# Quality Assurance Architect - Robotics & Automation

**Company:** [Rapyuta Robotics](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/7QCFUb57tQ7S2jf6d1oS2V.md)
**Location:** Tokyo, Japan
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Engineering

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## Description

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.