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Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering - Atlas

Boston Dynamics
Waltham, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/30/2026
As a Senior Mechanical Engineering Manager, you will lead a small team that produces extremely high-quality hardware on groundbreaking robots going out into the world. To succeed in this role, you must be collaborative, mission-driven, values-focused, and looking to have a positive impact on the world of robotics.

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, logistics and warehouses.

Day To Day Activities

  • Receives objective based assignments, and determines resources to meet schedules and goals
  • Provides guidance to subordinates within the latitude of established company policies
  • Collaborate with other managers and engineers on hard design problems, work across disciplines to understand failure modes and design tests to validate design performance
  • Oversee the sustaining engineering existing robotics product systems
  • Troubleshoot issues, root cause failure analysis, design and implement corrective and preventative solutions
  • Oversee and often do the design and release of components and systems using CATIA
  • Oversee the development of production and support documentation including bills of material (BOMs), assembly drawings, and maintenance instructions.
  • Work with manufacturing, suppliers, machinists, contract manufacturers, and logistics to guarantee that the right electromechanical systems are assembled and functional in the right place at the right time.
  • Plan and and/or perform verification and validation activities on prototype and production systems.
  • Oversee and/or perform system design analyses, including reliability, design-for-manufacture, design-for-assembly, cost reduction, etc.

Desired Skills

  • BSME and minimum 6 years of relevant experience (including MSME/PhD degrees with professional engineering experience)
  • Minimum 2 years of experience leading a team of engineers in a professional and product driven environment
  • Advanced CATIA user or equivalent (NX, Solidworks, etc.), including finite element analysis, 2D drawings, simulations
  • Familiarity with PLM systems and ECO process
  • Familiarity with wearable systems and devices
  • Experience designing motion control systems with sensor, actuators and complex mechanisms
  • Experience designing systems that are used in industrial settings
  • A working knowledge of ASME drafting standards including GD&T, (Y14.5-2018)
  • A working knowledge of DFM/A, Six Sigma, and statistical tolerance analysis
  • Familiarity of failure avoidance methods including DFMEA/PFMEA and fault tree analysis
  • High level of technical writing proficiency (specs, test plans, reports, white papers, etc.)

The base pay range for this position is between $177,000 to $220,000 annually. 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 offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and an annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.

Salary : $177,000 - $220,000

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