Groupe-Ebra-1 is seeking a Neural Network Performance Engineer to join their team in London. The successful candidate will analyze performance bottlenecks of model architectures and implement changes to enhance performance. Candidates should have 3+ years in building deep-learning systems and strong skills in Python and PyTorch/JAX. The position offers meaningful time off, fully funded private healthcare, and collaboration with top engineers in AI and robotics, ensuring a supportive work environment.
21/05/2026
Full time
Groupe-Ebra-1 is seeking a Neural Network Performance Engineer to join their team in London. The successful candidate will analyze performance bottlenecks of model architectures and implement changes to enhance performance. Candidates should have 3+ years in building deep-learning systems and strong skills in Python and PyTorch/JAX. The position offers meaningful time off, fully funded private healthcare, and collaboration with top engineers in AI and robotics, ensuring a supportive work environment.
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We're hiring a Neural Network Performance Engineer to join our VLA team based in London. In this role, you will work on all aspects of running capable neural network based control policies at a high rate with minimal latency, both on cloud hardware and onboard. Your work will be critical to delivering smooth robot motions while reacting to environment changes as quickly as possible. What You'll Do Analyze performance bottlenecks of a particular model architecture and come up with potential improvements. Make the model run on a new hardware (e.g. NVIDIA Thor) efficiently. Implement custom kernels to reduce memory throughput requirements where it matters. Quantize a model with minimal loss of quality. Suggest and implement changes of model architecture that will enable better performance characteristics without sacrificing model capabilities. What We're Looking For 3+ years building deep learning systems (industry or research) with shipped models or published artifacts to show for it. 1+ years experience working on performance of neural network inference (analyzing bottlenecks, writing custom kernels, quantizing models, fighting deep learning compilers). Excellent understanding of GPU architecture and why some models run faster than others. Strong Python + PyTorch/JAX; you can profile, debug numerics, and write maintainable research code. You document experiments clearly and communicate trade offs crisply. Nice to have: Robotics or autonomous driving experience. Open source code showcasing your ability to improve inference performance. Publications at ICLR/ICML/NeurIPS or equivalent open source contributions. Familiarity with vision language (VLM) or vision language action (VLA) models. What We Offer Meaningful time off to rest and recharge: 23 days of annual leave (accrued), 15 days of paid sick leave, and paid company holidays. Fully funded private healthcare for UK employees, with broad provider access, virtual and in person care, and strong mental health and serious illness support. Equity included-we believe builders should share in what they build. Pension scheme with a total 8% contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in office. Collaboration with top tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics. Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives.
21/05/2026
Full time
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We're hiring a Neural Network Performance Engineer to join our VLA team based in London. In this role, you will work on all aspects of running capable neural network based control policies at a high rate with minimal latency, both on cloud hardware and onboard. Your work will be critical to delivering smooth robot motions while reacting to environment changes as quickly as possible. What You'll Do Analyze performance bottlenecks of a particular model architecture and come up with potential improvements. Make the model run on a new hardware (e.g. NVIDIA Thor) efficiently. Implement custom kernels to reduce memory throughput requirements where it matters. Quantize a model with minimal loss of quality. Suggest and implement changes of model architecture that will enable better performance characteristics without sacrificing model capabilities. What We're Looking For 3+ years building deep learning systems (industry or research) with shipped models or published artifacts to show for it. 1+ years experience working on performance of neural network inference (analyzing bottlenecks, writing custom kernels, quantizing models, fighting deep learning compilers). Excellent understanding of GPU architecture and why some models run faster than others. Strong Python + PyTorch/JAX; you can profile, debug numerics, and write maintainable research code. You document experiments clearly and communicate trade offs crisply. Nice to have: Robotics or autonomous driving experience. Open source code showcasing your ability to improve inference performance. Publications at ICLR/ICML/NeurIPS or equivalent open source contributions. Familiarity with vision language (VLM) or vision language action (VLA) models. What We Offer Meaningful time off to rest and recharge: 23 days of annual leave (accrued), 15 days of paid sick leave, and paid company holidays. Fully funded private healthcare for UK employees, with broad provider access, virtual and in person care, and strong mental health and serious illness support. Equity included-we believe builders should share in what they build. Pension scheme with a total 8% contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in office. Collaboration with top tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics. Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives.
