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# System Test Engineer - Humanoid (human) at Neura Robotics

- **Company:** [Neura Robotics](https://feeny.ai/companies/neura-robotics)
- **Location:** Zurich, Switzerland
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-07-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/neura-robotics-gmbh/8130f59d-a3c0-47ec-85df-b5c685c69d73

## Job description

Join NEURA Robotics and take ownership of system-level testing and verification for 4NE1, our humanoid robot. You will be responsible for ensuring that complex interactions between mechanics, actuators, software, controls, and embedded systems are thoroughly validated before release.

Unlike a traditional electrical or mechanical test role, this position focuses on the overall system behavior, reliability, robustness, and verification strategy of a humanoid robot. You will help establish and continuously improve our testing and quality control methodology, define scalable verification processes, and contribute to the development of internal testing frameworks and infrastructure.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building test systems, creating structured validation processes, and translating real-world robot usage into meaningful verification activities.

## YOUR MISSION & CHALLENGES

System Validation & Test Strategy

- Own the overall verification and validation strategy for 4NE1 across component, subsystem, and full-system levels
- Define and maintain test plans, coverage, acceptance criteria, and release readiness processes
- Derive test cases from system requirements and ensure traceability throughout the development lifecycle
- Collaborate with mechanical, software, controls, autonomy, and safety teams to ensure comprehensive system validation
- Provide objective release recommendations based on test evidence and risk assessments

Quality Control & Test Process Development

- Design and continuously improve quality control procedures for robot testing during development and production
- Define scalable test workflows, reporting standards, failure classification schemes, and verification processes
- Establish testing best practices that can be applied consistently across future platform generations
- Drive improvements in test efficiency, repeatability, and automation

Test Execution & Failure Analysis

- Plan and execute functional, endurance, environmental, reliability, and integration testing
- Validate robotic subsystems such as actuators, joints, gearboxes, sensors, control systems, and complete robot assemblies
- Perform thermal, endurance, motion, vibration, and robustness testing where applicable
- Investigate failures and drive root-cause analysis together with development teams
- Analyze test data and generate actionable recommendations for hardware and software improvements

Test Infrastructure & Automation

- Build, maintain, and improve test rigs and validation environments
- Develop automated test procedures and data collection pipelines
- Contribute to and expand internal test infrastructure, including repositories such as:
- AwesomeConfig
- MotionFaster
- DriveTestBench
- Support CI/CD-based validation workflows and automated regression testing where applicable
- Help define the future testing architecture for humanoid robot development and manufacturing

## WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO

- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Systems Engineering, or a related field
- Several years of experience testing complex mechatronic or robotic systems
- Experience owning verification, validation, or system testing activities across multiple disciplines
- Strong understanding of system-level interactions between hardware, actuators, sensors, software, and controls
- Structured, hands-on, and documentation-driven approach to engineering
- Ability to move between detailed technical investigations and broader system-level implications
- Experience testing complex robotic, mechatronic, automotive, aerospace, industrial automation, or similar systems
- Experience creating test strategies, test plans, and test cases from requirements
- Root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of multidisciplinary system failures
- Experience with test automation using Python or similar scripting languages
- Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and modern development workflows
- Requirements traceability tools (e.g., Jira, Polarion, DOORS, or similar)
- Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills
- Hands-on experience with test rigs, instrumentation, data acquisition, or validation environments

## NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

- Experience testing humanoid robots, mobile robots, manipulators, or other complex robotic systems
- ROS / ROS2 experience
- Familiarity with actuators, gearboxes, motion control systems, and robotic drivetrains
- Experience contributing to internal testing frameworks and developer tooling
- Data analysis using Pandas, Grafana, InfluxDB, or similar tools
- CI/CD validation pipelines and automated regression testing
- Simulation environments (Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MATLAB/Simulink, etc.)
- Functional safety awareness (ISO 13849, IEC 61508, IEC 62061)
- Environmental, endurance, vibration, or reliability testing experience
- Basic understanding of embedded systems and communication protocols such as CAN, EtherCAT, or Ethernet

## About Neura Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: NEURA Robotics develops cognitive robots that see, hear, feel, and learn, designed to work alongside humans in industrial, service, and household settings.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C — raised up to $1.4 billion as of 2025/2026)
- **Headquarters**: Metzingen, Germany (with offices in Bielefeld and Munich, and US locations in preparation)
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: David Reger

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Cognitive Robotics, Humanoid Robotics, Industrial Automation, AI
- **Target customers**: B2B (industrial clients, integrators, strategic partners); also B2C via household robots like MiPA
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We serve humanity by creating robots that give people back their time for what matters most. Our mission is to expand human potential through cognitive robotics that work safely alongside us."

