Symbotic

Principal Autonomous Test Engineer

Symbotic
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1 month ago
Wilmington, MA, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$180k - $248k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build executive test dashboards that show the organization’s testing status.
  • Design and own a versioned test data schema used by all test teams.
  • Build pipelines from test rigs, DAQ, automated runs, and manual campaigns.
  • Architect a shared automation framework for orchestration, sequencing, result capture, and CI/CD.
  • Integrate physical test environments, instrumentation, and hardware-in-the-loop systems into automated end-to-end testing.
  • Drive platform adoption through reference implementations, documentation, and hands-on enablement.
  • Provide clean, traceable data for reliability modeling of system aging and wear.
  • Set the roadmap, make build-versus-buy decisions, mentor senior engineers, and potentially lead a small team of technical leads.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in test automation, test infrastructure, or data platform engineering for physical, electromechanical, or robotic systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to build platforms adopted by teams outside the candidate’s own team.
  • Hands-on experience with DAQ, sensors, test rigs, hardware-in-the-loop, and system integration.
  • Experience with test or telemetry data modeling, time series data, and dashboards used by non-engineers.
  • Strong Go and/or Python skills, along with experience with CI/CD, containers, AWS, and API design.
  • Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Experience architecting platforms in Go is preferred.
  • Experience working with reliability engineers on life or degradation modeling is preferred.
  • Valid driver’s license and ability to drive and/or fly to the Integrated Testing Center and other company locations.

Benefits

  • Remote US position with periodic onsite work at the Integrated Testing Center in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
  • Less than 5% travel may be required.
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k), PTO, and/or other benefits are included.
  • Employees manage expenses personally using a credit card and receive reimbursement bi-weekly.

Tech Stack

AWSGoPythonRobot Framework

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About Symbotic

1,001-5,000 employees

Symbotic builds AI-enabled warehouse automation systems that combine high-density storage, autonomous robots, and warehouse execution software for large retailers, wholesalers, and consumer-goods distributors. The company sells and operates end-to-end material-handling platforms, including automated case picking and AS/RS, delivered through system deployments and long-term service agreements. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, Symbotic is a public company on Nasdaq (SYM) and counts Walmart among its customers.

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