The Systems QA Engineer develops test strategies, executes release testing, analyzes data, creates test plans, and collaborates with teams to ensure product quality.
Pickle Robot Company is searching for an innovative and skilled Systems QA to play a pivotal role in advancing the future of warehouse automation. The Systems QA Test Engineer is responsible for creating and executing a comprehensive test strategy. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the functionality, performance, reliability, and safety of our next-generation robots.
What you'll Accomplish
- Develop test protocols to ensure that the design outputs (actual product- system’s functionality) meet the design inputs (product requirements and design specifications).
- Create detailed Design Verification Test (DVT) plans to burn down technical risk across programs with respect to product and system requirements.
- Perform release and integration testing on the deployed robots in the warehouse and ensure that defects and failures are identified and tracked in Jira.
- Gather and analyze data from testing activities to measure the quality of the product.
- Identify tools, fixtures, and test environments and lead the efforts by leveraging internal and external resources.
- Create test plans and test protocols, requirements trace matrix and determine tools and capital equipment requirements.
- Collaborate with Software, Hardware teams to troubleshoot issues and to ensure a unified approach to quality.
- Troubleshoot system and product problems in design, or customer site operations and produce comprehensive reports.
Who you are
- BS or MS in Robotics, Electrical, Systems or Computer Engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years design validation and systems testing experience for products with hardware and software complexity specifically in the robotics or industrial automation industries.
- Experience testing motion control equipment, motors, sensors, vision systems and/or communications protocols.
- Experience with verifying and validating requirements and product development process.
- Familiarity with defect tracking systems (e.g., Jira) and test case management systems (e.g., TestRail).
- Experience with data visualization tools like FoxGlove is a plus.
- Experience with Linux scripting, Python preferred
About Pickle Robot
Pickle Robot is a pioneer in Physical AI for supply chain applications. Today Pickle robots autonomously unload trucks, trailers, and import containers at human-scale or better performance. The alternative is manual work that is difficult, dirty, sometimes dangerous, and increasingly hard to staff at distribution centers around the globe. Pickle Robot is laser focused on automating truck unloading using generative AI, machine learning, computer vision, advanced sensors, and industrial robotics to deliver engineered products customers rely on. Pickle Robot Unload Systems work alongside people on loading docks to make the work safer, faster, and more efficient. Pickle robots are physical AI that unload trucks.
Pickle provides best-in-class benefits including health, dental, & vision insurance; unlimited vacation, along with all federal and state holidays; 401K contributions of 5% your salary, travel supplies, and other items to make your working life more fun, comfortable, and productive.
Top Skills
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Foxglove
JIRA
Linux
Python
Robotics
Testrail
Pickle Robot Company Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Office
Cambridge, MA, United States, 02139
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