## Products & Services
- **4NE1**: Production-ready humanoid robot designed for industrial workflows and everyday assistance, powered by proprietary AI (AURA). Built for mass production.
- **MAiRA (Multi-sensing Intelligent Robotic Assistant)**: The world's first cognitive robot arm — a collaborative robot that senses, responds, and adapts.
- **LARA (Lightweight Agile Robotic Assistant)**: Collaborative industrial robot for agile, lightweight automation tasks.
- **MiPA (My Intelligent Personal Assistant)**: Humanoid service and household robot for home assistance.
- **MAV (Multisensing Autonomous Vehicle)**: Mobile transport robot for logistics and material handling.
- **NEURA OmniSensor**: Proprietary sensor technology enabling robots to perceive their environment.
- **Neuraverse**: A global platform connecting robots, developers, and partners into a shared intelligence network where every deployment makes each robot smarter. Also serves as a marketplace for robotics applications.
- **NEURA Gyms**: Real-world training facilities where robots learn complex tasks in controlled environments to generate high-quality data for AI model validation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total investment >€100 million in 2023; Series C up to $1.4 billion (2025/2026); 2024 revenue in mid-double-digit million euros; 2025 target: triple-digit million euros
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lingotto Investment Management, BlueCrest Capital Management, InterAlpen Partners, Vsquared Ventures, HV Capital, Delta Electronics, C4 Ventures, Primepulse, L-Bank, Volvo Cars Tech Fund. Strategic partners include Qualcomm, Bosch, Schaeffler, NVIDIA, and AWS.
- **Growth Signals**: Over 1,400 employees from more than 45 countries (up from 300+ in 2024). Four of the world's ten largest robotics companies use NEURA's technology under their own brand. Deployed across Europe, US, China, and Japan. Europe's first production-ready humanoid robot (4NE1) launched.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full vertical integration**: Develops all software, hardware, and platform technologies in-house, giving full control over performance, safety, and reliability.
- **Cognitive robotics pioneer**: Coined the term "cognitive robotics" — robots that perceive, learn, and adapt in real-time, unlike traditional industrial robots.
- **Neuraverse platform**: World's first platform connecting cognitive robots into a shared intelligence network, creating a data moat as every deployment improves all robots.
- **White-label partnerships**: Four of the top 10 global robotics companies OEM NEURA's technology, creating deep industry lock-in.
- **Diverse product range**: From collaborative robot arms (MAiRA, LARA) to humanoids (4NE1, MiPA) and autonomous vehicles (MAV), covering industrial, service, and household use cases.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling production**: Rapidly scaling robot production to meet growing demand, with Europe's first production-ready humanoid robot.
- **Expanding the Neuraverse**: Building the world's largest repository of real-world robotics data through shared learning across all deployed robots.
- **Global expansion**: Establishing US operations and strengthening presence in Japan and China.
- **B2B platform strategy**: Moving beyond hardware to become a platform company via the Neuraverse marketplace and NEURA Gyms.
- **Partnership ecosystem**: Deepening relationships with strategic partners like Bosch, Schaeffler, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, and AWS.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Passion for Winning" — achievement-driven, self-responsible culture with flat hierarchies. Values include trust, honesty, speed, and "We Are Human" (people at the heart of everything).
- **Flexibility**: Flexible working hours, 30 days of vacation, and a hybrid-friendly environment.
- **Team**: Over 1,400 employees from more than 45 countries — highly skilled, international team of experts.
- **Growth & Development**: Support for personal and professional growth via Udemy training platform and more.
- **Compensation**: Competitive salary package with exclusive employee discounts.
- **Perks**: Summer parties, company town hall meetings, and regular team celebrations.
- **Impact**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cognitive robotics and AI that directly addresses labor shortages and makes a meaningful societal impact.
- **Diversity**: Explicitly welcomes applications from all backgrounds, emphasizing building a team that reflects the world.
- **Application Process**: Fast — initial feedback within a few days, interviews scheduled within two weeks.

## Sources
1. [neura-robotics.com](https://neura-robotics.com/)
2. [press.neura-robotics.com](https://press.neura-robotics.com/factsheet-neura-robotics-en/)
3. [neura-robotics.com/company-about-us](https://neura-robotics.com/company-about-us/)
4. [jobs.neura-robotics.com](https://jobs.neura-robotics.com/)
5. [neura-robotics.com/press](https://neura-robotics.com/press/)

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