Groupe-Ebra-1 in Greater London is seeking a Robotics Test Engineer to support software release validation and metrics collection on humanoid robots. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in software testing, proficiency in Python and understanding of ROS2. The role involves running tests on real robots, contributing to the CI/CD process, and maintaining performance metrics. We offer competitive benefits including healthcare, annual leave, and opportunities to collaborate with top-tier experts in AI and robotics.
19/05/2026
Full time
Groupe-Ebra-1 in Greater London is seeking a Robotics Test Engineer to support software release validation and metrics collection on humanoid robots. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in software testing, proficiency in Python and understanding of ROS2. The role involves running tests on real robots, contributing to the CI/CD process, and maintaining performance metrics. We offer competitive benefits including healthcare, annual leave, and opportunities to collaborate with top-tier experts in AI and robotics.
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We are looking for a Robotics Test Engineer to support software release validation, policy evaluations, and end-to-end metrics collection on our humanoid robots. You will work alongside our Test Team, owning day-to-day execution and growing into deeper HIL and automation responsibilities. This is not a standard web QA role. You will be running tests on real robots, comparing simulation against reality, and helping us build the data pipeline that tells us whether each new software version is ready to ship. What You'll Do Software Release Testing Release Validation: Execute the end-to-end test pipeline for each new software release, ensuring quality gates are met before the build is deployed to the fleet. Regression Coverage: Run automated and manual regression suites against new builds; triage failures and route them to the right owner. CI/CD Participation: Contribute new tests to our CI/CD pipeline (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) so that regressions are caught immediately after code merges. Policy Evaluations Eval Support: Help design and run policy evaluations for our learned behaviors - defining success criteria, executing trials, and collecting results in a reproducible way. Simulation: Run policy evaluations in simulation environments (Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim) in parallel with physical robot tests. Sim-to-Real: Track differences between simulation and physical robot results and feed findings back to the policy team. E2E Metrics Collection Metrics Pipeline: Support the collection of end-to-end performance and reliability metrics across releases, building consistent reporting the org can trust. Dashboards: Help maintain dashboards that highlight pass/fail rates, latency, and performance trends release-over-release. Data Hygiene: Keep test data clean and well-labeled so that long-term trends remain meaningful as the platform evolves. What We're Looking For Experience: 3+ years in software test engineering or test automation, ideally with some exposure to robotics, embedded systems, or another physical systems domain. Coding: Strong proficiency in Python for scripting and test automation. Comfortable reading C++. Robotics Middleware: Working knowledge of ROS2 - you understand topics, services, and how to interact with a running robot. OS: Comfortable in Linux (Ubuntu) - terminal, shell scripting, basic system administration. Mindset: Methodical and curious. You enjoy finding the one weird edge case that breaks the build. Nice-to-Have: Experience with robotics simulators (Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Unity). Exposure to Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test benches. Basic electrical debugging skills (multimeter, oscilloscope). Awareness of safety-critical standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262). Tech Stack Languages: Python (primary), C++ (reading), Bash Robotics: ROS / ROS2 CI/CD: GitLab / GitHub Actions Simulation: NVIDIA Isaac Sim Hardware Interfaces: CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet What We Offer Meaningful time off to rest and recharge: 23 days of annual leave (accrued), 15 days of paid sick leave, and paid company holidays. Fully funded private healthcare for UK employees, with broad provider access, virtual and in person care, and strong mental health and serious illness support. Equity included-we believe builders should share in what they build. Pension scheme with a total 8% contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in office. Collaboration with top tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics. Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives.
