What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Mechanical Engineer - Spot position at Boston Dynamics?
Boston Dynamics is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Spot robot team. You will work on a dynamic cross functional team to develop mechanical designs and sub-systems for Boston Dynamic's quadruped mobile robots. 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 :
- Own robot subsystems through architecture, development, and volume manufacturing
- Lead a cross functional team to develop complex robotic sub-systems
- Develop proofs of concept designs, transition them to prototype designs and then to production designs
- Collaborate with other engineers to solve hard design problems and work across disciplines to understand failure modes
- Design and release parts, assemblies and drawings using CATIA.
- Develop production and support documentation including bills of material (BOMs), assembly drawings, and maintenance instructions.
- Plan and and / or perform verification and validation activities on prototype and production systems.
- Lead DFM / DFA, and cost-reduction activities
- Troubleshoot issues, root cause failure analysis, design and implement corrective and preventative solutions
- Mentor and advise less experienced members of the engineering team
- Author technical documentation such as specifications, test plans, and reports
- Collaborate with engineering, operations, manufacturing, compliance, and test teams
- Write Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
- Participate in design reviews
- Perform system design analyses, including reliability, design-for-manufacture, design-for-assembly, cost-takeout, etc
Required Skills :
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.
