Droyd Robotics
Test Software Engineer (Lead)
$130K–$160K
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 24, 2026
About the job
Builds and leads software infrastructure and workflows for testing, evaluating, and benchmarking autonomous robots.
What you'll do
- Build tools, scripts, and infrastructure for repeatable robot testing; collect and analyze test data.
- Set team priorities and technical direction, and coordinate test execution across hardware and software work.
- Improve the reliability, automation, and usability of test systems as testing scales.
What they ask for
- Strong software engineering fundamentals.
- Ability to build practical tools and reliable automation for technical users and repeatable testing.
- Comfort working close to hardware and debugging system-level issues.
- Ability to set team direction and manage parallel workstreams; clear cross-functional communication.
Nice to have
- Experience leading a team or owning a technical workstream end to end.
- Experience with robotics, test infrastructure, internal tools, evaluation frameworks, data logging, experiment tracking, or result analysis; familiarity with Python and robotics or automation workflows.
Pay
$130K – $160K USD base salary
Tools
Python
AI focus
Supports benchmarking of AI policy performance.
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