Robotics Automation Engineer in Test (Robotics)

Location: Chatsworth, CA, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global builds software-defined factories that combine metal forming, robotics, and automated production to manufacture complex metal structures from digital designs.

What you will do

• Own quality strategy for the robotics and industrial automation software stack.
• Define and maintain test plans, validation procedures, and release criteria.
• Run smoke tests, system validation, and acceptance testing on production cells.
• Approve or block promotion from release candidate to official production release.
• Deploy software and automation releases and support production rollouts.
• Automate validation workflows, investigate cell-level issues, and coordinate escalation with robotics, controls, and software teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or comparable practical experience.
• Experience testing software systems and writing test scripts or test code.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks or tools.
• Ability to debug issues across software and automation interfaces.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience or familiarity with ROS2, C++, Python, Beckhoff TwinCAT, and Structured Text PLCs.

Nice to have

• Experience testing industrial automation systems, robotics, or hardware-software integrated products.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, versioned deployments, and release validation.
• Experience supporting production deployments and troubleshooting production issues.
• Experience in small, fast-moving engineering teams with quality ownership.

Culture & Benefits

• Work hands-on with physical robotics and industrial automation systems.
• Collaborate closely with robotics, controls, and software engineering teams.
• Contribute to manufacturing infrastructure for defense, aerospace, and advanced mobility programs.
• Work in an engineering environment focused on hard technical problems and continuous process improvement.