Software Engineer in Test, Machina Labs
$140-165k
+ stock options
Office located in Chatsworth, CA
Robotics & AI for manufacturing
Be an early applicant
Robotics & AI for manufacturing
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-165k
+ stock options
Office located in Chatsworth, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the development and adoption of advanced sensors, controls, platforms and models that will enable the next generation of manufacturing.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with deep experience in test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and production-grade release processes
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or comparable practical experience
- Experience testing software systems, including writing test scripts or test code
- Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks or tools
- Ability to debug issues across software and automation interfaces
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Desirable
- Experience testing industrial automation systems, robotics, or hardware-software integrated products
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, versioned deployments, and release validation
- Experience supporting deployments and troubleshooting issues in production environments
- Background working in small, fast-moving engineering teams where quality ownership is critical
What the job involves
- Machina Labs is seeking a Software Engineer in Test (SET) to own quality, validation, and release execution across our software platform as we develop and deploy new features and services
- This role is responsible for defining quality strategy for the software stack, validating release candidates, and supporting deployments to production
- You will build automated testing infrastructure, execute validation of new features, triage software issues, and act as a gatekeeper for software releases
- The role partners closely with software engineers and collaborates with robotics and automation engineers when software changes impact production cells
- Own and drive quality strategy for the software stack, including TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, and Azure GCC High
- Define, formalize, and maintain test plans, test suites, and release criteria for software systems
- Execute smoke tests, regression tests, and system validation of release candidates
- Serve as release authority, approving or blocking promotion from release candidate to official production release
- Design, implement, and maintain automated testing and validation pipelines integrated with CI/CD
- Run tests and experiments for new features to validate functionality, performance, and reliability
- Support deployment of software releases to Azure, including monitoring and initial issue response
- Collect and synthesize feedback from users to inform quality improvements and testing priorities
- Triage and support software issues, performing initial investigation and escalating to engineering teams as needed
- Partner with Robotics and Automation Engineers in Test when required, including deployments to production cells, user support, and large-scale release validation
- Continuously improve testing tools, processes, and release workflows as the platform scales
Our take
Machina Labs provides robotics and AI technology for the manufacturing industry, aiming to increase the speed of design lifecycles, whilst making them more flexible and better quality. The company leverages AI-driven robotics to automate tasks that otherwise require human interruption, with AI also being used to improve the cost efficiency, reusability, reliability, and sustainability of manufacturing cycles.
Whilst AI-driven robotics in the manufacturing industry is becoming increasingly common, Machina Labs uniquely leverages AI to identify opportunities for design lifecycle innovation. This approach has earned the company early endorsements from partnerships with the US Air Force and NASA, as it has shown great potential for disruption.
The company has also drawn in several investments which support the acceleration of growth to meet customer demand, while also expanding its offering. It has also undertaken to launch its first large-scale Intelligent Factory in the US, a 200,000-square-foot, production-ready facility that will create thousands of complex structural assemblies annually for defense and aerospace clients.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2020
$50m
LATE VC
Total funding: $50m
Company HQ
Chatsworth, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Edward Mehr
(CEO & Co-founder)Experience as Program Manager for Relativity's Large Envelope Metal 3D Printing from 2016 to 2018. Data Science Advisor for Bird from 2018 to 2019, and Technical Advisor for Insight Data Science from 2019 to 2021.
Babak Raeisinia
(Advisor & Co-founder)Initially served as the company's CTO until 2022. Experience as US Business Development Manager and Senior Alloy Design Engineer for Alloyed from 2017 to 2019. Principal of NEOS since 2019.
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