Senior Electrical Test Architect – Robotics Manufacturing

Boston Dynamics; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Senior Staff Electrical Test Engineer to lead design, deployment, and debug of manufacturing test systems for the Atlas program. You will own test coverage across cable/harness, PCBA, and electromechanical assemblies, building reliable test equipment to scale from R&D to production.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish standards for factory acceptance testing, drive defect elimination, and mentor junior engineers while supporting sustaining

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering or equivalent and 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and debugging hi-pot/dielectric withstand test setups.
• Hands-on experience with bed-of-nails or clamshell-style PCBA test fixtures.
• Experience with common test instrumentation: power supplies, DMMs, DAQ hardware.
• Demonstrated ability to take a new product from design handoff through validated, production-ready test coverage (NPI experience).
• Strong electrical debug skills. Is comfortable tracing intermittent or low-repeatability failures to root cause.
• Test software development using programming languages such as Python or C++.
• Able to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings and apply fundamental knowledge to analyze designs.
• Strong communication and technical documentation skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work in an ambiguous environment with minimal supervision.
• Experience with 3D modeling software (Catia, Solidworks, NX, etc)
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout software using Altium or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical liaison to manufacturing and production teams and provide test engineering support to drive continuous improvement for test method/machine related issues.
• Provide design for test (DFT) recommendations for test coverage, fault isolation capability, and failure trends.
• Document test procedures, fixtures, configurations, and best practices.
• Design, specify, and commission PCBA functional test fixtures.
• Design, build, and debug hi-pot / dielectric withstand test stations.
• Debug existing test systems while proactively evolving and future-proofing next-generation electrical testers.
• Provide project management and design support for outsourced test development.
• Analyze test results and provide feedback to improve product quality and testing processes.
• Work with quality and process engineering teams to support failure analysis of test failures to drive root cause corrective actions.
• Support station duplication, maintenance, and deployments for repair and service teams.
• Train both internal and external manufacturing in the use and support of production test equipment, test programs, and debug processes.
• Provide short-term sustaining support on existing lines, identifying root-causes for test escapes, correlation issues, and fixture failures, and driving fixes.
• Mentor other team engineers and technicians.

Skills

Python

C++

Electrical debug

Test software

Schematic reading

Documentation

Mentoring

Education

BS/MS in Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering

Tools

Bed-of-nails fixtures

Altium

LabVIEW

TestStand

Arena

Enovia

Catia

Solidworks

PCBA fixtures

Job description

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Senior Staff Electrical Test Engineer to lead design, deployment, and debug of manufacturing test systems for the Atlas program. You will own test coverage across cable/harness, PCBA, and electromechanical assemblies, building reliable test equipment to scale from R&D to production.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish standards for factory acceptance testing, drive defect elimination, and mentor junior engineers while supporting sustaining