Robotics Fleet Operations Engineer

Boston Dynamics, Inc.; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Fleet Operations Application Engineer to act as the technical quarterback for fleet health, reliability, and operational execution across the Atlas humanoid fleet. You will monitor telemetry, coordinate incident response, and drive improvements in diagnostics and playbooks.

The role requires strong systems thinking, excellent communication, and the ability to lead cross‑functional teams spanning software, controls, electrical, and mechanical domains to keep robots

Qualifications

• Broad systems thinking across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience leading technical incident response or operational reviews.
• Strong ability to translate technical information for engineers, technicians, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the first technical point of contact for robot issues across the fleet.
• Perform rapid system-level troubleshooting across controls, software, hardware, networking, sensors, power systems, and infrastructure.
• Lead technical incident response meetings during fleet-impacting events and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Identify recurring failure modes and develop diagnostics, health monitoring, and playbooks.
• Bridge Fleet Operations and Engineering, supporting software deployments, hardware upgrades, and configuration management.

Skills

Systems thinking

Troubleshooting

Technical communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

Job description

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Fleet Operations Application Engineer to act as the technical quarterback for fleet health, reliability, and operational execution across the Atlas humanoid fleet. You will monitor telemetry, coordinate incident response, and drive improvements in diagnostics and playbooks.

The role requires strong systems thinking, excellent communication, and the ability to lead cross‑functional teams spanning software, controls, electrical, and mechanical domains to keep robots