Senior Robotics Test Engineer, Electrical

Who we are

With its A.I.-powered robotic technology platform, Symbotic is changing the way consumer goods move through the supply chain. Intelligent software orchestrates advanced robots in a high-density, end-to-end system – reinventing warehouse automation for increased efficiency, speed and flexibility.

What we need

We are looking for an Advanced Robotics Test Engineer, Electrical, to join our Robotics Test Engineering team within our Hardware Engineering organization. Your job will be to develop test fixtures, create validation strategies, and execute reliability testing for electronic subsystems used in Symbotic’s mobile robot platforms. This role plays a critical part in ensuring new hardware designs meet performance, safety, and durability standards before deployment at scale.

What we do

The Robotics Test Engineering team is part of our Hardware Engineering organization, which is responsible for designing, validating, and delivering the robotic systems that power Symbotic’s warehouse automation platform. This team provides structured verification, reliability testing, and root cause analysis across critical robotic subsystems to ensure products are production-ready, scalable, and dependable in real-world operating environments. Robotics Test Engineering works closely with Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, and Supplier teams to accelerate product maturity and reduce field risk.

What you’ll do

• Design, develop, and maintain test fixtures for electronic subsystems across Symbotic mobile robot platforms, including improving legacy fixtures and building new solutions

• Author and execute comprehensive test plans to validate electrical subsystem performance, reliability, and safety requirements

• Lead and support HALT, HASS, accelerated aging, and other stress testing activities to identify failure modes and improve durability

• Operate lab equipment including multimeters, oscilloscopes, DC power supplies, and electronic loads to perform characterization and validation testing

• Develop Python scripts to automate robot operation, data capture, measurement logging, and test execution workflows

• Apply knowledge of CAN protocols and functional safety systems to evaluate subsystem behavior under normal and stressed operating conditions

• Partner cross-functionally with engineering teams and external suppliers to investigate failures, drive root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions

What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, Physics, or related technical discipline

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in electronics testing, validation engineering, reliability engineering, or similar hardware-focused role

• Hands-on experience with HALT, HASS, accelerated aging, and other reliability test methodologies for electronic systems

• Strong proficiency using electrical lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and electronic loads

• Experience reading electrical schematics and PCB designs (Altium experience preferred) for debugging and validation work

• Proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, and data logging in a lab or test environment

• Familiarity with CAN bus protocols, functional safety systems, FMEA processes, and structured root cause analysis methods

Additional requirements:

• Fully onsite, 5 days per week, in a lab and warehouse environment

• Less than 10% travel may be required for supplier visits or support at other locations

• Ability to stand, walk, lift test equipment, and work safely around mobile robotic systems and automated equipment.

Our environment

About Symbotic

Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies. Applying next-gen technology, high-density storage and machine learning to solve today's complex distribution challenges, Symbotic enables companies to move goods with unmatched speed, agility, accuracy and efficiency. As the backbone of commerce the Symbotic platform transforms the flow of goods and the economics of supply chain for its customers. For more information, visit www.symbotic.com.

We are a community of innovators, collaborators and pioneers who embrace our differences, because we know unique perspectives make us stronger and smarter. Every perspective matters. We depend on the collective voices of our employees, customers and community to help guide us as we build a better place to work – for you and the world. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 

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