18/05/2026
Full time
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We are looking for a Robotics Test Engineer to support software release validation, policy evaluations, and end-to-end metrics collection on our humanoid robots. You will work alongside our Test Team, owning day-to-day execution and growing into deeper HIL and automation responsibilities. This is not a standard web QA role. You will be running tests on real robots, comparing simulation against reality, and helping us build the data pipeline that tells us whether each new software version is ready to ship. What You'll Do Software Release Testing Release Validation: Execute the end-to-end test pipeline for each new software release, ensuring quality gates are met before the build is deployed to the fleet. Regression Coverage: Run automated and manual regression suites against new builds; triage failures and route them to the right owner. CI/CD Participation: Contribute new tests to our CI/CD pipeline (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) so that regressions are caught immediately after code merges. Policy Evaluations Eval Support: Help design and run policy evaluations for our learned behaviors - defining success criteria, executing trials, and collecting results in a reproducible way. Simulation: Run policy evaluations in simulation environments (Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim) in parallel with physical robot tests. Sim-to-Real: Track differences between simulation and physical robot results and feed findings back to the policy team. E2E Metrics Collection Metrics Pipeline: Support the collection of end-to-end performance and reliability metrics across releases, building consistent reporting the org can trust. Dashboards: Help maintain dashboards that highlight pass/fail rates, latency, and performance trends release-over-release. Data Hygiene: Keep test data clean and well-labeled so that long-term trends remain meaningful as the platform evolves. What We're Looking For Experience: 3+ years in software test engineering or test automation, ideally with some exposure to robotics, embedded systems, or another physical systems domain. Coding: Strong proficiency in Python for scripting and test automation. Comfortable reading C++. Robotics Middleware: Working knowledge of ROS2 - you understand topics, services, and how to interact with a running robot. OS: Comfortable in Linux (Ubuntu) - terminal, shell scripting, basic system administration. Mindset: Methodical and curious. You enjoy finding the one weird edge case that breaks the build. Nice-to-Have: Experience with robotics simulators (Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Unity). Exposure to Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test benches. Basic electrical debugging skills (multimeter, oscilloscope). Awareness of safety-critical standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262). Tech Stack Languages: Python (primary), C++ (reading), Bash Robotics: ROS / ROS2 CI/CD: GitLab / GitHub Actions Simulation: NVIDIA Isaac Sim Hardware Interfaces: CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet What We Offer Meaningful time off to rest and recharge: 23 days of annual leave (accrued), 15 days of paid sick leave, and paid company holidays. Fully funded private healthcare for UK employees, with broad provider access, virtual and in person care, and strong mental health and serious illness support. Equity included-we believe builders should share in what they build. Pension scheme with a total 8% contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in office. Collaboration with top tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics. Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives.
Groupe-Ebra-1 is seeking a Robotic Test Engineer in Greater London to support software validation and metrics collection for humanoid robots. The role involves executing test pipelines, running regression tests, and developing metrics reporting. Candidates should have over 3 years in test engineering, strong Python skills, and knowledge of ROS2. The position offers comprehensive healthcare, 23 annual leave days, equity options, and a collaborative work environment in robotics.
18/05/2026
Full time
Groupe-Ebra-1 is seeking a Robotic Test Engineer in Greater London to support software validation and metrics collection for humanoid robots. The role involves executing test pipelines, running regression tests, and developing metrics reporting. Candidates should have over 3 years in test engineering, strong Python skills, and knowledge of ROS2. The position offers comprehensive healthcare, 23 annual leave days, equity options, and a collaborative work environment in robotics.
Groupe-Ebra-1 is seeking a Senior Hardware Test Engineer to take charge of the test methodology for hardware components and humanoid robots. The ideal candidate will have more than 5 years of experience in hardware test engineering, especially with complex electromechanical systems. Responsibilities include defining test methods, executing tests on prototypes, and collaborating with the automation team. The position offers various benefits including 23 days of annual leave, fully funded private healthcare, and opportunities for collaboration in robotics and AI.
18/05/2026
Full time
Groupe-Ebra-1 is seeking a Senior Hardware Test Engineer to take charge of the test methodology for hardware components and humanoid robots. The ideal candidate will have more than 5 years of experience in hardware test engineering, especially with complex electromechanical systems. Responsibilities include defining test methods, executing tests on prototypes, and collaborating with the automation team. The position offers various benefits including 23 days of annual leave, fully funded private healthcare, and opportunities for collaboration in robotics and AI.
