Our Tokyo Engineering team is rapidly scaling to meet the evolving needs of enterprise customers — from a handful of robots to large fleets operating in live warehouses. We build next-generation logistics automation solutions powered by rapyuta.io, our cloud robotics platform. As a Quality Assurance Architect, you will architect and own the entire QA ecosystem — spanning test strategy, infrastructure, automation, CI/CD integration, and quality governance across multiple agile teams. You will work hands-on with real and simulated robots, define scalable testing frameworks, and lead initiatives to embed quality into every stage of the product lifecycle. This is a strategic, high-impact role for a QA professional who thrives in fast-evolving environments and can bring together software, hardware, and systems-level quality engineering into a unified pipeline. Key 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. RequirementsMinimum Qualifications 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. Preferred Qualifications 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.
Our Tokyo Engineering team is rapidly scaling to meet the evolving needs of enterprise customers — from a handful of robots to large fleets operating in live warehouses. We build next-generation logistics automation solutions powered by rapyuta.io, our cloud robotics platform.
As a Quality Assurance Architect, you will architect and own the entire QA ecosystem — spanning test strategy, infrastructure, automation, CI/CD integration, and quality governance across multiple agile teams. You will work hands-on with real and simulated robots, define scalable testing frameworks, and lead initiatives to embed quality into every stage of the product lifecycle.
This is a strategic, high-impact role for a QA professional who thrives in fast-evolving environments and can bring together software, hardware, and systems-level quality engineering into a unified pipeline.
Key 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
Minimum Qualifications
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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.
Rapyuta Robotics is a young technology startup with offices in Japan and India with long term ambitions to develop a cloud robotics platform that will become the backbone of a new technology hub that unites hardware developers, software developers, businesses and end-users alike.
Rapyuta Robotics is a young technology startup with offices in Japan and India with long term ambitions to develop a cloud robotics platform that will become the backbone of a new technology hub that unites hardware developers, software developers, businesses and end-users alike.
