Staff SDET: Robotics & HIL Test Automation

Boston Dynamics, Inc.; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Dynamics, Inc. in Waltham seeks a highly technical Staff Software Engineer in Test to ensure the reliability, safety, and performance of Atlas software systems.

The role focuses on metrics-based system testing and rapid context-switching to understand web interfaces, protocols, robot behavior, and ML model validation. You will design stress tests, perform HIL testing, and contribute to release readiness with detailed reports.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years in Software QA Engineering, Test Automation, or similar.
• Experience in manual and automated testing of complex electromechanical systems with HIL.
• Strong proficiency in test automation with Python or C#.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and plan execution to stress-test application resilience and safety.
• Use hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing with physical hardware.
• Author comprehensive execution reports to validate milestone readiness.
• Identify bottlenecks and improve SQA processes for reliability.

Skills

Test automation

Python

C#

Robotics testing

Tools

Jira

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CI/CD

Job description

Boston Dynamics, Inc. in Waltham seeks a highly technical Staff Software Engineer in Test to ensure the reliability, safety, and performance of Atlas software systems.

The role focuses on metrics-based system testing and rapid context-switching to understand web interfaces, protocols, robot behavior, and ML model validation. You will design stress tests, perform HIL testing, and contribute to release readiness with detailed reports.