Robotics Software QA Lead — Embedded, Cloud & UI

Alert Venture Foundry; North Billerica (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A robotics technology company is seeking a Lead Software Quality Engineer to define and drive testing strategies for software in hardware-integrated systems. This hands-on leadership role requires 6+ years of experience in software quality and test engineering. The position involves mentoring SQA engineers, defining quality standards, and building validation systems, with a focus on ensuring real-world performance. The job will be four days per week onsite in North Billerica, MA.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in software quality, test engineering, or system validation, ideally with hardware-integrated or robotics systems.
• Experience designing or guiding testing infrastructure (simulation, HIL/SIL, CI-based validation).
• Strong understanding of unit, integration, system, regression, and performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the software quality and testing strategy across embedded, robotics, and cloud systems.
• Establish test plans and methodologies—what to test, how to test, and how to prioritize based on risk.
• Mentor SQA engineers and support field validation and failure analysis.

Skills

Software quality

Test engineering

Debugging

CI/CD tools

Testing strategy

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in a relevant technical field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

ROS2

Grafana

ELK

Prometheus

Job description

A robotics technology company is seeking a Lead Software Quality Engineer to define and drive testing strategies for software in hardware-integrated systems. This hands-on leadership role requires 6+ years of experience in software quality and test engineering. The position involves mentoring SQA engineers, defining quality standards, and building validation systems, with a focus on ensuring real-world performance. The job will be four days per week onsite in North Billerica, MA.