Quality Assurance Architect - Robotics & Automation

**About the company:** Rapyuta Robotics Koto-ku, Tokyo Building low­ cost, lightweight autonomous mobile robots with high-level intelligence distributed in the cloud, and enabling such robots to offload some of their heavy computation and seamlessly learn and share experiences with one another. **Responsibilities:** Collaborate with Product Managers, System Architects, and Agile teams to ensure quality gates across all stages of release. Define and implement an end-to-end QA strategy covering simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), API, integration, and field-level testing. Build and maintain test automation frameworks (Python/C++/ROS ecosystem) integrated with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.). Design, review, and optimize test plans, test cases, and acceptance criteria in alignment with agile development processes. Set up automated regression, load, and performance testing suites for robotics systems and APIs. Mentor QA and development teams in testing best practices, metrics, and continuous improvement. Drive defect triage and root-cause analysis to prevent recurrence and ensure traceability. Contribute to process maturity and tooling roadmap for organization-wide QA scalability. Requirements 5+ years of progressive experience in software quality assurance or test automation, with at least 2 years in a lead or architect role. Experience leading, mentoring QA engineers and driving quality best practices across teams. Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent. Understanding of system-level validation, including integration across multiple components (firmware, middleware, UI, APIs). Solid grounding in Agile and DevOps methodologies. Deep understanding of Linux environments, version control (Git), and modern CI/CD pipelines. Proven ability to design scalable automation architectures and implement reusable QA libraries. Strong expertise in Python testing frameworks (e.g., Pytest, Robot Framework). Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills. Nice to haves While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following. Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud-based testing. Experience in performance and reliability testing for distributed systems. ISTQB certification or equivalent QA credentials. Japanese language proficiency is a plus. APPLY FOR THIS POSITION DO YOU NEED MORE INFO? ASK A QUESTION About Rapyuta Robotics Rapyuta Robotics Koto-ku, Tokyo Building low­ cost, lightweight autonomous mobile robots with high-level intelligence distributed in the cloud, and enabling such robots to offload some of their heavy computation and seamlessly learn and share experiences with one another. Key benefits Open, inclusive, safe environment There's always something to learn Relocation support Read more More jobs like this We'll send you a digest of new English-friendly software developer jobs in Japan. Your email stays private, we don't share or sell it. Apply for this position × I have a favour to ask. When you apply to Rapyuta Robotics, please tell them that you heard about the position on TokyoDev . This helps to keep this job board sustainable, so I'd be grateful for your support with this. - Paul, Founder of TokyoDev Continue applying © 2026 Privacy Policy **Requirements:** 5+ years of progressive experience in software quality assurance or test automation, with at least 2 years in a lead or architect role. Experience leading, mentoring QA engineers and driving quality best practices across teams. Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent. Understanding of system-level validation, including integration across multiple components (firmware, middleware, UI, APIs). Solid grounding in Agile and DevOps methodologies. Deep understanding of Linux environments, version control (Git), and modern CI/CD pipelines. Proven ability to design scalable automation architectures and implement reusable QA libraries. Strong expertise in Python testing frameworks (e.g., Pytest, Robot Framework). Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills. **Nice to have:** While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following. Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud-based testing. Experience in performance and reliability testing for distributed systems. ISTQB certification or equivalent QA credentials. Japanese language proficiency is a plus. APPLY FOR THIS POSITION DO YOU NEED MORE INFO? ASK A QUESTION About Rapyuta Robotics Rapyuta Robotics Koto-ku, Tokyo Building low­ cost, lightweight autonomous mobile robots with high-level intelligence distributed in the cloud, and enabling such robots to offload some of their heavy computation and seamlessly learn and share experiences with one another. Key benefits Open, inclusive, safe environment There's always something to learn Relocation support Read more More jobs like this We'll send you a digest of new English-friendly software developer jobs in Japan. Your email stays private, we don't share or sell it. Apply for this position × I have a favour to ask. When you apply to Rapyuta Robotics, please tell them that you heard about the position on TokyoDev . This helps to keep this job board sustainable, so I'd be grateful for your support with this. - Paul, Founder of TokyoDev Continue applying © 2026 Privacy Policy