UX Test Engineer - New Grad

The Robot Age; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a new-grad UX test engineer to validate product quality through user experience. You will focus on user journeys, edge cases, visual consistency, and UI defects across autonomy tools.

The role blends UX validation with practical testing, partnering with designers and product managers to ensure complex tools are clear and usable for engineers and other technical users. This is an early-career opportunity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's in CS, HMI, UX design, or related field.
• New-grad available December 2026.
• Foundational software testing knowledge (manual & automated).
• Basic scripting in Python, JavaScript, Java, C, or C++.

Responsibilities

• Design validation scripts around user journeys, edge cases, and visual consistency.
• Maintain automated UI test coverage for autonomy product surfaces.
• Partner with UX designers and product managers on requirements and prototypes.
• Identify, reproduce, and track UI and UX defects through resolution.
• Use product quality work to improve the experience of technical users.

Skills

Manual testing

Automation testing

Python

JavaScript

C/C++ basics

UX principles

Education

CS/HMI/UX degree

Job description

What the role actually is

Applied Intuition is hiring a new-grad UX test engineer to validate product quality through the lens of user experience. The role focuses on user journeys, edge cases, visual consistency, and UI defects across technical autonomy products.

This is closer to UX validation than classic user research, but it belongs on the board because the listing is explicitly about whether complex tools behave clearly for users.

What you would work on

• Design validation scripts around user journeys, edge cases, and visual consistency
• Maintain automated UI test coverage for autonomy product surfaces
• Partner with UX designers and product managers on requirements and prototypes
• Identify, reproduce, and track UI and UX defects through resolution
• Use product quality work to improve the experience of technical users

What they are asking for

• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, HMI, UX design, or a related field
• New-grad availability around December 2026
• Foundational software testing knowledge, including manual and automated methods
• Basic scripting ability in languages such as Python, JavaScript, Java, C, or C++
• Understanding of design principles, typography, and responsive layout validation

Why this one is worth a look

Robotics and autonomy tooling often fails in small interaction details: confusing states, unclear errors, and interfaces that only experts can interpret. This role is narrow, but it is a useful early-career opening for someone who wants to work where UX, validation, and autonomy meet.