills

Robotics testing

Automation testing

Test script writing

Debugging hardware/software

Communication

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or CS

Tools

ROS2

C++

Python

Beckhoff TwinCAT

Structured Text PLCs

Job description

Machina Labs seeks a Robotics Automation Engineer in Test to own quality, validation, and release execution across our robotics software stack as we scale production cells.

You will define and enforce quality strategies for robotics systems, validate release candidates, and support deployments to production. You’ll work hands-on with hardware and software, triage issues, and act as a gatekeeper for releases.