Robotics Software QA Engineer – Automation & Fleet Testing

Simberobotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Simbe Robotics in San Francisco is seeking a Robotics Software Test & QA Engineer to ensure reliability of our robotics software through automated tests, CI/CD, and regression testing.

You will work with software engineers, monitor a fleet of test robots, and triage issues across robot and cloud components. A hands-on engineer with Linux, Python, C++, ROS/ROS2 experience will thrive in our fast-paced retail robotics environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
• Hands-on experience with Linux, Python, and C++ in robotics or embedded systems.
• Familiarity with ROS/ROS2 and testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop testing practices with engineers and automated tests.
• Monitor fleet of local test robots and run regression tests.
• Support triage, debugging, and root cause analysis of issues.
• Assist with robot setup, configuration, and validation for internal testing and release readiness.
• Document issues with clear reproduction steps, impact, and status.
• Improve test tooling, pipelines, and quality signals for faster defect detection.
• Deep knowledge of Linux systems and command-line tools.
• Scripting in Python (or similar).
• Read/debug C++ and Python code across components.
• Experience with gtest or similar testing frameworks.
• Exposure to cloud infrastructure and modern CI/CD practices.
• Familiarity with statistics or data-science tools.
• Networking concepts: IPv4, NetworkManager, WPA2.
• Methodical and detail-oriented debugging and triaging.
• Collaborative, calm, and communicative across teams.
• Comfort with researching unknown problems using experimentation and AI tools.

Skills

Linux

Python scripting

C++ / Python reading

GTest / testing frameworks

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Statistics / data science

Networking concepts

ROS/ROS2

Debugging / triaging

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Job description

Simbe Robotics in San Francisco is seeking a Robotics Software Test & QA Engineer to ensure reliability of our robotics software through automated tests, CI/CD, and regression testing.

You will work with software engineers, monitor a fleet of test robots, and triage issues across robot and cloud components. A hands-on engineer with Linux, Python, C++, ROS/ROS2 experience will thrive in our fast-paced retail robotics environment.