Test Software Engineer (Lead)

About the team

Droyd builds autonomous robotic systems that automate repetitive manual work in production environments. Fast product progress depends on having strong test systems that can evaluate hardware and software quickly, consistently, and at scale.

Our test team develops the infrastructure used to benchmark robot behavior, validate changes, support demos, and run repeatable evaluation workflows. This includes both physical test environments and the software systems that drive them.

About the role

As a Test Software Engineer at Droyd, you'll build the software infrastructure that powers robot testing and evaluation, and you'll lead the test team as it grows. You'll write the tools, scripts, and systems used to run tests, collect data, and measure performance over time, and you'll set the technical direction and priorities the rest of the team works against.

This is a hands-on role first. You'll still be in the code, building practical internal tools and working closely with hardware and test teams. The managerial side is about multiplying the team's output: setting priorities, unblocking people, and owning how testing gets executed across the company.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We're an in-person company. We build faster that way.

In this role, you'll

Build

Build software tools and infrastructure to support robot testing and evaluation

Write scripts and test workflows for repeatable execution across hardware and software systems

Support benchmarking for teleoperation, robot behavior, and AI policy performance

Help collect, organize, and analyze test data

Improve reliability, automation, and usability of internal test systems

Lead

Set priorities and technical direction for the test team

Coordinate day-to-day test execution across hardware and software work

Unblock the team and keep evaluation, demo, and deployment work moving

Work closely with test technicians, mechanical designers, and robotics engineers to support test execution

Grow the team and its infrastructure as testing scales toward larger environments and pilot deployments

We're looking for someone who

Has strong software engineering fundamentals

Can build clean, practical tools for internal technical users

Is comfortable working close to hardware and debugging system-level issues

Can write reliable scripts and automation for repeatable testing

Can set direction for a team and keep multiple workstreams moving in parallel

Communicates clearly and works well across software, hardware, and test teams

Thrives in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment

Nice to have

Experience leading a team or owning a technical workstream end to end

Experience with robotics, hardware systems, or embedded-adjacent tooling

Experience building test infrastructure, internal tools, or evaluation frameworks

Experience with data logging, experiment tracking, or result analysis

Familiarity with Python and common robotics or automation workflows

About Droyd

Droyd builds autonomous robotic systems to automate manual work for enterprises. We design the hardware, write the control stack, and deploy robots that operate in production environments.

If we do this right, robots stop being prototypes and start being infrastructure. Join us and help build hardware that ships.