Robotics Test & Debug Engineer (Robotics)

Location: On-site in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Company

hirify.global is a robotics research and deployment company building robot hardware and artificial intelligence, including the Sonny semi-humanoid robot and Cassie mobile robot, and manufacturing and operating robots at scale.

What you will do

• Debug failing robots and subassemblies to identify and resolve root causes.
• Serve as the production team's first line of defense for factory-floor issues and escalate design problems with clear data.
• Design subassembly fixtures, bench tests, and hardware-in-the-loop rigs.
• Build the end-of-line factory acceptance test that every Sonny robot must pass before shipment.
• Write Python test sequences and log results to ION and Atlas.
• Turn recurring failures into new tests and process improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, or Mechatronics Engineering.
• Hands-on root-cause debugging experience with robots or electromechanical systems.
• Experience building test fixtures, bench rigs, or hardware-in-the-loop systems used by others.
• Python skills for test automation and data analysis.
• Strong electrical skills, including schematics, oscilloscopes, meters, and CAN.
• Comfort working on the production floor alongside technicians.

Nice to have

• Experience bringing a new robot or hardware product into production.
• Humanoid, mobile robot, or robot arm experience.
• Embedded firmware or Linux experience.
• MES/PLM experience, including ION or similar systems.
• Daily use of AI tools such as Claude to build tools and analyze data.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, exempt, on-site position in Watertown, Massachusetts.
• Work directly on robots deployed to real production floors.
• Join a 160+ person team of researchers, engineers, technicians, operators, and sellers.
• Culture emphasizes ownership, fast learning, high standards, collaboration, and solving difficult problems.
• Sonny V2 is expected to enter production in early 2027 and ramp to 18 robots per day.