Software Test Engineer - Remote (US-based) - Contract to Hire

Summary As a Software QA Engineer (Robotics & Safety-Critical Systems), you’ll drive quality across our robotics + edge + cloud stack, with a strong focus on safety, performance, and release readiness. You’ll translate real-world behaviors into repeatable test cases, establish measurable quality signals, and help the team ship confidently. This is a remote, US-based role with occasional travel (as needed) for on-site validation, deployments, or system testing. What You’ll Do • Own QA strategy and execution for robotics/edge + cloud components (manual + automated). • Create and maintain test plans covering functionality, safety, reliability, and performance. • Build automated tests (where appropriate) and ensure regressions are caught in CI. • Define and track performance KPIs and quality metrics (e.g., latency, throughput, failure rates, crash rates, CPU/memory usage, camera pipeline FPS, deployment success rate). • Produce trend-oriented QA reporting: dashboards/weekly reports, anomaly detection, regression trends, and release quality summaries. • Perform structured bug triage: clear reproduction steps, severity/impact, root-cause signals, and verification of fixes. • Validate camera-based workflows (preferred): calibration-sensitive behavior, image pipeline reliability, environment variability, edge-case handling. • Collaborate closely with engineering + product to refine acceptance criteria and reduce ambiguity. • Use Figma to review designs, verify UI/UX acceptance criteria, and catch mismatches early. Required Qualifications • 3+ years experience in Software QA (mix of manual and automation). • Required: Familiarity with QA in regulated or safety-critical environments (e.g., medical, automotive, aerospace). • You understand traceability, risk-based testing, change control, and release discipline. • Experience defining and managing performance/quality KPIs, with strong attention to detail and comfort working with trends over time. • Working knowledge of Python sufficient to write/modify test scripts, utilities, and debug tools (expert-level not required). • Strong experience with test documentation: test plans, test cases, defect reports, release checklists. • Comfortable with Linux basics, logs, and debugging distributed systems. • US-based and authorized to work in the US. Preferred Qualifications • Experience testing camera systems (highly preferred): camera pipelines, FPS/latency, reliability in varied lighting/environments, data integrity checks. • Experience with CI pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar). • Familiarity with Docker-based test environments. • API testing experience (REST/gRPC), test doubles/mocking. • Experience with edge devices (Jetson, Raspberry Pi, or similar) is a plus. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job