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You'll write the tools, scripts, and systems used to run tests, collect data, and measure performance over time, and you'll set the technical direction and priorities the rest of the team works against.\r\nThis is a hands-on role first. You'll still be in the code, building practical internal tools and working closely with hardware and test teams. The managerial side is about multiplying the team's output: setting priorities, unblocking people, and owning how testing gets executed across the company.\r\nThis role is based in San Francisco, CA. We're an in-person company. We build faster that way.\r\nIn this role, you'll Build\r\nBuild software tools and infrastructure to support robot testing and evaluation\r\nWrite scripts and test workflows for repeatable execution across hardware and software systems\r\nSupport benchmarking for teleoperation, robot behavior, and AI policy performance\r\nHelp collect, organize, and analyze test data\r\nImprove reliability, automation, and usability of internal test systems\r\nLead\r\nSet priorities and technical direction for the test team\r\nCoordinate day-to-day test execution across hardware and software work\r\nUnblock the team and keep evaluation, demo, and deployment work moving\r\nWork closely with test technicians, mechanical designers, and robotics engineers to support test execution\r\nGrow the team and its infrastructure as testing scales toward larger environments and pilot deployments\r\nWe're looking for someone who Has strong software engineering fundamentals\r\nCan build clean, practical tools for internal technical users\r\nIs comfortable working close to hardware and debugging system-level issues\r\nCan write reliable scripts and automation for repeatable testing\r\nCan set direction for a team and keep multiple workstreams moving in parallel\r\nCommunicates clearly and works well across software, hardware, and test teams\r\nThrives in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment\r\nNice to have Experience leading a team or owning a technical workstream end to end\r\nExperience with robotics, hardware systems, or embedded-adjacent tooling\r\nExperience building test infrastructure, internal tools, or evaluation frameworks\r\nExperience with data logging, experiment tracking, or result analysis\r\nFamiliarity with Python and common robotics or automation workflows\r\nAbout Droyd Droyd builds autonomous robotic systems to automate manual work for enterprises. 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