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title: 'Test Systems Engineer at Dexmate'
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# Test Systems Engineer at Dexmate

- **Company:** Dexmate
- **Location:** Fremont, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/dexmate/8d24ff24-0109-40bb-86b3-0161c913a539

## Job description

## About Dexmate

Dexmate is building the foundation for physical AI — combining a new generation of robots with a universal Physical AI OS, making robots as easy to build and deploy as software. Today, robotics is fragmented, slow, and closed: most builders are forced to reinvent the same stack again and again, and most ideas never make it past the prototype stage. We exist to change that. Our mission is to democratize robotics by lowering the barrier to entry, delivering a plug-and-play platform for developers, researchers, and enterprises, and cultivating an open ecosystem that accelerates the evolution of physical AI. If you want to help shape the next layer of human capability — and believe the future of robotics should be built together, not in isolation — we'd love to build it with you.

## The Role

We are looking for Test Systems Engineers to build the machines that test our robots and to keep our new test lab running. You will design automated test rigs, data logging, and dashboards so durability tests can run around the clock, and you will run whole-robot functional and working-condition tests that reflect how customers actually use our robots. You are the force multiplier: the more you automate, the more the team can test.

## Responsibilities

- Design, build, and maintain automated test stations and rigs combining mechanical fixtures, motors, sensors, PLCs or microcontrollers, and software
- Build data acquisition and logging systems, and dashboards that track test status and results across all test stations
- Automate long-duration durability and duty-cycle tests to run unattended overnight and on weekends, with alerts and automatic shutdown on failure — scaling to dozens of modules on test in parallel
- Qualify every test station for accuracy, repeatability, and stability before its data is trusted
- Design simple interface boards and harnesses for test setups, and work with equipment suppliers on custom stations
- Run whole-robot functional tests: mobility, manipulation, payload, terrain, and continuous operation
- Develop and run working-condition tests based on real customer scenarios and environments
- Assemble, configure, and prepare robots and subsystems for testing
- Keep the lab running: equipment setup and calibration, spare parts and inventory, and lab safety (battery handling, robot motion safety zones)
- Support mechanical and electrical test engineers in executing their test plans

## Minimum Qualifications

- BS in Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electrical, or Robotics Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience
- 3+ years building test equipment, automation, or robotic systems
- Proficiency in Python for automation and data handling, and comfort with Linux command line
- Hands-on experience with sensors, motors, and DAQ or PLC systems
- Comfortable with mechanical assembly, wiring, and basic fabrication
- Strong troubleshooting skills across mechanical, electrical, and software

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with ROS/ROS 2 or robot middleware
- Experience building test dashboards and databases
- Background in robotics competitions, makerspaces, or building robots end-to-end
- Experience running a hardware lab, including equipment calibration and safety programs

## About Dexmate

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Dexmate builds general-purpose robots with manipulation capabilities, integrating custom hardware with AI models for robotic operation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed Stage)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Tao Chen (Co-Founder, CEO), Yuzhe Qin (Co-Founder, CTO), Chongyang Wang (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Robotics Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Automation
- Target customers: B2B (enterprise, logistics, manufacturing, and research organizations)
- Mission or purpose statement: "Building tomorrow's intelligence and automation."

## Products & Services
- **[Vega]**: A general-purpose mobile robot with high-payload arms, dexterous hands, a foldable torso, and an omnidirectional base. The robot is powered by custom-built hardware integrated with AI models for physical robotic operation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding raised via a Seed Round (closed ~March 2026) with participation from LG Technology Ventures as a lead investor.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: LG Technology Ventures (lead investor), LG CNS (strategic partner for building Physical AI infrastructure for smart logistics).
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew +328.6% year-over-year (from ~4 to 18 employees). LinkedIn followers grew +67.8% yearly. In April 2026, launched the "Dexmate Build with Vega U Research Grant Program," selecting six research teams to receive a Vega robot. Strong hiring momentum with 11 active job postings as of mid-2026.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated Hardware + AI Stack**: Designs custom high-payload arms, dexterous hands, and omnidirectional bases specifically for AI-driven manipulation, creating a tight hardware-software moat.
- **Physical AI Focus**: Differentiating by building "Physical AI" that moves beyond lab settings into real-world logistics and manufacturing, as evidenced by the partnership with LG CNS.
- **Rapid Scaling**: Demonstrated ability to grow headcount and attract top-tier talent from institutions like Carnegie Mellon University, UC San Diego, and companies like NVIDIA and Bosch.

## Strategic Focus
- **Physical AI Infrastructure**: Partnering with LG CNS to build the infrastructure that enables Physical AI to operate in smart logistics and manufacturing environments.
- **Research & Ecosystem**: Grant programs to seed the research community with Vega robots, driving platform adoption and innovation.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across engineering (AI, robotics, embedded systems), design, product management, and business development to scale the team.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge general-purpose robotics and Physical AI, moving technology from labs to real-world impact.
- **Engineering-Heavy Culture**: 60% of employees are in technical roles (AI, robotics, software, hardware), with a strong emphasis on hands-on building.
- **Fast-Growing Startup**: ~328% headcount growth in one year, indicating high trajectory and opportunity for early employees to have outsized impact.
- **Location**: HQ in Santa Clara, CA (Silicon Valley), with an in-office work policy (on-site workspace).
- **Compensation**: Engineering roles list salary ranges like $100K–$300K, competitive for the robotics/AI space.
- **Notable Culture Signals**: "Build with us" hiring language, active LinkedIn community (4,273 followers), and a focus on "smile, reach out, and instantly connect" suggests a collaborative, builder-oriented environment.

## Sources
1. [dexmate.ai](https://www.dexmate.ai/)
2. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/dexmate](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/dexmate)
3. [builtin.com/company/dexmate](https://builtin.com/company/dexmate)
4. [craft.co/dexmate](https://craft.co/dexmate)
5. [linkedin.com/company/dexmate](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dexmate)

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