Senior Robotics Test & Integration Technician (Technician III)

Tutor Intelligence, Inc.; Watertown (MA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-covered health insurance

401(k) plan

In-office meals

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Tutor Intelligence, Inc. in Watertown, MA is seeking a hands-on Robotics Test & Bring-Up Engineer to take an autonomous palletizing robot from line to verified, shipped state.

You will own bring-up, testing, documentation, and problem closure, collaborating with Production Engineers (Test & QA). The role emphasizes independent troubleshooting, safe power-up, software loading, subsystem bring-up, and rigorous acceptance testing.

Qualifications

• Proven independent troubleshooting of complete robots or complex electromechanical systems.
• Experience owning bring-up and resolving failures beyond assembly or routine tests.
• Fluency reading electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and assembly drawings.
• Comfort with the Linux command line, IP networking, software installs, and log analysis.

Responsibilities

• Inspect robots on arrival, verify wiring, and perform safe power-up.
• Load and verify software, firmware, and configurations.
• Subsystem bring-up: power, CAN, arm, base, sensors, and safety systems.
• Run functional and final acceptance tests with logs.
• Triage across electrical, mechanical, software, and networking.
• Document failures and repairs in ION and issue trackers.
• Prepare robots for shipment with final checks and charging status.
• Coach technicians and build troubleshooting guides.
• Escalate issues with clear evidence when needed.

Skills

Independent troubleshooting

Robot bring-up

Schematic literacy

Multimeter use

Linux basics

Documentation

Test planning

Production blockers

Extended hours

Tools

Oscilloscope

CAN diagnostics

Job description

About Tutor

We believe general-purpose, generally-intelligent robots will be built in our lifetimes. Robots will work in our factories, move our goods, walk on our streets and eventually be in our homes. To build that future, research and deployment must work in lockstep: real-world operation must make the technology better, and better technology must make deployment easier. We’re looking for the thinkers, builders, and researchers who want to be part of that loop.

Culture

We believe something truly special happens when talented, motivated people work together; at Tutor, every member of our team is empowered to have real impact in everything they do. We’re characterized by both technical excellence and next-level collaboration and respect.

The Role

Most test jobs hand you a pass/fail checklist and a bin for rejects. This one is the opposite. You’ll take a robot fresh off the assembly line, bring it to life, and own it until it’s verified, documented, and ready to ship. When it doesn’t behave, and some won’t, you’ll work out why, prove it, fix it, and make sure it stays fixed.

You’ll work on our autonomous palletizing robot, which combines a collaborative robot arm, a battery-powered mobile base, vacuum end-of-arm tooling, sensors, and safety systems. You’ll partner with our Production Engineers (Test & QA), who own the test process, while you run bring-up and test at rate.

We are motivated by atoms not electrons. The robots you release ship to real warehouses across the country, where every hidden fault becomes a field ticket. You are the last set of hands before the customer.

What you’ll own

• Receiving robots from the line, inspecting build readiness and wiring workmanship, and performing safe initial power-up
• Loading and verifying software, firmware, calibrations, and configurations using our provisioning tools and procedures
• Subsystem bring-up: DC power and battery system, CAN communications, robot arm and controller, mobile base and drives, sensors, vacuum system, and safety circuits
• Running functional and final acceptance testing, including multi-hour continuous runs and log review for abnormal behavior
• Triage across electrical, mechanical, software, networking, and configuration failures
• Reproducing problems, isolating root cause with evidence, and performing repairs within approved procedures
• Verifying every repair with targeted checks and retesting
• Driving each robot’s issues to closure, and escalating to Production Engineering with clear evidence when needed
• Recording failures, repairs, configurations, and test results in ION and our issue-tracking systems
• Preparing robots for shipment: final checks, battery state of charge, arm stowing, and complete documentation before release
• Coaching manufacturing technicians on bring-up and helping build troubleshooting guides
• Feeding recurring failures back to Production Engineering so they are fixed at the source
• Following electrical safety, ESD, lithium battery handling, and equipment isolation procedures

How you’ll be measured

More robots pass final acceptance testing the first time, fewer issues show up when robots arrive at customers, repeat failures and unnecessary part swaps go down, and Engineering gets clear evidence, not guesses, when escalation is needed.

Requirements

• Proven independent troubleshooting of complete robots, industrial automation equipment, or comparably complex electromechanical systems
• Experience owning bring-up and resolving failures, beyond assembly or routine pass/fail testing
• Fluency reading electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and assembly drawings
• Confident use of a multimeter to diagnose power, wiring, and signal problems
• A sharp eye for wiring workmanship: crimps, ferrules, connector pins, strain relief, and cable routing
• Working knowledge of DC power systems, motors, actuators, sensors, and connectors
• Comfort with the Linux command line, IP networking, software installs, configuration checks, and log analysis
• A methodical approach: form a hypothesis, test it, isolate the cause, verify the repair
• Clear documentation and communication, including knowing the difference between a confirmed cause and a suspected one
• Ability to prioritize production blockers, work independently, and elevate at the right time
• Flexibility to work extended hours during production pushes and ship deadlines

Nice to haves (zero or more)

• 5 years of relevant hands-on experience
• Oscilloscope and CAN bus diagnostic tools
• Experience with collaborative robot arms, mobile robots, or battery-powered equipment
• IPC/WHMA-A-620 or similar wiring workmanship training
• Python or shell scripting for diagnostics and test execution
• Technical training, an associate degree, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

• fully employer-covered health insurance, a managed 401(k), and regular in-office meals.
• unlimited PTO and holidays.
• We host social events and maintain a collaborative, low-ego work culture where people are trusted to take ownership and solve real problems.

Salary

$38 – $48 an hour. This is a full-time, hourly role. The pay range is $38–$48 per hour, commensurate with experience.

How we hire

Finalists complete a hands-on troubleshooting exercise with a representative fault, schematics, and logs. We want to hear how you think: your diagnostic approach, your proposed repair, and how you’d prove it’s resolved.

Tutor is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.