Robotics QA Engineer: Automation, Simulation & Validation

The Home Depot; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to validate software for robotic warehouse operations. You will design and execute tests across warehouse workflows, robotic fleets, and integrations using automation, hardware emulation, and simulation-based validation.

You will collaborate with Software, Robotics, Product, and Customer Operations to ensure reliability under real-world conditions. Strong QA skills and experience with distributed systems are required, with warehouse robotics

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, Robotics, Information Systems, or related field.
• 3+ years of software QA, test automation, or systems validation.
• Proficiency in Java or Kotlin; Flutter/Dart familiarity desirable.
• Experience testing distributed software systems and API/integration testing.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills; ability to understand complex workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with warehouse automation, logistics, robotics, or industrial software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute test plans, test cases, and validation procedures.
• Validate functionality across warehouse workflows and robotic fleet operations.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Verify system behavior under normal and exception conditions.
• Document test results, defects, and quality risks.
• Build and execute simulation scenarios mimicking real-world warehouse operations.
• Validate software performance under high order volumes, peak periods, robot congestion, and network interruptions.
• Assist in maintaining digital twin environments.
• Develop reusable operational test scenarios for release validation.
• Configure and maintain emulated warehouse environments.
• Validate integrations with AMRs, WMS, WES, barcode scanners, label printers, PLCs, conveyors, and third-party APIs.
• Reproduce customer-reported issues using simulation and emulation.

Skills

Test automation

Java

Kotlin

API testing

Distributed systems

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Flutter/Dart

Job description

The Home Depot is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to validate software for robotic warehouse operations. You will design and execute tests across warehouse workflows, robotic fleets, and integrations using automation, hardware emulation, and simulation-based validation.

You will collaborate with Software, Robotics, Product, and Customer Operations to ensure reliability under real-world conditions. Strong QA skills and experience with distributed systems are required, with warehouse robotics