Senior Quality Assurance Software Engineer

Burro is the leading robotics company in the world by number of robots working outdoors in the field with real customers. Our mission is to free people from tedious work and solve the critical labor shortages faced by farmers and others that work outdoors. 

To accomplish our mission, we need a world-class, diverse team where everyone feels comfortable sharing their ideas. With this in mind, we strive to create a work environment where every employee can be themselves and express their perspective – this enables us to deliver the most creative and innovative solutions to problems our customers face. 

Headquartered in Philadelphia with an office in central California, and backed by top Agtech and autonomy investors, including S2G, Catalyst Investors, Translink Capital, Cibus, FPrime, Toyota Ventures, FFVC, Xplorer, and Radicle, Burro was created to solve the labor shortages facing farmers using robotics. 

Burros can be described as Disney's Wall-E for agriculture and work outdoors, in a 1.0 format.  They function, today, as computer vision based autonomous ground vehicles for carrying, towing, and scouting, and are designed to lay the base for the fully autonomous future of work outdoors.  We have a growing triple digit fleet deployed in paid commercial use within vineyards, nurseries, berries, and beyond, and demand for our product is accelerating, so we are growing our team.  

About you: We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Quality Assurance Software Engineer with experience in robotics and autonomous systems to join our team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring the quality and reliability of our robotics software, working closely with our User Acceptance Testing, DevOps, and Engineering teams to ensure seamless development, testing, and deployment workflows, and helping to design, build, and deploy cutting-edge agricultural and industrial autonomous robots. 

We are looking for a teammate who shares our enthusiasm for working with collaborative robots made to handle the tedious and physically demanding parts of agricultural work, has a passion for delivering a high-quality end-to-end user experience, and maintains a collaborative attitude that supports and uplifts everyone they work with.

• Conduct thorough testing of C++ and Python robotics software applications, including functional, regression, integration, performance, acceptance, and stress testing on amd64 robotic platforms in both simulated and real-world environments.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts to validate software functionality and performance across robotic systems, including embedded software, and cloud-based services.
• Design and implement automated ROS-based testing frameworks for both hardware and software components.
• Drive the integration of QA processes into continuous integration, deployment, and testing (CI/CD/CT) pipelines, ensuring consistency and reliability.
• Build and maintain internal tools and dashboards to monitor the health and performance of testing systems, collaborating with the DevOps team on shared monitoring infrastructure to provide critical insights.
• Identify, document, and track software defects and bugs, working closely with development teams for efficient resolution.
• Support field testing and validation of autonomous systems in agricultural and industrial settings.
• Collaborate effectively with engineering, product, and other cross-functional teams to understand product requirements and specifications, to define and validate user acceptance criteria, and to provide timely feedback.
• Advocate for overall product quality and promote best practices across the engineering organization.
• Conduct periodic on-site physical testing of robots (a few days per month), involving physical activity and requiring year-round presence at both the Philadelphia office and the outdoor Phoenixville test farm. Serve as backup for the User Acceptance Technician as needed.

• Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or test engineering, preferably in robotics, embedded systems, or autonomous systems.
• Strong experience designing and implementing software testing methodologies, including unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing.
• Familiarity with robotic simulation tools such as Gazebo or similar.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and a keen attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within a dynamic team environment.
• Proficiency in Python or C++ for test automation and scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
• Familiarity with Linux-based development environments.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).

• Desired Qualifications:
• Familiarity with ROS (Robot Operating System) or similar robotics middleware.
• Experience robustly testing robotic software systems in simulation and data-replay settings that may not be deterministic.
• Experience testing hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) systems.
• Knowledge of computer vision and machine learning testing practices.
• Familiarity with safety standards and compliance testing for autonomous systems.
• A background in agricultural technology, industrial automation, or outdoor robotics.

• Competitive compensation and benefits package (medical/dental/vision)
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Early-stage equity
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave

RECRUITERS: We are not accepting agency resumes for this position. Please do not forward or submit resumes through our website or to any of our employees directly. Burro is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.