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We are looking for a Robotic Test Engineer to support software release validation, policy evaluations, and end-to-end metrics collection on our humanoid robots. You will work alongside our Test Team, owning day-to-day execution and growing into deeper HIL and automation responsibilities. This is not a standard web QA role. You will be running tests on real robots, comparing simulation against reality, and helping us build the data pipeline that tells us whether each new software version is ready to ship. What You'll Do Software Release Testing Release Validation: Execute the end-to-end test pipeline for each new software release, ensuring quality gates are met before the build is deployed to the fleet. Regression Coverage: Run automated and manual regression suites against new builds; triage failures and route them to the right owner. CI/CD Participation: Contribute new tests to our CI/CD pipeline (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) so that regressions are caught immediately after code merges. 2. Policy Evaluations Eval Support: Help design and run policy evaluations for our learned behaviors - defining success criteria, executing trials, and collecting results in a reproducible way. Simulation: Run policy evaluations in simulation environments (Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim) in parallel with physical robot tests. Sim-to-Real: Track differences between simulation and physical robot results and feed findings back to the policy team. 3. E2E Metrics Collection Metrics Pipeline: Support the collection of end-to-end performance and reliability metrics across releases, building consistent reporting the org can trust. Dashboards: Help maintain dashboards that highlight pass/fail rates, latency, and performance trends release-over-release. Data Hygiene: Keep test data clean and well labeled so that long term trends remain meaningful as the platform evolves. What We're Looking For Experience: 3+ years in software test engineering or test automation, ideally with some exposure to robotics, embedded systems, or another physical systems domain. Coding: Strong proficiency in Python for scripting and test automation. Comfortable reading C++. Robotics Middleware: Working knowledge of ROS2 - you understand topics, services, and how to interact with a running robot. OS: Comfortable in Linux (Ubuntu) - terminal, shell scripting, basic system administration. Mindset: Methodical and curious. You enjoy finding the one weird edge case that breaks the build. Nice-to-Have: Experience with robotics simulators (Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Unity). Exposure to Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test benches. Basic electrical debugging skills (multimeter, oscilloscope). Awareness of safety critical standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262). Tech Stack Languages: Python (primary), C++ (reading), Bash Robotics: ROS / ROS2 CI/CD: GitLab / GitHub Actions Simulation: NVIDIA Isaac Sim Hardware Interfaces: CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet What We Offer Meaningful time off to rest and recharge: 23 days of annual leave (accrued), 15 days of paid sick leave, and paid company holidays. Fully funded private healthcare for UK employees, with broad provider access, virtual and in person care, and strong mental health and serious illness support. Equity included-we believe builders should share in what they build. Pension scheme with a total 8% contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in office. Collaboration with top tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics. Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives.
