Senior SQA Engineer - Robotics & HIL Testing

Boston Dynamics; Waltham, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Annual bonus

Job summary

Boston Dynamics in Waltham, MA is seeking an SQA Engineer for the Spot team to ensure the high quality, reliability, and performance of its robotics ecosystem. You will validate both the Orbit fleet management web platform and the physical autonomous robots, applying holistic systems thinking across hardware, embedded software, and web infrastructure.

The role focuses on building automated test frameworks, implementing Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, and integrating tests into CI/CD

Qualifications

• 3+ years of automated software testing for web and robotics systems.
• Proven expertise in web automation, ideally using Playwright.
• Strong proficiency in Python for system test development and framework integration.
• Familiarity with C++ and/or TypeScript/JavaScript is highly desirable.
• Hands-on experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) automation and testing physical robotics or embedded platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for both web applications (Orbit) and embedded robotic systems.
• Apply systems thinking to design test architecture and automated test cases that validate full end-to-end workflows from Orbit to robot actuation.
• Implement Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) automated testing to validate robot performance and autonomy.
• Develop comprehensive test plans and strategies for verification across browsers, APIs, and hardware variants.
• Collaborate with web developers, embedded software engineers, and hardware teams to identify testability requirements.
• Perform troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across software and hardware boundaries, analyzing logs, traffic, and telemetry.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to drive early feedback and quality.

Skills

Automation testing

Playwright

Python

C++/TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or related field

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD

Jira

TestRail

Job description

Boston Dynamics in Waltham, MA is seeking an SQA Engineer for the Spot team to ensure the high quality, reliability, and performance of its robotics ecosystem. You will validate both the Orbit fleet management web platform and the physical autonomous robots, applying holistic systems thinking across hardware, embedded software, and web infrastructure.

The role focuses on building automated test frameworks, implementing Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, and integrating tests into CI/CD