Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering - Atlas

Boston Dynamics•Waltham, MA

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.)

Responsibilities

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.