Atlas Electrical Engineering Manager

Boston Dynamics; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off and performance bonus

Job summary

Boston Dynamics is seeking an Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a team designing high‑performance actuator electronics for next‑gen humanoid robotics. You will guide architecture, verification, manufacturing support, and field maintenance while mentoring engineers on a critical Atlas project.

You will drive electrical design, power electronics, and high‑density interconnects, balancing performance, reliability, and manufacturability in a fast‑paced environment.

Qualifications

• Led a team to deliver high‑reliability actuator electronics.
• Experience designing electrical systems for electromechanical products.
• Strong understanding of motor drives and power electronics.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 5–10 electrical engineers in designing and improving robotic actuators.
• Provide architectural and technical leadership across electrical system designs.
• Collaborate across disciplines to validate performance and reliability.
• Guide design reviews, simulations, and documentation.

Skills

Team leadership

Electrical design

Power electronics

Motor drives

HDI PCB routing

EMC/EMI testing

Linux

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Thermal management

Systems engineering

Communication

Tools

PCB design software

Schematic capture tools

Job description

We’re looking for an Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a team to design, develop, and support high-performance actuator products for next‑generation humanoid robotic platforms. This role sits at the intersection of product design, cutting‑edge motor drive and sensing technology, and manufacturing, shaping how complex electromechanical systems are conceived, integrated, brought to life at scale, and maintained in the field. The actuators enable our robots to move and accomplish their complex work — this is a critical role on the Atlas team. As an Engineering Manager at Boston Dynamics, you are not just a people manager. You will guide a team of architects and mechanical engineers, mentoring and coaching people while providing technical oversight and back‑stopping. Your team will own all aspects of electrical system design from initial architecture, through implementation, and into production. You will provide technical leadership, personnel management, and make meaningful technical contributions.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Manage a team of 5-10 electrical engineers to design, develop and continuously improve high-performance robotic actuator products.
• Provide technical leadership in planning, architecting, and executing electrical system designs.
• Collaborate with other managers and engineers on hard design problems, work across disciplines to understand failure modes and design tests to validate design performance.
• Evaluate, de‑risk and introduce new technologies to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Work with manufacturing, suppliers, technicians, contract manufacturers, and logistics to guarantee that the right electrical systems are assembled and functional in the right place at the right time.
• Troubleshoot issues, root‑cause failure analysis, design and implement corrective and preventative solutions.
• Mentor and influence engineers through design reviews, analysis & simulation, standards development, documentation, and architectural best practices.

We Are Looking For

• Proven experience leveraging a team to deliver impact.
• Confident and dynamic communicator, able to build consensus and influence decision making at various levels.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead architectural trade studies and balance innovation, cost, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Experience working across disciplines and influencing technical direction without direct authority.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and setting technical direction for others.
• Deep experience architecting complex electromechanical products, with a strong emphasis on tight packaging, reliability, and thermal management.
• Extensive experience with power electronics and/or motor drives.
• Experience with design and validation of high-speed communication interfaces.
• Experience with High‑Density Interconnect (HDI) PCB routing and deep knowledge of PCB fabrication and assembly processes.
• Working understanding of EMC/EMI testing and troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of Linux, bootloaders, and peripheral drivers.
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals.
• Expert-level proficiency using schematic capture and PCB layout software.

Nice To Have

• Firmware development in C.
• Experience with volume manufacturing.
• Experience with Python, LabView, or MATLAB.
• A working knowledge of failure avoidance methods like DFMEA/PFMEA and structured problem‑solving methods like 8D.

We are interested in all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.

The base pay range for this position is between $150,000 to $200,000 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.