Senior Staff Electrical Manufacturing Test Engineer Atlas
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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About the Role
You will lead the design, deployment, and debugging of manufacturing test systems for cable and harness, PCBA, and electromechanical assemblies. You will establish factory test standards, investigate failures, improve test coverage and quality, document test processes, support production deployments, and mentor engineers and technicians.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Electrical or Electromechanical Engineering, or equivalent
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- Experience designing, building, and debugging hi-pot or dielectric-withstand test setups
- Experience with bed-of-nails or clamshell-style PCBA test fixtures
- Experience with power supplies, DMMs, and DAQ hardware
- Experience delivering validated, production-ready test coverage for new products
- Electrical debugging and root-cause analysis skills
- Test software development using Python or C++
- Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings
- Technical documentation skills
- Experience with 3D modeling software such as Catia, Solidworks, or NX
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout software such as Altium
Responsibilities
- Provide test engineering support to manufacturing and production teams
- Recommend design-for-test coverage and fault-isolation improvements
- Document test procedures, fixtures, configurations, and best practices
- Design, specify, and commission PCBA functional test fixtures
- Design, build, and debug hi-pot and dielectric-withstand test stations
- Debug and improve electrical test systems
- Manage and support outsourced test development
- Analyze test results to improve product quality and testing processes
- Support failure analysis and root-cause corrective actions
- Support test-station duplication, maintenance, and deployment
- Train manufacturing personnel on test equipment, programs, and debugging
- Investigate test escapes, correlation issues, and fixture failures
- Mentor engineers and technicians
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off
- Annual bonus structure