Principal Electrical Engineer

As a Principal Electrical Engineer on the Spot electrical team, you will develop circuit boards and electrical subassemblies for Boston Dynamic’s quadruped robots. You will provide technical leadership for new product development and may be tasked with leading small cross-functional technical teams to resolve critical issues or to develop new electrical assemblies. The ideal candidate will have a strong electrical engineering background with an emphasis on power electronics specific to developing BLDC motor control circuits, DC-to-DC power conversion and distribution, and load switching. You’ll love working on a fun, collaborative, and talented team to support one of the world’s coolest robots.

Boston Dynamics is a world leader in mobile robots, tackling some of the toughest robotics challenges. For years, our awe-inspiring viral videos on YouTube have shown the world what remarkably capable robots can do. Now we are quickly becoming a recognized leader in automation solutions for industrial applications and warehouse logistics.  
 

How you will make an impact:

• Develop (document, design, simulate, test, support) digital, power, RF, and/or mixed signal circuit boards

• Be responsible for robot subsystems through architecture, development, and volume manufacturing

• Oversee and/or layout circuit boards in CAD

• Contribute to the team’s knowledge of power electronics design, specifically as it relates to BLDC motor controller design and DC-DC power conversion

• Triage, troubleshoot, and diagnose robot electrical failures to root cause

• Author technical documentation such as specifications, schematics, test plans, and reports

• Collaborate with engineering, operations, manufacturing, compliance, and test teams

• Lead and participate in design reviews

• Author Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)

• Contribute to team process development initiatives

Required Skills:

• BS in electrical engineering, computer engineering, robotics, or closely-related field

• 7+ years of directly related work experience

• Strong understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals

• Experience with BLDC motor controller design

• Experience with DC to DC power conversion and load switching design

• Familiarity with power simulation tools 

• Embedded computing and/or robotics systems knowledge

• Desire and ability to lead crossfunctional subsystem design

• Product design experience

• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout software (e.g. Altium)

• Prior experience using a PLM (e.g. Arena)

Nice to have:

• Interest or passion for RF antenna design and/or RF module integration (e.g. communication radios, radar, antenna arrays)

• Ability to code in C/C++, Python, and/or LabVIEW

• Prior experience with motor control methodologies such as FOC

• Experience with Linux operating systems

• Familiarity with the concepts of functional safety (e.g. IEC61508, ISO13849, IEC61511, and/or ISO26262)

• Knowledge of circuit board manufacturing DfX and best practices

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.