Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer - Atlas

Boston Dynamics is looking for a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer to join our structures team. 

If you are a structural design expert with a passion for seeing your parts on high impact products, you will have an exciting opportunity to contribute significantly to transitioning our world class electric humanoid robot from R&D to production. As a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer with a focus in Product Structures on the Atlas Structures and Mechanisms team, you will leverage your creativity and knowledge of various product minded fabrication processes to maximize structural performance per dollar across the entire robot. Additionally, as a senior member of the team, you will be an integral part of developing production focused best practices and expertise in our structural design team.

Navigating ambiguity, creative thinking, attention to detail, technical excellence, efficient communication, and a team first collaborative mindset are key superpowers that will lead to success. Every day you will strategize with a multidisciplinary team on the most efficient structural approach to achieving world class packaging efficiency while looking for clever ways to keep part cost low with production in mind. Your diverse knowledge of product oriented fabrication processes such as casting, forging, stamping, sheet metal, hydroforming, injection molding, etc. will be essential in selecting the optimal process for each component that you design. 

Boston Dynamics is a world leader in mobile robots, tackling some of the toughest robotics challenges. For years, our awe-inspiring viral videos on YouTube have shown the world what remarkably capable robots can do. Now we are quickly becoming a recognized leader in automation solutions for industrial applications and warehouse logistics.  

How you will make an impact:

• Maximizing structural performance per dollar to bring Atlas from prototype to product

• Select the optimal production process that balances performance and cost for a diverse set of part types and design each component expertly for the selected process

• Take high level product requirements and distill into pragmatic component and assembly level specifications

• Develop new concepts and perform analysis on designs while considering constraints from multiple disciplines with a product-oriented focus

• Create CAD models, drawings, specifications, assembly documentation, and test plans for parts and assemblies

• Troubleshoot issues, determine root causes, design and implement corrective and preventative solutions

• Manage and work with outside vendors for components and assemblies that require outsourcing

• Expertly manage more than one project concurrently while still meeting deadlines

• High level of technical communication proficiency

• Adapt quickly to changing project needs with a team first mindset

• Mentor and grow junior members of the team with structural design and production focused best practices

You Bring:

Any of the experience listed below would be applicable in this role, it is not expected that candidates would possess all of these qualifications.

• BSME and 8+ years of relevant experience, MSME with 6+ years of experience, or PhD with 3+ years of experience

• 5+ years of experience in a professional and product-driven environment

• Extensive experience designing high complexity mechanical structures and assemblies in 3 or more production focused fabrication methods such as casting, forging, stamping, sheet metal, hydroforming, injection molding, etc. (10+ parts)

• Advanced CAD user (Catia, NX, Solidworks, etc.), including part and assembly level FEA and topology optimization

• A working knowledge of ASME drafting standards including GD&T, (Y14.5-2018)

• Transitioning early designs to products [NPI, EVT, DVT]

• Soft skills: creative and team first thinking, excellent attention to detail, strong technical communication, technical mentorship

A brief portfolio of images with short descriptions of recent work is required via either web-link or PDF.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.

The salary range for this position will be clearly stated in the job posting as required by Massachusetts law. The base pay range for this position is between $135,000 - $167,000. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting.

Boston Dynamics will never ask you to divulge your personal financial or account information as part of its recruiting process.

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