Senior QA Engineer (Robotics)

Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States. Full-time, in office at the San Antonio-based headquarters, Monday-Friday, 9:00am-6:00pm; occasional travel is expected for customer support and deployments.

Salary starts at $112,000 per year; starting salary depends on years of experience.

Company

hirify.global develops robotic systems combining software and hardware, including physical robot cells such as InductOne.

What you will do

• Define testing strategies and create test plans, test cases, and documentation for functional, regression, integration, performance, and stability testing.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites, integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, perform manual testing when needed, and build internal QA tools and scripts.
• Install, deploy, and configure software builds on Linux-based industrial PCs and test systems; analyze logs, stack traces, and system output to isolate failures.
• Document and track defects in GitLab, collaborate with developers to verify fixes and prevent regressions, and review branches, tags, merge requests, and pipelines.
• Perform hands-on end-to-end testing of robotic systems and troubleshoot software, electrical, and mechanical subsystems.
• Collaborate with product owners, customers, leadership, and cross-functional teams; present QA results and mentor interns and junior-level teammates.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience; entry-level candidates are not being considered.
• Strong software QA fundamentals, including test strategy, test plan development, test case design, bug reporting, regression testing, fix verification, and acceptance testing.
• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or a similar language used in test automation.
• Working proficiency with the Linux command line, including file system navigation, permissions, SSH, service management, and log reading.
• Experience installing and deploying software builds or packages to test or production systems.
• Experience with Git and GitLab or GitHub, including branches, tags, merge requests, and issue tracking.
• Experience testing hardware or physical systems, or demonstrated aptitude and willingness to learn hands-on hardware testing.
• Experience testing products combining software and hardware, such as robotics, automation, or embedded systems; 5+ years of QA or test engineering experience, mostly in software testing, and 2+ years developing software test automation.
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with Pytest, Puppeteer, Playwright, or similar testing frameworks; familiarity with C++.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, ideally GitLab CI.
• Experience with Docker or other containerized deployments.

Culture & Benefits

• Professional office environment with occasional exposure to robotic systems, moving mechanical parts, loud noise, and job-site conditions.
• Some travel for customer support and deployments.
• Work is performed in office at the San Antonio headquarters for 40 hours per week.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.