USD 120,000–190,000 per year

Robotics Test & Debug Engineer

United StatesUnited States·WatertownFull-timemid
Other
0 views0 saves0 applied

Quick Summary

Overview

About Tutor We believe robots are the biggest lever we have to making the physical world a better, more affordable place.

Technical Tools
Other

We believe robots are the biggest lever we have to making the physical world a better, more affordable place. But robots are a rounding error in our society: nearly nine out of ten American factories and warehouses don’t even have a single robot, and robots have yet to make their way into our homes or places of business.

Tutor Intelligence is changing that.

Tutor is a robotics research and deployment company, building generally capable robot hardware and artificial intelligence to enable robots to go where no robots have gone before. Sonny is a semi-humanoid robot with frontier dexterity approaching the human form. Cassie does back-breaking work, moving boxes, pallets, and bulk goods for businesses from family-owned manufacturers to some of the largest brands in the world. Tutor robots are manufactured at scale and operate as a network, combining the whole fleet’s learned experience to train ever more capable robot artificial intelligence.

Founded at MIT and headquartered in Watertown, MA, our team is full stack: we design and manufacture robot hardware, train our own models, work directly with the smallest and largest end-customers, and maintain our fleet across the United States. We’re a team of researchers, engineers, technicians, operators, and sellers who love building things and solving hard problems.

Our mission is grand: robots everywhere, for the common good, raising the standard of living across North America, and then the world.

Sonny V2, our semi-humanoid robot, moves into production in early 2027 and ramps to 18 robots a day.

We're hiring a Robotics Test & Debug Engineer to make sure every Sonny that leaves our Watertown factory works.

You'll be the production team's first line of defense: when a robot fails, you find the root cause and fix it. You'll also build the test platforms that catch failures early.

  • Robot debug: take failing robots and subassemblies to root cause
  • First line of defense: resolve floor issues fast and escalate design problems with clear data
  • Bench testing: design subassembly fixtures and hardware-in-the-loop rigs
  • Factory acceptance testing: build the end-of-line test every Sonny passes before it ships
  • Test automation: write Python test sequences, with results logged to ION and Atlas
  • Closing the loop: turn recurring failures into new tests and process fixes
  • Bench tests live for Sonny's critical subassemblies before the 2027 ramp
  • An automated FAT that every Sonny passes, with results traced to serial number
  • Most floor issues resolved within Production Engineering, without an Engineering escalation
  • Recurring failures trending down month over month
  • BS in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer or Mechatronics Engineering
  • Hands-on root-cause debug of robots or electromechanical systems
  • You've built test fixtures, bench rigs or HIL systems that others used
  • Python for test automation and data analysis
  • Strong electrical skills: schematics, scopes, meters, CAN
  • Comfortable on the production floor, working alongside technicians
  • 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 (ION or similar)
  • Daily use of AI tools like Claude to build tools and analyze data
  • Whether you’re designing robots, closing deals, running deployments, or creating the processes that help us scale, your work doesn’t sit on a shelf. It shows up on real production floors, making physical work safer and more affordable.

    Our team of 160+ is driven by curiosity and a genuine love of building. Everyone here takes real ownership, learns fast, and holds a high bar while having each other’s backs. If you love hard problems and creating things that didn’t exist before, you’ll fit right in.

    Location & Eligibility

    Where is the job
    Watertown, United States
    On-site at the office
    Who can apply
    US

    About this job

    Pay per year
    $120,000–$190,000 a year
    128% above the $68,006 median for Other jobs on Jobera (130,114 salaries).
    Who can apply
    United States
    Posted
    Today
    Employer
    has 61 open jobs on Jobera.

    Listing Details

    Posted
    October 29, 2026
    First seen
    October 29, 2026
    Last seen
    October 29, 2026

    Posting Health

    Days active
    0
    Repost count
    0
    Trust Level
    79%
    Scored at
    October 29, 2026

    Signal breakdown

    freshnesssource trustcontent trustemployer trust
    Newsletter

    Stay ahead of the market

    Get the latest job openings, salary trends, and hiring insights delivered to your inbox every week.

    A
    B
    C
    D
    Join 12,000+ marketers

    No spam. Unsubscribe at any time.

    Robotics Test & Debug EngineerUSD 120,000–190,000 per year