Senior Robotics Manual QA Engineer

Overview

Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter. Axon is an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email

Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.

Your Impact

The Axon SkyHero Firmware team in the Robotics New Ventures Pillar supports critical Drone offerings for Special Forces and Law Enforcement. These Drones work together harmoniously to provide Tactical Reconnaissance and Advantage during critical and stressful missions. Both aerial and ground robots are developed. We are actively working on disruptive innovative next-generation Drone technology that we believe will advance our mission to Protect Life.

The SkyHero Firmware team is a key team responsible for drone integration, owning the lower-level middleware on a powerful Embedded Linux System-on-Chip and the Flight Controller. All firmware aspects related to flying are handled by this team, which collaborates closely with an adjacent team of Controls and Vision Engineers.

What You’ll Do

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Reports to: Robotics Firmware Engineering Manager

1. Be part of a high-performing team that designs and develops game-changing Robotics products to Protect Life
2. Derive and write comprehensive Test Plans and Test Cases while thinking critically about customer workflows and edge cases
3. Leverage Jira and Zephyr to keep work organized and team aligned on bug triage
4. Work with engineers to understand flight tuning outcomes and physically fly and drive drones to verify expected behaviors
5. Turn subjective flight and driving drone behavior into evidence-driven, repeatable tests
6. Own flight/ground test execution in Brussels, including test setup, runbooks, evidence capture (logs, video), and repeatability
7. Be an integral part of the team and help drive the Release Calendar and Go/No-Go decisions from a quality perspective
8. Execute test cases for major releases, identify regressions, and communicate clearly repro steps to engineers
9. Use AI tooling to assist in writing test scripts and rudimentary automation workflows
10. Be a team player, mentor, strong communicator and support the team when needed
11. Perform exploratory and chaos testing on the drone ecosystem to help engineers Look Around Corners
12. Help track and identify drone product metrics ensuring consistency of operation over releases
13. 2–4 trips per year (1 week each) to USA or Finland for team integration events during critical release gates
14. Operate effectively across time zones with high-quality written updates, clean handoffs, and crisp defect artifacts

What You Bring

While all candidates will be considered, those with proven QA experience on hardware–software products will be prioritized. Prior drone and robotics experience is desirable but not required.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited University
• Minimum 7+ years of industry experience in Quality Assurance on complex products
• Strong technical writing skills
• Familiarity with software tools, command-line interfaces, and loading firmware binaries
• Strong English speaking fluency
• French or Dutch speaking is a plus
• Basic functional coding knowledge in a leading scripting language (e.g., Python)
• Comfortable on Embedded Linux and command-line interfaces (e.g., flash builds, collect logs, basic networking)
• Familiarity with Git or a similar source code control system
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems
• Demonstrable experience with UAV ecosystems is a plus
• Experience flying Drones; possession of any pilot’s license is a plus
• Experience scripting simple autonomous flight paths with common UAV frameworks is a plus
• Awareness of UAV or Robotics frameworks (e.g., PX4, ArduPilot, Betaflight, ROS) is a plus
• Alignment to Axon’s Mission and willingness to work near Conductive Energy Weapons (CEW)

Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s okay. We aim high and encourage applicants who are excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life. We are committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Important Notes: The above job description is not exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, or working conditions and may change at any time. Some roles may require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment. We collect personal information from applicants to evaluate candidates for employment. You may request access or deletion of your data at or via our Axon Privacy Web Form. Axon is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity and inclusion. If you require accommodations during the application process, please email This email is for accommodation requests only.