17/05/2026
Full time
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We are looking for a Robotic Test Engineer to support software release validation, policy evaluations, and end-to-end metrics collection on our humanoid robots. You will work alongside our Test Team, owning day-to-day execution and growing into deeper HIL and automation responsibilities. This is not a standard web QA role. You will be running tests on real robots, comparing simulation against reality, and helping us build the data pipeline that tells us whether each new software version is ready to ship. What You'll Do Software Release Testing Release Validation: Execute the end-to-end test pipeline for each new software release, ensuring quality gates are met before the build is deployed to the fleet. Regression Coverage: Run automated and manual regression suites against new builds; triage failures and route them to the right owner. CI/CD Participation: Contribute new tests to our CI/CD pipeline (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) so that regressions are caught immediately after code merges. 2. Policy Evaluations Eval Support: Help design and run policy evaluations for our learned behaviors - defining success criteria, executing trials, and collecting results in a reproducible way. Simulation: Run policy evaluations in simulation environments (Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim) in parallel with physical robot tests. Sim-to-Real: Track differences between simulation and physical robot results and feed findings back to the policy team. 3. E2E Metrics Collection Metrics Pipeline: Support the collection of end-to-end performance and reliability metrics across releases, building consistent reporting the org can trust. Dashboards: Help maintain dashboards that highlight pass/fail rates, latency, and performance trends release-over-release. Data Hygiene: Keep test data clean and well labeled so that long term trends remain meaningful as the platform evolves. What We're Looking For Experience: 3+ years in software test engineering or test automation, ideally with some exposure to robotics, embedded systems, or another physical systems domain. Coding: Strong proficiency in Python for scripting and test automation. Comfortable reading C++. Robotics Middleware: Working knowledge of ROS2 - you understand topics, services, and how to interact with a running robot. OS: Comfortable in Linux (Ubuntu) - terminal, shell scripting, basic system administration. Mindset: Methodical and curious. You enjoy finding the one weird edge case that breaks the build. Nice-to-Have: Experience with robotics simulators (Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Unity). Exposure to Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test benches. Basic electrical debugging skills (multimeter, oscilloscope). Awareness of safety critical standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262). Tech Stack Languages: Python (primary), C++ (reading), Bash Robotics: ROS / ROS2 CI/CD: GitLab / GitHub Actions Simulation: NVIDIA Isaac Sim Hardware Interfaces: CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet What We Offer Meaningful time off to rest and recharge: 23 days of annual leave (accrued), 15 days of paid sick leave, and paid company holidays. Fully funded private healthcare for UK employees, with broad provider access, virtual and in person care, and strong mental health and serious illness support. Equity included-we believe builders should share in what they build. Pension scheme with a total 8% contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in office. Collaboration with top tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics. Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives.
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We are looking for a Senior Hardware Test Engineer to own the test methodology for our hardware components, robot subsystems, and complete humanoid robots. You will be the engineer who decides what "good" looks like - from a single actuator on the bench to a full robot walking through an integration sequence. This is a hands on, technical leadership role. You will design test methods, run them yourself on early prototypes, and then partner with the test automation team to scale them across the fleet as we move from EVT toward production What You'll Do 1 Test Method Definition Component-Level Methods: Define functional, performance, and stress tests for individual hardware components - actuators, sensors, electronics, structural parts - including pass/fail criteria and required data capture. Subsystem Testing: Design integration tests for major robot subsystems (arms, hands, legs, torso, head) covering kinematic accuracy, repeatability, load behavior, and thermal response. Whole-Robot Testing: Define and execute system-level tests for full robot assemblies, including end-to-end motion sequences, balance, manipulation tasks, and failure-mode behavior. 2. Hands-On Test Execution Prototype Bring-up: Be the first engineer to put hands on each new hardware revision, characterizing performance against design intent and feeding findings back to the design team. Failure Analysis: Investigate failures during testing, work with hardware engineers to root-cause issues, and verify fixes. Test Documentation: Capture methods, results, and learnings in a way that the rest of the organization can repeat and trust. 3. Automation Support Test Automation Inputs: Translate manual test methods into specifications for the automation team. Decide which tests can be automated and which must remain manual, and why. Tooling: Specify and prototype custom test fixtures, jigs, and instrumentation needed to execute your methods reliably. Data: Define what each test must capture so that automated runs produce results comparable to your manual baseline. What We're Looking For Experience: 5+ years in hardware test engineering, with hands-on testing of complex electromechanical systems - robotics, automotive, aerospace, or similar. Test Methodology: Strong grasp of test theory, test design, and pass/fail criteria definition. You can write a test spec that another engineer can execute without follow-up questions. Mechanical: Solid understanding of mechanical design principles, common core components (gears, bearings, actuators), and measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, load cells, encoders). Electrical: Comfortable reading schematics, using a multimeter and oscilloscope, and reasoning about basic power and signal integrity. Mindset: Systems thinking - you naturally see how a problem at the component level can manifest as a behavior at the full-robot level. Nice-to-Have: Robotics experience, especially with serial-link manipulators or legged systems. Python (or similar) for ad-hoc data analysis and lightweight test automation. CAD (SolidWorks/Fusion/NX) for sketching test fixtures. Familiarity with ROS2. Experience with embedded systems and field buses such as CAN or EtherCAT. What You'll Be Testing Actuators (motors, gearboxes, encoders, drivers) Robot manipulators and end-effectors Legged subsystems and balance behaviors Power and battery systems Full humanoid robot assemblies What We Offer Meaningful time off to rest and recharge: 23 days of annual leave (accrued), 15 days of paid sick leave, and paid company holidays. Fully funded private healthcare for UK employees, with broad provider access, virtual and in person care, and strong mental health and serious illness support. Equity included-we believe builders should share in what they build. Pension scheme with a total 8% contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in office. Collaboration with top tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics. Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives.
