Principal Electrical Engineer
Company | Boston Dynamics |
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Location | Waltham, MA, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 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)
Responsibilities
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- 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