Title: Lead Mechanical Design Engineer

Location of Job: Waltham, Massachusetts

For this position we are looking for someone who can lead the design of light-weight, high performance, articulated 3D systems with extensive sensing and actuation. In addition to performing key mechanical design tasks yourself, you will lead systems engineering tasks including oversight of integrated electronics and sensing. You will play a key contributor and leadership role within a larger mechanical design team that contributes to multiple on-going robotics efforts. We require a Mechanical Engineering degree; Masters or PhD degrees are desired as long as they reflect pragmatic, design oriented efforts. We prefer 5 or more years of professional experience. The ideal candidate will have a portfolio of machines they have built that include articulated mechanisms using custom joint design, actuation, and sensing. Likely relevant industrial experience includes the fields of robotics, aircraft and aerospace, and automotive design. In addition to exceptional demonstrated hand-on design skills, we are looking for experience in at least several of the following areas:

Advanced SolidWorks user, or equivalent
Finite element analysis, design optimization
High performance hydraulics
Fluid and electro-mechanical actuators and sensors
Articulated mechanism design with custom actuation and sensing
Systems engineering

Title:Mechanical Design Engineer

Location of Job: Waltham, Massachusetts

For this position we are looking for someone who can contribute to the design of light-weight, high performance, articulated 3D systems with extensive sensing and actuation. In addition to performing extensive key design tasks yourself, you will work as part of a mechanical design team to design, build, field-test and deliver the most advanced dynamic robots on the planet. We require a BSME or MSME degree plus 1-5 years of relevant experience. The ideal candidate will have played a central role in the creation of articulated mechanisms using custom joint design, actuation, and sensing. Likely relevant industrial experience includes the fields of robotics, medical devices, aircraft and aerospace, and automotive design. In addition to exceptional demonstrated hand-on design skills, we are looking for experience in at least several of the following areas:

Advanced SolidWorks user, or equivalent
Finite element analysis, design optimization
High performance hydraulics
Fluid and electro-mechanical actuators and sensors
Articulated mechanism design with custom actuation and sensing

Title: Software Preception Engineer

Location of Job: Waltham, Massachusetts

For this position, we are seeking a Robotics Engineer to join a small, fast moving team working to give our legged robots the ability to navigate through forests and across mountains. Combining state of the art sensors with unusually mobile robots, and working with perception experts from multiple organizations, our projects offer the opportunity to make autonomous systems work on high profile, outdoor robots. The ideal candidate has experience participating in hands-on robotics research and expertise with motion planning and LIDAR/vision processing. He or she should be a MS, PhD, or highly-skilled BS, and should have a strong software engineering background, including knowledge of C++, python, object oriented design, and experience on a team delivering real systems. Examples of excellent practical experience include calibrating cameras, model building from point clouds, data fusion for localization, object tracking, and getting a robot from here to there in the real world. Our engineers write lots of software, conduct sensor experiments, test robots on rough terrain in the rain and snow, communicate results to experts and laymen, operate with the team to pull off high-profile demos, and develop innovative solutions to new problems every day. We are easy going and hardworking and hope you will be, too. We are looking for experience in at least several of the following areas: What we are looking for (required skills):

Experience with perception or motion planning on real-world robots
The ability to write good C++ code and use a debugger
Experience working within Linux
Knowledge of algorithms and data structures relevant to robotics
Desired Skills (not required but would be nice):
Comfortable with debugging hardware systems
Experience with fielded systems
Real-time software and control systems
Python and graphics programming
An understanding of mechanics and dynamics

Title: Control Systems Engineer

Location of Job: Waltham, Massachusetts

For this position, we are looking for someone who can work as a key member of our multi-disciplinary team. It will involve creating dynamic simulations of robotic systems for early stage development as well as on-robot testing to deliver real world machines. We require a MS or PhD degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering or related discipline plus 2 or more years of relevant experience. A balance between analytic ability and practical implementation on hardware systems will be expected. Simulation experience is useful. You'll do well here if you like thinking about how things move and developing algorithms to make machines realize your vision. Strong interpersonal, speaking, and writing skills are required. We desire experience ranging from concept through build, test, debug, and delivery. What we are looking for (required skills):

Implementing high-bandwidth feedback control in hardware.
Developing simple models of complex systems.
Control of multi-DOF systems.
Familiarity with multi-body kinematics.
Sensing and state estimation.
C/C++.
Dynamic simulation.
Optimization.
Path planning.

Title: Electrical Engineer

Location of Job: Waltham, Massachusetts

For this position, you will be responsible for design, construction and troubleshooting of compact and reliable electrical systems in robots. This includes electrical system design and integration as well as schematic development and pcb layout. It also includes hands-on work with large robots to assemble and test systems. A successful candidate must also demonstrate an ability to work in large teams and communicate effectively with other engineers. What we are looking for (required skills):

BSEE or MSEE with 2-5 years of work experience
Excellent circuit analysis fundamentals
Electronics debug and failure analysis
Demonstrated experience using schematic capture and PCB layout software
Embedded sensing and electronics
Firmware development in C
Working understanding of command-line Linux or similar operating system
Ability to use lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMM’s, power supplies
Familiarity with a wide variety of electrical components and devices
Ability to solder SMT PCB components with satisfactory skill

Desired Skills:
Demonstrated high level of motivation and interest in electronics and/or robotics
Experience designing power electronics from 100W to 10kW
Experience using or designing motors and/or motor drives
Experience designing wireless devices, antennas, or other RF applications
Working knowledge of Solidworks or other CAD experience
Experience with Python, LabView, or MATLAB
Experience in Verilog or VHDL

Title: Electrical Engineering Technician

Location of Job: Waltham, Massachusetts

For this position, you will be responsible for construction and maintenance of electrical systems, including hands-on work assembling, testing, revising designs, and coordinating electrical integration in advanced legged robotics. This position will require both detail design documentation and specification efforts and considerable hands-on lab work on a daily basis. The position will sometimes involve moderate physical effort to physically assemble electronics onto robotics platforms and participate in robotics systems testing.

What we are looking for (required skills): Formal training or education as an Electronics Technician
Minimum of 2 years professional experience working on electrical systems
Practiced ability to assemble large electrical systems
Ability to solder SMT PCB components with satisfactory skill
Ability to read and understand basic electrical schematics at the component and system level
Experience applying circuit analysis in a practical manner to real hardware
Ability to use lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMM’s, power supplies
Familiarity with a wide variety of electrical components and devices
Good technical writing capability

Desired Skills:
Working knowledge of PCB layout software
Experience with Linux or QNX operating systems
Demonstrated high level of motivation and interest in electronics and/or robotics
Working knowledge of Solidworks or other CAD experience
Experience drafting or creating formal drawings of electrical or mechanical assemblies
Practical experience in a machine shop, electronics manufacturing facility or other similar
technical industrial setting is a plus
Familiarity with National Instruments LabView

Boston Dynamics offers an outstanding compensation package comprised of competitive salaries, comprehensive health and dental benefits, tuition reimbursement, MBTA discounts, STD and LTD, access to a modern on-site exercise facility, as well as retirement benefits including a 401(k) program. Join a unique, growing, and profitable company on the cutting edge of computer simulation and robotics. Our Waltham offices are easily accessible from the Mass turnpike, Route 128 and Route 2.

Boston Dynamics is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. Applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 1-617-868-5600 ext. 236 for further assistance. (Please do not call to inquire about the status of your application.) If you wish to self-identify for EEO purposes (Equal Employment Opportunity) you are welcome, but not required, to include the following information with your application: gender, race/ethnicity, veteran status, and disability status.