10 days ago
Responsibilities
- Write automated integration, contract, and ICD conformance tests in pytest against software requirements.
- Investigate CI failures, escaped defects, and stochastic issues with senior engineers using debugging and log-analysis tools.
- Convert defects into permanent regression tests and expand release-gate coverage.
- Run and maintain test suites on hardware-in-the-loop benches, capture data, and report results.
- Maintain fixtures and test suites, triage flaky tests, and improve test-code reliability and readability.
- Review software requirements and Systems Validation plans and identify ambiguous or untestable language.
- Provide feedback on CI, dashboards, and release tooling to improve the RSIT platform.
- Collaborate with stack engineers, firmware engineers, and senior test engineers to produce representative verification.
Requirements
- Working proficiency in Python for maintainable test code and utility scripts, plus comfort reading C++.
- Hands-on experience with pytest or equivalent frameworks such as Google Test or JUnit, including fixtures and parameterization.
- Day-to-day Linux command-line proficiency, including system and log inspection, filesystem navigation, and shell scripting.
- Solid Git fundamentals, including branching, pull requests, and code review participation.
- Demonstrated ability to investigate bugs, read unfamiliar code, and communicate findings through clear bug reports and documentation.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
- 2–4 years of professional experience in software development, test engineering, or a related discipline; strong internship and project experience may substitute for part of this requirement.
- Experience writing or maintaining automated tests in a production codebase is strongly preferred.
- Preferred qualifications include ROS or ROS2 exposure, experience using CI systems, hardware-in-the-loop verification, Grafana/Loki/Prometheus observability tools, relevant robotics or hardware-integrated domain experience, and sanitizer tooling such as ASan, TSan, or UBSan.
Benefits
- Direct-hire position with mentorship, code review, and meaningful test-suite ownership.
- Physical requirements include prolonged computer work, occasional lifting of up to 15 pounds, and the ability to read screens and communicate.
About Apptronik
Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our humanoid robot, Apollo, is designed to collaborate thoughtfully with humans—initially in critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. Apollo is the culmination of nearly a decade of development, drawing on Apptronik’s extensive work on 15 previous robots, including NASA’s Valkyrie robot. Apptronik started out of the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin and has more than 350 employees. Learn more at apptronik.com