# Senior Software Engineer I/II, Test Robotics at Lila Sciences

- Company: Lila Sciences
- What the company does: LILA has created the world's first Operating System for Science powered by Scientific Superintelligence™. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://www.lila.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Cambridge, MA USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lilasciences/jobs/4332043009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lila-sciences-senior-software-engineer-i-ii-test-robotics/

## About the role

You will steward Verification & Validation and software quality for our autonomous labs, where software meets real robotics hardware. On the Independent Verification & Validation team, you'll build the V&V, Hardware-in-the-Loop, and UI testing that lets us ship fast without breaking the lab, partnering with platform, simulation, and human-factors engineers to catch failures in test rather than on the bench.

## What they're looking for

- Test/QA automation depth: 4–8 years in software test or QA automation for complex, integrated systems
- Automation in Python: hands-on with pytest and a modern UI framework (Playwright), front-end unit testing (Vitest/Jest) a plus
- V&V and test strategy: defining test plans and V&V processes, and reasoning about what to test at which layer
- CI/CD integration: embedding tests into pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar) and keeping them fast and stable
- Integration & HIL mindset: testing across service, UI, and hardware boundaries, including nondeterministic behavior
- Cross-functional communication: working alongside platform and simulation engineers and communicating risk clearly

Tags: Robotics