Systems QA Test Engineer
Pickle Robot
Office
Charlestown, MA
Full Time
About this role:
We're looking for a passionate Systems QA Test Engineer to join our QA team within our Engineering organization. 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.
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.
We're looking for a passionate Systems QA Test Engineer to join our QA team within our Engineering organization. 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.
Responsibilities:
- 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.
Skills and Experience:
- BS or MS in Robotics, Electrical, Systems or Computer Engineering.
- Minimum of 6+ years of 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.
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.
Systems QA Test Engineer
Office
Charlestown, MA
Full Time
August 12, 2025