Skild AI
Robotics Quality Assurance Engineer
San Mateo +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years in software testing, robotics, or test automation; senior-level experience preferred.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Owns test planning and automated regression for Skild AI’s robotics software and hardware, validating new features and releases in simulation, HIL, and on robots before fleet rollout.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain full-stack regression coverage, including fault-injection, recovery, and end-to-end tests.
- Write and execute feature test plans; track test cases to requirements and triage failures with engineering teams.
- Integrate validation into CI and turn field-reported issues into permanent regression tests.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong programming skills in Python and Linux shell scripting, with hands-on experience building automated test frameworks and CI pipelines.
- Strong experience with robot simulation; familiarity with ROS/ROS 2 and testing web applications, IoT devices, or mobile applications.
- Hands-on experience with fault injection and logged-data replay; rigor in requirements traceability and defect management.
Nice to have
- Experience testing autonomous mobile robots, manipulators, or other fleet-deployed robotic systems.
- Experience with Gazebo, Isaac Sim, or MuJoCo; HIL rigs; test management or CI tools; field issue triage; or Go, C++, or TypeScript/JavaScript.
Tools
Python, Linux shell scripting, ROS/ROS 2, Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, GitHub Actions, Go
AI focus
Tests and validates the Skild Brain and robotics capabilities across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and real robots.
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