Robotics QA Tester (Manual) - Hardware-Focused Contract

Standard Bots; Glen Cove (CO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contract role (~3 months)

Job summary

Standard Bots is seeking a sharp, methodical manual tester to join the QA team during a busy release window. You will perform structured manual and exploratory testing across the robot control apps, teach pendant, and core workflows, and document clear bug reports with steps, state, and logs.

Because the software controls physical 6-axis robots, your testing can affect real hardware. This contract role (~3 months, with potential extension) suits a disciplined tester who writes crisp reproduction

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on manual QA experience with test-case design.
• Ability to design repeatable manual test cases and execute them.
• Experience testing software that controls hardware.

Responsibilities

• Execute manual regression and smoke passes across product UI and hardware.
• Conduct broad exploratory testing across robotic workflows and edge cases.
• Write and maintain clear, repeatable manual test cases in a test-management tool.
• File high-quality bug reports with precise reproduction steps, state, logs, and firmware/build versions.
• Collaborate with SDETs and Systems Test Engineers to reproduce and isolate defects.

Skills

Manual testing

Exploratory instincts

Bug reporting

Hardware curiosity

CLI/Linux proficiency

Test management tooling

Tools

Qase

TestRail

Asana

Jira

Basic scripting

Job description

Standard Bots is seeking a sharp, methodical manual tester to join the QA team during a busy release window. You will perform structured manual and exploratory testing across the robot control apps, teach pendant, and core workflows, and document clear bug reports with steps, state, and logs.

Because the software controls physical 6-axis robots, your testing can affect real hardware. This contract role (~3 months, with potential extension) suits a disciplined tester who writes crisp reproduction