Systems Test Engineer - Co-Op
Boston Dynamics
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- Location
- Waltham, United States
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Internship
- Posted
- Oct 26
- 2 days ago
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About the company
Boston Dynamics
Industrial automation · 201 to 500 employees
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. We embody cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence in advanced robotics, quickly moving from the research lab into increasingly impactful roles across industrial spaces.
What you'll do
- Work across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and technician teams to validate and integrate robot systems
- Oversee and execute the integration of testing fixtures, including instrumentation, wiring, and configurations
- Test and validate assemblies and firmware for critical robot components
- Contribute to the definition of test system design and test process
- Support system integration and test activities through test execution and debugging
- Develop and execute accelerated life reliability test specifications alongside test engineers
- Support failure analysis efforts for failures resulting from reliability testing
What you need
- In progress Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Solid mechatronics fundamentals and hands-on experience designing, building, and testing PCBAs or subsystem test stands (preferred)
- Experience using 3D Modeling SW or Altium (or similar EDA tools) (preferred)
- Experience in the test and debugging of complex electromechanical systems (preferred)
- General experience in firmware, automation, and controls (preferred)
- Data analysis and visualization experience (preferred)
- Experience with Python, C++, Jama, Jira, Google Suite, Matlab, Arena, Altium, Solidworks, Catia v6, Raspberry Pi, or Arduino (preferred)
Key skills
Mechatronics fundamentalsSubsystem test stands3D Modeling SWAltiumTest and debuggingFirmwareAutomationControlsData analysis and visualizationPythonC++JamaJiraMatlab
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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. We embody cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence in advanced robotics, quickly moving from the research lab into increasingly impactful roles across industrial spaces.
The Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT) Department of Boston Dynamics (BD) seeks a Systems Test Engineer Co-op to help verify and validate the most capable humanoid robot system in the world.
This role provides hands-on technical support to a peer group of test engineers and technicians. The team will include mechanical, electrical, and software expertise. The Systems Test Engineer Co-op reports to the Verification, Validation, & Test Associate Director on the Atlas team and helps BD continue the development of the most capable full-body-manipulating mobile robots in the world.
How you will make an impact:
Work across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and technician teams to validate and integrate robot systems into test stands for reliability, verification, and software testing.
Oversee and execute the integration of testing fixtures, including instrumentation, wiring, and configurations.
Test and validate assemblies and firmware for critical components of our robot, such as actuators, grippers, power distribution boards, battery management systems, sensing boards, motor controllers, or compute boards.
Contribute to the definition of our test system design and test process.
Support system integration and test activities by contributing to test execution and debugging.
Work alongside test engineers to develop and execute accelerated life reliability test specifications for actuators, batteries, structures, bushings, wirings, sensors, and the full system.
Support failure analysis efforts for failures resulting from reliability testing.
Required Skills & Experience:
In progress Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Desirable Skills & Experience:
Solid mechatronics fundamentals with hands-on experience designing, building, and testing PCBAs or subsystem test stands used for hardware and software validation.
Experience using 3D Modeling SW or Altium (or similar EDA tools).
Experience in the test and debugging of complex electromechanical systems.
General experience in firmware, automation, and controls.
Data analysis and visualization.
Software tools including: Python, C++, Jama, Jira, Google Suite, Matlab, Arena, Altium, Solidworks, Catia v6, Raspberry Pi, Arduino.