Boston Dynamics
Associate Director, Systems Test Engineering
$221K
Waltham, MA · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in test engineering; 5+ years leading cross-disciplinary teams in robotic or similarly complex embedded systems; 5+ years directly managing managers, engineers, and technicians; experience across at least one mass-produced product lifecycle.
- Visa sponsorship
- Not able to sponsor visas for this position.
About the job
Leads the Systems Test Engineering team developing and executing verification, validation, and test capabilities for the Atlas humanoid robot, supporting qualification for mass production.
What you'll do
- Hire, mentor, and technically lead a multidisciplinary team.
- Lead program-wide Design Verification Planning and Reporting, including requirements quality, traceability, test execution, and analysis.
- Develop test methods and verification capabilities, and support system characterization and benchmarking.
What they ask for
- Formal V&V experience and expertise translating difficult-to-specify performance requirements into practical tests.
- Track record developing robust test methods and repeatable, reproducible test systems.
- 10+ years of test engineering experience.
- 5+ years leading cross-disciplinary teams developing and verifying robotic or similarly complex embedded systems; 5+ years directly managing managers, engineers, and technicians; experience across at least one mass-produced product lifecycle.
Nice to have
- Reliability and robustness methods, statistical analysis, test fixture development, and test lab management.
- Automotive product development experience is highly desirable.
Pay
$178,,000 - $221,000 USD base salary
Tools
Jama, Jira, Testrails, Google Suite, Python, C, ClaudeCode, Matlab
AI focus
Desired experience includes behavior and controls software involving AI / ML / VLAs, perception, planning, controls, diagnostics, and fault management.
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