Hardware Engineer – Robotics

Dynamic Creatures; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO

Job summary

Dynamic Creatures is seeking a Hardware Engineer Lead in Cambridge, MA to drive rapid prototyping and production-ready designs across actuation, sensing, and structure. You’ll design subsystems in CAD, prototype, and validate against real-world use.

You will spec and integrate motors, sensors, and electronics, run reliability tests, and document designs with BOM/manufacturing files. This in-person role includes medical, dental, vision, and PTO benefits.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in robotics, consumer electronics, or related hardware.
• Strong mechanical or electrical fundamentals (or both).
• Hands-on prototyping experience (machining, 3D printing, soldering).
• BS/MS in ME, EE, Robotics, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Design subsystems in CAD and take them through prototyping.
• Spec and integrate motors, sensors, and electronics.
• Run characterization and reliability tests.
• Document designs and contribute to BOM and manufacturing files.

Skills

Robotics hardware

Mechanical basics

Electrical basics

Prototyping

Education

BS/MS in ME, EE, Robotics

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Location: Cambridge, MA
Manager: Hardware Engineer Lead

The Gist

You'll prototype rapidly, validate against real-world use, and iterate toward production-ready designs across actuation, sensing, and structure.

What You’ll Do

• Design subsystems in CAD and take them through prototyping

• Spec and integrate motors, sensors, and electronics

• Run characterization and reliability tests

• Document designs and contribute to BOM and manufacturing files

What We’re Looking For

Must-haves:

• 3+ years in robotics, consumer electronics, or related hardware

• Strong mechanical or electrical fundamentals (or both)

• Hands-on prototyping experience (machining, 3D printing, soldering)

• BS/MS in ME, EE, Robotics, or equivalent experience

About Us

Dynamic Creatures is a robotics company designing and building interactive character robots for entertainment and hospitality brands. We are creating a new category of mobile characters that move naturally through guest environments, understand the context of an interaction and respond in real time. Dynamic Creatures offers character-based experiences built on Boston Dynamics and other systems, as well as fully original robots created for a specific brand, environment or story. As Boston Dynamics’ official entertainment and hospitality partner, the company works with entertainment companies to develop guest-facing character experiences designed to feel personal, attentive, and memorable. Dynamic Creatures was co-founded by CEO Marc Theermann, former chief strategy officer at Boston Dynamics and a former senior leader at Google, and chief technology officer Farbod Farshidian, a globally recognized robotics researcher and former research leader at the Robotics and AI Institute.

Additional Information

• This role is in-person in Cambridge, MA five days per week.

• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, PTO

• No visa sponsorship is available for this role; applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.