Robotics Validation Engineer

This role will be responsible for driving and supporting in robot testing, debug and root cause analysis;
And will require a mix of experience with embedded software, and integration with highly complex mechanical systems.

• Support the development of verification & validation procedures and test scripts and ensure traceability to engineering and product requirements.
• Document verification & validation results and partner with systems and design engineers to recommend corrective actions and obtain stakeholder acceptance of validation results.
• Validate the performance and reliability of general-purpose robots during product development.
• Ensure testing processes and procedures comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Summarize and present complex test results to drive actionable plans.

• Proficiency with:
  Python (write test scripts and debug startup scripts), C++ (understand/read), Linux (navigate Linux operating system)
• Expertise in verification and validation of mechanical or electro‑mechanical systems, ideally robotics
• Expertise in root cause analysis and reliability growth
• Familiarity with ROS – Executing main stack in ROS, using various ROS messages, understand messaging structure (do not need to be fluent enough to dive in and write ROS scripts)
• Understanding of Ether
  
  CAT protocols for troubleshooting
• Familiarity with RTPreempt and Linux kernel configuration
• Proven experience developing and debugging real-time, multithreaded software systems
• Familiarity with issue ticketing, reporting, and tracking, ideally with Jira and/or Salesforce

• Experience designing specialized test equipment and test fixtures
• Experience using Test Rail as a testing framework
• Ability to automate test scripts
• Professional experience using standard CI tools like Git
• Strong theoretical understanding of some significant subset of dynamics, controls, estimation, and linear algebra
• Experience implementing model‑based feedback control of articulated robots and troubleshooting hardware
• Experience with complex robotic systems, especially planning and control for grasping and manipulating generic objects with a robot arm in an industrial automation context