Robotics Data Engineer: Failure Analytics & Diagnostics

Boston Dynamics; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Annual bonus

Job summary

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Controls Reliability Engineer to architect data pipelines for failure analysis across a high-rate robot fleet. You will synthesize telemetry, diagnostics, and operational metadata into robust pipelines and build automated tools to transition from manual troubleshooting to proactive health monitoring.

The role demands strong Python/SQL skills, data-driven mindset, and the ability to translate complex technical data into structured reports for cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, ME/EE, CS, Data Science, or related field.
• At least 1 year in robotics, hardware reliability, data engineering, or tech support for electromechanical systems.
• Experience building and debugging complex systems using analytics, telemetry logs, and diagnostic tools.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for system analysis and tool development.
• Experience with data warehousing and visualization tools such as Snowflake and Looker.
• Familiarity with C++, in real-time embedded systems/robotics.
• Onsite work at Waltham facility.
• Nice to have Jira/Jira Automation experience.
• Experience with Bazel, Google Test, GCP, and Airflow.
• Knowledge of controls theory, motors, embedded systems, or hardware labs.
• Experience with Reinforcement Learning or training datasets.

Responsibilities

• Improve data quality by combining telemetry, diagnostics, and metadata into a failure-analysis pipeline.
• Develop automated diagnostic tools to automate health monitoring.
• Maintain automated diagnostic suites and off-robot systems for actionable feedback to hardware/software teams.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand requirements and improve reporting mechanisms.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Telemetry

Looker

Snowflake

Jira

Bazel

Google Test

GCP

Airflow

C++

Reinforcement Learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Robotics/ME/EE/CS/Data Science

Tools

Jira Automation

Google Cloud Platform

Apache Airflow

Job description

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Controls Reliability Engineer to architect data pipelines for failure analysis across a high-rate robot fleet. You will synthesize telemetry, diagnostics, and operational metadata into robust pipelines and build automated tools to transition from manual troubleshooting to proactive health monitoring.

The role demands strong Python/SQL skills, data-driven mindset, and the ability to translate complex technical data into structured reports for cross-functional