# Manual QA Tester (Contract 3+ months) at Standard Bots

Manual QA Tester (Contract 3+ months) at Standard Bots in Glen Cove, NY. Full-time, paying $25–$30/hr. Posted September 18, 2026.

- Company: Standard Bots
- Location: Glen Cove, NY
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $25–$30/hr
- Experience: 2+ years
- Posted: 2026-09-18
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/standardbots/87c9fcc2-a779-48df-aa37-f4838d201dee/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/manual-qa-tester-contract-3-months-standard-bots-a3rw1t

## Description

### What You'll Do

We're looking for a sharp, methodical manual tester to add dedicated manual-testing capacity to the QA org during a busy stretch of releases. You'll run structured manual and exploratory test passes across Standard Bots' software — the robot control apps, teach pendant, and core workflows — execute regression every release, and file clean, well-documented bugs. Because our software drives physical 6-axis robots, a bug isn't just a UI glitch; it can move real hardware. Careful, observant testing is the whole job.
This is a contract role (roughly 3 months, with the option to extend). It's a strong fit for an experienced manual tester who is disciplined, hardware-curious, and writes crisp reproduction steps.

### Responsibilities

- Execute manual regression and smoke passes across software releases — on the product UI and on real robots — to catch regressions before they reach customers.

- Run broad exploratory testing across complex robotic workflows: probe edge cases, unusual sequences, and the failure modes scripted tests miss.

- Write and maintain clear, repeatable manual test cases in our test-management tool (Qase), and keep them current as features ship.

- File high-quality bug reports with precise reproduction steps, system state, logs, and firmware/build versions, so engineers can act without back-and-forth.

- Partner with SDETs and Systems Test Engineers to reproduce and isolate defects, and surface the coverage gaps you find along the way.

- Support release QA, including gated test runs and release-candidate validation, and report results clearly.

- Perform basic recovery on test hardware (re-home, reset) to keep test cells available.

### Skills You'll Bring

- **Manual Testing Foundation:** 2+ years of hands-on manual QA experience, with strong test-case design and disciplined, repeatable execution.

- **Exploratory Instincts:** A knack for breaking things — you find the failure modes no one thought to script.

- **Clear Bug Reporting:** Excellent written communication. You capture the state, logs, and steps needed to reproduce, not just a screenshot.

- **Hardware Curiosity:** Comfortable testing a product where software controls physical hardware, and aware that software bugs have physical consequences.

- **Tooling Comfort:** At home in Linux/CLI environments and with test-management tools (Qase or similar); basic scripting is a plus.

- **Methodical & Reliable:** You follow procedures precisely, notice when something is off, and chase it down.

### Who You Are

A detail-oriented, self-driven tester who takes pride in catching what everyone else misses. You're comfortable around hardware, communicate clearly, and thrive in a fast-moving release cycle. No robotics background required.

### Nice To Have

- Experience testing products where software controls physical hardware (robots, EVs, drones, medical devices, appliances)

- Familiarity with test-management tools (Qase, TestRail) and bug trackers (Asana, Jira)

- Basic scripting (Python, Bash) or CLI comfort for log parsing and data extraction

- Exposure to robotic systems (6-axis arms, collaborative robots) or hardware-in-the-loop testing

- Familiarity with network protocols (SSH, HTTP)