Senior Hardware Test Engineer, Collaborative Robots

• Do you love building systems that ensure complex robots work flawlessly in the real world
• If you’re excited to help define how cutting-edge robotics systems are tested, validated, and perfected, we’d love for you to join us
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in hardware testing, ideally in robotics, hardware-focused automation, or embedded systems
• Expert in object oriented Python and ability to navigate and modify code in C/C++
• Experience writing code that runs and tests hardware
• Experience validating systems that integrate software and electromechanical components
• Familiarity with hardware communication protocols (EtherCAT, CAN, SPI, I2C)
• Comfortable working in Linux with standard debugging tools
• Highly motivated teammate with excellent oral and written communication skills
• Willing to occasionally travel
• Must have and maintain US work authorization
• Experience with simulation frameworks (e.g., Gazebo, Webots, Isaac Sim)
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Jenkins, Github runner, or equivalent

Desirable

• At Cobot, we’re creating the software and hardware foundation for the next generation of collaborative robots — and we’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Hardware Test to lead how we validate the performance, safety, reliability, and manufacturability of our robotic systems
• In this role, you will own hardware test engineering across our prototypes and production platforms
• You’ll design and automate test strategies for embedded hardware, subassemblies, and full robots; lead verification and validation (V&V) for key products; build hardware-in-the-loop setups; and partner closely with design, manufacturing, functional safety, and software teams
• You will also develop tooling and automation that powers our hardware quality, manufacturing throughput, and data visibility
• This is a high-impact role where you’ll operate autonomously, find the work that needs to be done, identify risks early
• You'll lead hardware V&V for our robot and its subassemblies
• Develop hardware test plans and automated test suites for electromechanical systems, embedded interfaces, and hardware–software integration
• Design manufacturing tests for IQC, IPQC, and EOL; automate calibration, bring-up, configuration, and genealogy workflows
• Investigate, debug, and triage hardware and software issues — from low-level interfaces to high-level autonomy stack
• Build and extend hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test environments
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams across embedded software, perception, controls, and mechanical/electrical domains
• Contribute to internal tools for test automation, diagnostics, and log analysis
• Mentor engineers on hardware testing, V&V practices, and writing reliable software for hardware