Jobs at Boston Dynamics

Build and integrate Atlas humanoid robot agent systems across harness design, context engineering, tool use, memory, evaluation, observability, dashboards, and diagnostics. Develop reliable planning and reasoning capabilities using VLMs and agentic systems, benchmark performance and safety, collaborate with robotics and product teams, and ship full-stack applications for real-world use cases.

Build Atlas humanoid robot applications across the agentic autonomy stack, including task execution systems, integrations, operator dashboards, configuration UIs, observability, evaluations, and diagnostic tools. Collaborate with ML, robotics, controls, perception, and product teams to deliver reliable end-to-end capabilities. The role requires full stack development using frontend frameworks, backend technologies, databases, APIs, and distributed systems, with an emphasis on agentic AI, robotics, testing, documentation, and system design.

Manage post-sales order fulfillment by reviewing order accuracy, scheduling deliveries, coordinating inventory and shipment priorities, updating ERP and order management systems, resolving fulfillment issues, communicating status to customers and internal teams, and supporting process improvements. The role also assists with urgent orders, follows fulfillment controls, and provides post-sales support to Sales and Customer Service.

Owns continuous improvement for robotic actuator products by investigating field and manufacturing failures, leading root cause and corrective action analyses, and implementing design changes through ECOs. Collaborates with production, testing, and global manufacturing partners to improve reliability, manufacturability, and product maturity. The role also contributes to technology roadmaps, prioritizes complex projects, and mentors teams. Requires 10–20% international travel.

Leads complex robotics prototype and low-volume production programs from planning through integration. Coordinates engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, testing, and repair teams; identifies risks and dependencies; removes execution blockers; develops scalable workflows and operating models; defines KPIs; improves traceability, build readiness, and manufacturing efficiency; and drives alignment across technical teams and senior leadership in an ambiguous hardware development environment.

Develop and deploy manipulation capabilities for Boston Dynamics’ Stretch warehouse robot. Responsibilities include grasping, motion generation, box selection, classical and learned robotics, simulation, on-robot testing, fleet-scale evaluation, production hardening, and collaboration with Product and Customer Success teams.

Manage enterprise hardware product initiatives for Boston Dynamics’ Spot robotic platform and ecosystem. Gather customer and market insights, define requirements, prioritize features and sustaining work, manage component enhancements and end-of-life activities, analyze product metrics, and support roadmap execution. Collaborate with engineering, design, supply chain, operations, sales, marketing, and customer-facing teams on product commercialization, pricing, service plans, and go-to-market activities. The role is onsite in Waltham with occasional customer travel.

Leads the Integration Project Management team and oversees complex robotics customer-delivery portfolios. Responsibilities include team development, portfolio governance, capacity planning, risk management, vendor and site coordination, process standardization, executive reporting, SOW enforcement, and cross-functional alignment. The role drives scalable installation frameworks, operational efficiency, customer value realization, and successful delivery across commercial and industrial environments. It is onsite in Waltham, Massachusetts, with travel up to 50%.

Set technical direction for a robot perception stack, owning object detection, tracking, state estimation, SLAM, and sensor calibration pipelines. Design reliable, real-time perception systems, collaborate across robotics disciplines, analyze performance using real-world data, and mentor engineers. The role requires shipping on-robot software and leading technical projects in robotics or related domains.

Manage complex, high-value customer accounts for robotic solutions, leading post-sale engagement, business reviews, issue resolution, onsite visits, retention, and expansion. Serve as a trusted customer advisor and internal advocate while partnering cross-functionally on product feedback and service improvements. Analyze customer data, develop recommendations, contribute to Customer Success processes and playbooks, and mentor peers or junior staff.

Build and maintain scalable data pipelines for Atlas robot telemetry, diagnostics, failure analysis, and automated health monitoring. Develop diagnostic tools and suites, improve data quality, integrate multi-source operational data, and create actionable reporting for hardware and software teams. The role requires Python and SQL expertise, data warehousing and visualization experience, familiarity with embedded robotics systems, and onsite collaboration in Waltham.

Leads systems verification, validation, and test engineering for Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot. Responsibilities include building and managing a multidisciplinary team, developing risk-based verification strategies, leading DVP&R planning and execution, creating robust test methods and fixtures, ensuring requirements traceability, analyzing failures, supporting product characterization, and qualifying complex robotic systems for high-volume production.

Develop and improve perception systems for deployed Stretch robots, including object detection, localization, state estimation, calibration, sensor infrastructure, and data pipelines. Write maintainable C++ and Python code, test robots in varied warehouse conditions, analyze performance, debug real hardware and data, and collaborate with controls, manipulation, and platform teams.

Lead Boston Dynamics’ brand evolution as it expands robotics commercialization. Develop brand narratives, value propositions, campaigns, experiential activations, partnerships, and customer-facing experiences. Coordinate with Hyundai Motor Group, Nvidia, Google DeepMind, agencies, vendors, and internal stakeholders. Measure brand program performance through KPIs and connect marketing investment to pipeline, revenue, and business impact.

Leads Boston Dynamics’ organic and paid social strategy across the marketing funnel. Manages publishing, executive thought leadership, employee advocacy, influencer initiatives, paid campaigns, account-based targeting, content distribution, and demand generation. Partners with marketing, communications, and leadership teams to amplify launches and corporate narratives. Measures engagement, lead quality, cost per lead, and pipeline impact while optimizing campaigns and scaling high-performing content.

Applications/Integration Engineer responsible for transitioning Atlas humanoid robots into automotive manufacturing. Duties include designing data-collection curricula and playbooks, testing behavior policies, coaching robot pilots, managing fleet health, triaging hardware and software issues, analyzing logs and telemetry, coordinating engineering support, tracking performance, and integrating robots with automotive facility networks and workflows. Requires robotics or related engineering experience, Linux proficiency, scripting or programming skills, and willingness to travel and support multiple shifts.

Coordinates customer integration project scheduling, staffing, resource allocation, capacity forecasting, and portfolio operations. Builds master timelines, dashboards, and reporting while balancing technical capabilities, utilization, travel, and customer needs. Integrates manufacturing lead times, hardware availability, logistics, finance, legal, supply chain, and business operations into project planning. The role also streamlines workflows through automation and provides operational insights across the integration portfolio.

Leads end-to-end supply chain readiness and new product introduction sourcing for advanced robotics programs. Coordinates Engineering, Product Management, Global Supply Managers, Quality, Operations, and suppliers to ensure timely, cost-effective, scalable production. Manages supplier readiness, BOM cost targets, schedules, risks, design-for-supply-chain reviews, and sourcing processes from development through production scale.

Leads Technical Writers and Platform Developers while owning the documentation platform roadmap, infrastructure, content standards, and documentation lifecycle. Partners with engineering and product teams to align platform capabilities with product releases, manages CMS and Docs-as-Code workflows, establishes taxonomies and quality standards, tracks documentation KPIs, and supports scalable localization and customer learning experiences.

Designs and manages data-collection curricula for Atlas autonomous behavior training. Responsibilities include translating training goals into pilot tasks, prioritizing backlogs, creating playbooks, tracking dataset completion, identifying blockers, coaching robot pilots, monitoring demonstration quality, forecasting prop and equipment needs, and maintaining documentation change control. The role coordinates closely with Behavior, Data Operations, annotation, and pilot teams while supporting scheduled and occasional off-hours operations.