Test validation engineer

Robotics Validation & Test Engineering Coordinator

At Yamabiko Europe, our mission is to create the bridge that bonds people and nature with the future. We provide innovative solutions for robotized mowing technologies and outdoor power equipment (OPE).

To grow further, address new markets and better serve our customers, we are looking for a Robotics Validation & Test Engineering Coordinator to join our R&D Team, based in Wavre, Belgium.

Your role

As Test Coordinator Robotics, you will coordinate the validation and field-testing activities of our autonomous outdoor robots. You will play a key role in ensuring that our robotic platforms, embedded software, and connected services are reliable, safe, and ready for deployment in real operating conditions.

Working closely with software, mechanical, electronics, systems engineering, and validation teams, you will translate project needs into structured test campaigns and ensure effective coordination from planning through execution and reporting.

Your main responsibilities will include:

Planning and coordinating test campaigns

• Translate test requests into structured test plans with clear objectives, scope, priorities, and expected outcomes.
• Assign test activities to the appropriate robots, test benches, and test fields, including R&D alpha testing and customer beta testing.
• Coordinate the preparation, shipment, installation, and readiness of test machines.

Supporting test execution and follow-up

• Build and maintain test planning aligned with project milestones and development priorities.
• Execute sprint planning, daily follow-up meetings, and coordination with test technicians.
• Coordinate regular follow-up with beta customers in Belgium and abroad.
• Monitor test progress and report results, risks, issues, and feedback to project stakeholders.
• Define and maintain structured validation documentation.

Managing test infrastructure and resources

• Ensure the availability, maintenance, and proper use of the robot test fleet, test benches, and related equipment.
• Identify, secure, and maintain suitable R&D test fields to support current and future validation needs.

Driving continuous improvement

• Improve the efficiency, structure, and repeatability of validation activities.
• Optimise the use of test machines, test benches, and fields to support effective resource planning.
• Contribute to the standardisation of test methodologies, reporting practices, templates, and supporting tools.

Your profile

Background and experience

• You hold a Master’s degree in Engineering, preferably in mechanical, systems, or a related engineering discipline;
• You have experience in mechatronics, ideally within robotics, automotive, medical devices, railway, or another complex technical environment;
• You bring relevant experience (min. 5 years) in a similar coordination, validation, testing, or engineering role.

Technical profile

• You have a strong background in test planning, validation, and coordination of technical activities;
• You combine broad engineering knowledge across mechanics, electronics, software, telecommunications, and sensors with a solid understanding of robotic system design, integration, and validation;
• An interest in outdoor robotics, GNSS-based systems, or mobile robots is considered a strong plus.

Mindset & personality

• You are a strong organiser who can manage priorities, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and keep activities on track;
• You take a solution-oriented and pragmatic approach to addressing engineering and validation challenges;
• You are an effective communicator both in oral and written form, able to share information clearly with technical teams, project stakeholders, and external partners and to generate structured test documentation;
• You have a hands-on mindset and are comfortable working close to the product, test environment, and field operations.

Languages

• You are proficient in English and able to work in French. Knowledge of Dutch, German, or Japanese is an asset.

Geographical scope

We encourage and support flexibility by enabling our employees to work from home for 2 days a week.

Easy reachable by car and public transportation, our office is located in Wavre, 25km south of Brussels.

What do we offer?

• A work-life balance
• An open and nice working atmosphere with colleagues working at a high level of expertise, striving altogether to achieve ambitious objectives
• Multiples trainings to strengthen your skills
• A truly international and multicultural environment

Our company

Yamabiko Europe (YE), a Belgian subsidiary of the globally recognized Yamabiko Corporation based in Japan, is at the forefront of delivering advanced outdoor power equipment and robotic mowing solutions.

With a significant presence in Europe, Yamabiko is expanding its influence in North America, Asia, and beyond. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Yamabiko is a trusted name in Outdoor Power Equipment, Agricultural Machinery, and Industrial Machinery.

What are our business activities ?

Robotic Mowers and Golf Ball Pickers

Belrobotics leads the global market in commercial-scale automatic lawn mowers for large areas. Our innovative designs cater to turf areas up to 75,000 m², providing efficient, reliable solutions for maintaining sports facilities, private gardens, and expansive open spaces.

As Yamabiko Europe extends, our robots are also sold under the brand ECHO Robotics on the North American and Asian market as well as some European countries.

Outdoor Power Equipment (OPE)

Our OPE department is committed to promoting both professional brands : ECHO and SHINDAIWA, across Europe and Africa. Our product range includes high-performance chainsaws for limbing, felling, and pruning trees; versatile trimmers and brush-cutters for grass cutting, mowing, and clearing; and powerful blowers for leaf and debris management.

Every day, we promote 5 values that are dear to us: integrity, excellence, team spirit, commitment and sustainability.

Join us as we continue to innovate and expand our offerings, delivering top-tier solutions to meet the diverse needs of our customers worldwide.

If you are interested in this challenging job opportunity, please, send your application to Sylvie Gérard, Talent Acquisition Manager at recruitment@yamabiko.eu.

Only selected candidates will be contacted. Head hunters, please, abstain !