Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer - Atlas, Gripper

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design of key gripper subsystems, from early concepts through to production-ready hardware.
• Develop and analyze mechanisms that balance dexterity, payload, and reliability under demanding use cases.
• Apply engineering fundamentals across materials, tribology, thermals, and tolerance stack-ups to achieve robust, repeatable performance.
• Use CAD (3DX/Catia) and analysis tools to model, simulate, and validate designs.
• Collaborate with electrical, controls, and manufacturing engineers to ensure clean integration and testability.
• Support prototyping, bring-up, and issue resolution throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Any of the experience listed below would be applicable in this role; it is not expected that candidates would possess all of these qualifications.
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related field and 8+ years of relevant experience, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related field with 6+ years of experience, or PhD with 3+ years of experience.
• Experience designing and delivering hardware from concept through validation.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of mechanical designs in multidisciplinary projects.
• Advanced CAD user (Catia, NX, Solidworks, etc.), including part and assembly level FEA and topology optimization.
• A working knowledge of ASME drafting standards including GD&T, (Y14.5-2018).
• Transitioning early designs to products [NPI, EVT, DVT].

Soft Skills

• Creative and team-first thinking.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong technical communication.
• Technical mentorship.

Benefits

The base pay range for this position is between $130,000 to $190,000 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.