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Boston Dynamics · 13 hours ago

Senior Staff Manufacturing Test Engineer

Waltham Office (POST)

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$134K/yr - $185K/yr

8+ years exp

Boston Dynamics is a world leader in mobile robots, tackling some of the toughest robotics challenges. As a Senior Staff Manufacturing Test Engineer, you will develop and implement test systems for manufacturing robotics systems, ensuring quality and performance through collaboration with various engineering teams.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)RoboticsSoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Provide design for test (DFT) recommendations for test coverage, fault isolation capability, and PCBA failure trends

Understand supplier capabilities for in-circuit test (ICT) and provide design support to maximize test coverage and implementation

Manage ODM/JDM functional test capacity, expansion planning, and execution

Document test procedures, fixtures, configurations, and best practices

Deliver turnkey test solutions for electromechanical parts and assemblies of new robots or sustaining tests for existing robots

Provide project management and design support for outsourced test development

Analyze test results and provide feedback to improve product quality and testing processes

Perform hands-on and data-driven root cause analysis of electromechanical subsystems utilizing structured problem solving methodologies

Support station duplication, maintenance, and deployments for repair and service teams

Train both internal and external manufacturing in the use and support of production test equipment, test programs, and debug processes

Mentor other team engineers and technicians

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringTest Software DevelopmentTest Systems DeploymentPCB DesignRoot Cause AnalysisLean ManufacturingProject ManagementMentoringCommunicationSelf-Motivated

Required

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent and 8+ years of relevant experience

Strong understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals

Solid working knowledge of basic electrical equipment, including digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, and power supplies

Experience in selecting COTS or designing custom testing hardware based on engineering/manufacturing test requirements

Experience deploying and supporting test systems at domestic and international Contract Manufacturing sites

Test software development using programming languages such as Python in both Windows and Linux environments

Able to read electrical schematics and apply sound electrical/electronics fundamental knowledge to analyze designs

Comfortable with analog and digital test and debug techniques for medium to high complexity systems

Self-motivated and able to work in an ambiguous environment with minimal supervision

Preferred

Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout software using Altium or equivalent

Ability to design and lay out test interface PCBAs

Knowledge of circuit board manufacturing DfX and best practices

Expertise with boundary scan

Deep knowledge of PCBAs designs with high-speed digital interfaces (e.g. MIPI, GMSL, PCIe, 10Gbase-T, 1000base-T1, USB3)

Experience designing moderate complexity electro-mechanical structures to be used in a production or customer-facing environment in CAD (Catia, NX, Solidworks, etc.)

Experience with Linux operating systems

Comfortable interpreting and/or writing C++ code

Experience with lean manufacturing and/or six sigma

Familiarity with using a PLM (e.g. Arena)