Robotics Test & Debug Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 29, 2026. Tutor Intelligence scores A on the Alion truth index.
About Tutor
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.
The Role
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.
What You'll Own
- 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
Your First Year
- 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
What You Bring
- 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
Nice to Have
- 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