System Test Engineer - Humanoid (human)

Join NEURA Robotics and take ownership of system-level testing and verification for 4NE1, our humanoid robot. You will be responsible for ensuring that complex interactions between mechanics, actuators, software, controls, and embedded systems are thoroughly validated before release.

Unlike a traditional electrical or mechanical test role, this position focuses on the overall system behavior, reliability, robustness, and verification strategy of a humanoid robot. You will help establish and continuously improve our testing and quality control methodology, define scalable verification processes, and contribute to the development of internal testing frameworks and infrastructure.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building test systems, creating structured validation processes, and translating real-world robot usage into meaningful verification activities.

Your mission & challenges

System Validation & Test Strategy

Own the overall verification and validation strategy for 4NE1 across component, subsystem, and full-system levels

Define and maintain test plans, coverage, acceptance criteria, and release readiness processes

Derive test cases from system requirements and ensure traceability throughout the development lifecycle

Collaborate with mechanical, software, controls, autonomy, and safety teams to ensure comprehensive system validation

Provide objective release recommendations based on test evidence and risk assessments

Quality Control & Test Process Development

Design and continuously improve quality control procedures for robot testing during development and production

Define scalable test workflows, reporting standards, failure classification schemes, and verification processes

Establish testing best practices that can be applied consistently across future platform generations

Drive improvements in test efficiency, repeatability, and automation

Test Execution & Failure Analysis

Plan and execute functional, endurance, environmental, reliability, and integration testing

Validate robotic subsystems such as actuators, joints, gearboxes, sensors, control systems, and complete robot assemblies

Perform thermal, endurance, motion, vibration, and robustness testing where applicable

Investigate failures and drive root-cause analysis together with development teams

Analyze test data and generate actionable recommendations for hardware and software improvements

Test Infrastructure & Automation

Build, maintain, and improve test rigs and validation environments

Develop automated test procedures and data collection pipelines

Contribute to and expand internal test infrastructure, including repositories such as:

AwesomeConfig

MotionFaster

DriveTestBench

Support CI/CD-based validation workflows and automated regression testing where applicable

Help define the future testing architecture for humanoid robot development and manufacturing

What we look forward to

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Systems Engineering, or a related field

Several years of experience testing complex mechatronic or robotic systems

Experience owning verification, validation, or system testing activities across multiple disciplines

Strong understanding of system-level interactions between hardware, actuators, sensors, software, and controls

Structured, hands-on, and documentation-driven approach to engineering

Ability to move between detailed technical investigations and broader system-level implications

Experience testing complex robotic, mechatronic, automotive, aerospace, industrial automation, or similar systems

Experience creating test strategies, test plans, and test cases from requirements

Root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of multidisciplinary system failures

Experience with test automation using Python or similar scripting languages

Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and modern development workflows

Requirements traceability tools (e.g., Jira, Polarion, DOORS, or similar)

Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills

Hands-on experience with test rigs, instrumentation, data acquisition, or validation environments

Nice to have skills

Experience testing humanoid robots, mobile robots, manipulators, or other complex robotic systems

ROS / ROS2 experience

Familiarity with actuators, gearboxes, motion control systems, and robotic drivetrains

Experience contributing to internal testing frameworks and developer tooling

Data analysis using Pandas, Grafana, InfluxDB, or similar tools

CI/CD validation pipelines and automated regression testing

Simulation environments (Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MATLAB/Simulink, etc.)

Functional safety awareness (ISO 13849, IEC 61508, IEC 62061)

Environmental, endurance, vibration, or reliability testing experience

Basic understanding of embedded systems and communication protocols such as CAN, EtherCAT, or Ethernet