Senior Sustaining Electrical Engineer-Spot

As an Electrical Engineer on the Spot sustaining team, you will support the electronics for all fielded versions of Boston Dynamics' quadruped mobile robots. Your mission will be to investigate and resolve field and production failures, address component obsolescence issues, and qualify first articles for new products/suppliers. You may also contribute to new design work, assist with design verification testing (DVT), and iterate upon existing production designs. You'll love working on a fun, collaborative, and talented team to support one of the world's coolest robots.

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:

• Develop (document, design, test, support) short- and long-term solutions to product design defects

• Collaborate across the engineering, manufacturing, production, and test teams to triage, troubleshoot, and diagnose robot failures to root cause

• Lead cross-functional debug "tiger teams" and present findings to leadership

• Qualify production supplier changes by developing and executing production validation test (PVT) plans

• Author technical documentation such as test plans, test reports, debug reports, rework instructions, schematics, layout, and BOMs

• Collaborate with supply chain to resolve component obsolescence issues

• Develop test and debugging infrastructure (test boards, cables, software, tools, etc.)

• May contribute to new product development (design and DVT) if needed

• Create Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)

• Participate in design reviews

• Contribute to continuous improvement activities such as authoring process documentation

We are looking for:

• BS in electrical engineering, computer engineering, robotics, or closely related field

• 5+ years of directly related work experience

• Demonstrated ability to debug to root cause complex electrical issues

• Strong embedded computing and robotics systems knowledge

• Solid foundation of electrical engineering fundamentals

• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout software (e.g. Altium)

• Familiarity with common PLM software (e.g. Arena)

• Basic Linux skills

• Detail oriented, methodical, and creative problem solver

Nice to have:

• Software development in C/C++, Python, Verilog/VHDL, and/or LabView

• Familiarity with Jira for bug tracking

• Familiarity with formal problem solving techniques such as 5 Whys, 8D, etc.