Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer
Boston Dynamics develops and deploys highly mobile robots and fleet-management software for industrial inspection, warehouse operations, and manufacturing automation.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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About Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics, Inc. is a Waltham, Massachusetts robotics company developing commercial mobile robots. Its current portfolio includes the Spot quadruped, Stretch warehouse robot, Atlas humanoid robot, and Orbit fleet-orchestration software.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will provide hands-on quality support for build and repair operations on the manufacturing floor. You will triage assembly issues, own nonconformances, lead root-cause and corrective-action projects, implement quality controls, track defect metrics, and coordinate corrective actions across engineering and operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or comparable industry experience
- 3–6 years of manufacturing quality engineering experience with direct shop-floor support
- Advanced knowledge of 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone, and DMAIC root-cause methodologies
- Experience triaging nonconformances, managing MRB workflows, and issuing containment actions
- Ability to read engineering drawings, assembly specifications, and GD&T
- Experience developing control plans, containment protocols, and inspection SOPs
- Project management experience leading cross-functional corrective-action projects
- Ability to work directly on the production floor
Responsibilities
- Provide daily manufacturing-floor support and triage build issues, nonconformances, and assembly failures
- Lead root-cause analysis and corrective and preventive action projects
- Lead the Material Review Board process and disposition nonconforming hardware
- Implement containment actions, quality gates, and in-process inspection standards
- Coordinate corrective-action projects across engineering, reliability, and operations
- Update work instructions, SOPs, and inspection checklists
- Track and present defect trends, first-pass yield losses, and CAPA cycle times
- Escalate critical build blockers and technical design flaws
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Annual bonus structure
