Boston Dynamics
Associate Director, R&D Quality Engineering
$155K–$195K
Waltham Office (POST) · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years of progressive quality engineering experience; 5+ years leading quality teams through NPI, prototype, or low-volume production phases.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a closely related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Not able to sponsor visas for this position.
About the job
Leads R&D quality engineering across prototype builds, low-volume production, suppliers, failure investigations, and quality systems to improve hardware quality without slowing development.
What you'll do
- Set quality strategy and gates for prototype-to-production builds, and advise leaders on quality risks in production-rate decisions.
- Lead supplier quality, failure investigations and corrective actions, and build traceability and defect analytics systems.
- Develop the quality engineering team and coach engineering and operations on quality methods.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a closely related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of progressive quality engineering experience in complex hardware environments, including 5+ years leading quality teams through NPI, prototype, or low-volume production phases.
- Demonstrated mastery of structured problem solving (8D, DMAIC, or equivalent), with a track record of verified cross-functional root cause closure.
- Deep working knowledge of GD&T, measurement systems analysis, process capability, first-article inspection, and process validation.
Nice to have
- Experience in robotics, aerospace, automotive, medical device, or similarly demanding electromechanical hardware environments.
- ASQ certification (CQE, CMQ/OE), Six Sigma Black Belt, or equivalent formal training.
Pay
USD 155,000 to USD 195,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
8D, DMAIC, GD&T, MES, Tulip, FMEA, DOE, ISO 9001
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