17/05/2026
Full time
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That's why we've set out on a mission to build the world's most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We're bringing that mission to life with HMND 01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we're growing the team to take it even further. About the Role We are looking for a Senior Hardware Test Engineer to own the test methodology for our hardware components, robot subsystems, and complete humanoid robots. You will be the engineer who decides what "good" looks like - from a single actuator on the bench to a full robot walking through an integration sequence. This is a hands on, technical leadership role. You will design test methods, run them yourself on early prototypes, and then partner with the test automation team to scale them across the fleet as we move from EVT toward production What You'll Do 1 Test Method Definition Component-Level Methods: Define functional, performance, and stress tests for individual hardware components - actuators, sensors, electronics, structural parts - including pass/fail criteria and required data capture. Subsystem Testing: Design integration tests for major robot subsystems (arms, hands, legs, torso, head) covering kinematic accuracy, repeatability, load behavior, and thermal response. Whole-Robot Testing: Define and execute system-level tests for full robot assemblies, including end-to-end motion sequences, balance, manipulation tasks, and failure-mode behavior. 2. Hands-On Test Execution Prototype Bring-up: Be the first engineer to put hands on each new hardware revision, characterizing performance against design intent and feeding findings back to the design team. Failure Analysis: Investigate failures during testing, work with hardware engineers to root-cause issues, and verify fixes. Test Documentation: Capture methods, results, and learnings in a way that the rest of the organization can repeat and trust. 3. Automation Support Test Automation Inputs: Translate manual test methods into specifications for the automation team. Decide which tests can be automated and which must remain manual, and why. Tooling: Specify and prototype custom test fixtures, jigs, and instrumentation needed to execute your methods reliably. Data: Define what each test must capture so that automated runs produce results comparable to your manual baseline. What We're Looking For Experience: 5+ years in hardware test engineering, with hands-on testing of complex electromechanical systems - robotics, automotive, aerospace, or similar. Test Methodology: Strong grasp of test theory, test design, and pass/fail criteria definition. You can write a test spec that another engineer can execute without follow-up questions. Mechanical: Solid understanding of mechanical design principles, common core components (gears, bearings, actuators), and measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, load cells, encoders). Electrical: Comfortable reading schematics, using a multimeter and oscilloscope, and reasoning about basic power and signal integrity. Mindset: Systems thinking - you naturally see how a problem at the component level can manifest as a behavior at the full-robot level. Nice-to-Have: Robotics experience, especially with serial-link manipulators or legged systems. Python (or similar) for ad-hoc data analysis and lightweight test automation. CAD (SolidWorks/Fusion/NX) for sketching test fixtures. Familiarity with ROS2. Experience with embedded systems and field buses such as CAN or EtherCAT. What You'll Be Testing Actuators (motors, gearboxes, encoders, drivers) Robot manipulators and end-effectors Legged subsystems and balance behaviors Power and battery systems Full humanoid robot assemblies What We Offer Meaningful time off to rest and recharge: 23 days of annual leave (accrued), 15 days of paid sick leave, and paid company holidays. Fully funded private healthcare for UK employees, with broad provider access, virtual and in person care, and strong mental health and serious illness support. Equity included-we believe builders should share in what they build. Pension scheme with a total 8% contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in office. Collaboration with top tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics. Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives.