QA Lead, Robotics

Dyna Robotics
Redwood City
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Mentoring","Recruiting","Team building"]

Lead the QA function for Dyna Robotics’ full stack, from cloud inference servers to Linux-based IoT devices on the factory floor. Hire and mentor a QA team, define testing standards, drive AI-assisted test design, and balance automation with real-hardware validation across robotics, ML, and infrastructure teams to ensure scalable, high-quality releases.

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Dyna Robotics
Dyna Robotics
5 months ago

QA Lead, Robotics

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Job Summary

Lead the QA function for Dyna Robotics’ full stack, from cloud inference servers to Linux-based IoT devices on the factory floor. Hire and mentor a QA team, define testing standards, drive AI-assisted test design, and balance automation with real-hardware validation across robotics, ML, and infrastructure teams to ensure scalable, high-quality releases.
Location: Redwood City
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Hire, develop, and retain a QA team; provide career development and feedback; delegate ownership to grow engineers; monitor team energy to prevent burnout; drive recruiting and foster psychological safety.
  • •Own the QA strategy and roadmap; align priorities with company vision; translate quality risks into business impact; drive alignment across robotics, ML, and infrastructure teams.
  • •Build and maintain scalable automated test frameworks across robot software, cloud, and edge devices; expand CI coverage and shift testing left.
  • •Own and automate release checklists (inference server, station-side deployment); run A/B testing for robotic tasks to measure success rates and latency; perform manual validation where automation is not feasible.
  • •Use Datadog and Grafana to track system health, identify performance regressions, and maintain observability across production environments.

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years in QA, SRE, or Robotics Engineering with hands-on experience testing real hardware systems (not purely software/simulation)
  • •2+ years in a team lead or management role
  • •Proficiency in Python; comfortable navigating build systems, running test pipelines, and debugging failures across the stack
  • •Strong Linux administration skills and experience with IoT/edge device deployments
  • •Familiarity with automated testing frameworks, AI/ML testing techniques, simulation (Gazebo, MuJoCo), and CI/CD tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience:7+ yearsRoboticsAIIoTEdge computing
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Robotics
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationMentoringRecruitingTeam building
Tech Stack:PythonLinuxIoTDockerKubernetesDatadogGrafanaGazeboMuJoCo

Company Brief

Dyna Robotics
Develops embodied-AI powered robotic arms and foundation models (DYNA-1) to automate repetitive, stationary tasks across hotels, restaurants, laundromats and retail. Focuses on affordable, deployable robots that generalize across environments and improve with on‑device learning.
Industry: Robotics
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 500M to 1B
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: Redwood City, United States
Founded: 2024
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