Senior Staff Gear Train Design Engineer - Atlas

If you are a gearbox expert with a passion for seeing your parts on high impact products, we need your help developing the most exciting electric humanoid robot. As a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer on the Atlas Actuation team, you will leverage your creativity and knowledge on all aspects of gear and gearbox design to make impactful decisions from concept design to production. Additionally, as a senior member of the team, you will be an integral part of expanding production focused best practices and expertise. 

You will be responsible for designing, analyzing, DFM’ing, and working with internal and external partners to produce gearboxes and drivetrains. Your expertise will play a crucial role in ensuring reliability and adding value to our products. Navigating ambiguity, creative thinking, attention to detail, technical excellence, efficient communication, and a team first collaborative mindset are key superpowers that will lead to success. 

How you will make an impact:

• Design and develop gear systems for various robot platforms considering factors such as kinematic arrangements, operational load spectra, efficiency, packaging constraints, weight, manufacturability, and cost

• Conceptual layout of gears, bearings, planet carriers and critical interfaces using CATIA v6. Analyses and optimization of system under various loading and stack up conditions accounting for thermal variations and external environmental effects using KISSsys, MASTA, and internal tools

• Interface definition, analytical validation, and manufacturability/assemblability of all machine elements in the drivetrain assembly

• Optimize gear designs for various stages from concept to mass production. Evaluate and trade a wide variety of materials, manufacturing processes, surface treatments, and finishing operations.

• Reason through abstract, novel considerations and constraints specific to the emerging humanoid robot industry 

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team 

Required Experience:

• In-depth knowledge of gear theory, envelope theory, gear macro/micro geometry, LTCA, fatigue, backlash, high volume manufacturing methods and materials

• Proficient in creating and managing 3D assemblies and 2D drawings (NX/Creo/Catia Preferred)

• Strong proficiency in planetary and/or bevel gear gear design, analysis, and metrology

• Strong proficiency with simulation tools such as MASTA, Romax, and KISSsys (Experience with LDP, Transmission 3D, Cage, Kimos, etc. also beneficial) 

• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts effectively

• Empathetic communicator and mindset of always learning 

Desired Experience:

• BSME and 8+ years of relevant experience, MSME or PhD with 4+ years of experience 

• Expert level planetary and/or bevel gear (including straight cut, Zerol, spiral bevel, hypoid) knowledge and experience with precision micro gear train design & analysis

• Highly proficient with GD&T (ASME Y14.5) 

• Comfortable working in matlab, processing time series and histograms. Comfortable working with and automating large sets of data 

• Familiarity with other robotics transmissions such as strain wave and cycloidal, and an understanding of the trade space versus planetary. Familiarity with alternative planetary transmissions such as compound and differential drivetrains 

A brief portfolio of images with short descriptions of recent work is required via either web-link or pdf/ppt 

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.

Boston Dynamics will never ask you to divulge your personal financial or account information as part of its recruiting process. 

The base pay range for this position is between $134,000 to $184,000 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience.  This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and a annual bonus structure.  Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.