[Hiring] Senior Staff CAD Designer @Boston Dynamics

Role Description

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Senior Staff CAD Designer to join our Spot robot team. In this role, you will be a key technical resource for new product initiatives, designing ruggedized hardware required for the world’s most demanding environments. You’ll love working on a fun, collaborative, and talented team to support one of the world’s coolest robots.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Mechanical Engineering Partnership: Collaborate closely with Mechanical Engineering teams to iterate on concepts, resolve complex design challenges, and translate early prototypes and functional requirements into robust, production-ready CAD models.
• Drive Mechanical Packaging & Architecture: Build and maintain master skeleton models, top-down assembly architectures, and complex packaging layouts for high-density electromechanical subsystems.
• Production-Ready Modeling: Design intricate mechanical components and assemblies using CATIA, focusing on structural enclosures, structural castings, injection-molded plastics, and machined components.
• Drawing & Detailing Ownership: Generate fully defined 2D engineering drawing packages compliant with ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards, including critical datum definitions, inspection dimensions, and surface finishes.
• Electromechanical Integration: Route complex wire harnesses, flexible cables, and flex PCBAs within constrained dynamic spaces alongside electrical and mechanical engineering teams.
• DFM / DFA Collaboration: Partner directly with prototype shops, tooling vendors, and high-volume suppliers to optimize designs for toolability (draft angles, parting lines, shut-offs, uniform wall thickness, and assembly sequencing).
• PLM & Release Management: Manage multi-level Bills of Materials (BOMs), configure change packages, and author Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) inside the PLM system.

Qualifications

• AS or BS in Mechanical Design Technology, Computer-Aided Drafting/Design, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent vocational training and relevant practical experience.
• 7+ years of dedicated mechanical CAD design experience in robotics, consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace, or industrial automation.
• Advanced, expert-level proficiency in CATIA.
• Deep practical knowledge of DFM/DFA for volume fabrication processes (injection molding, high-pressure die casting, gravity casting, precision CNC, etc).
• Extensive experience using PLM systems (Arena preferred; Windchill, Enovia, or Teamcenter) to manage BOMs, revision schemes, and ECO approvals.

Requirements

• Expert command of ASME Y14.5 (GD&T) drafting practices and mechanical drawing creation.
• Experience conducting detailed tolerance stack-ups for precision-machined and molded assemblies.
• Hands-on experience with 3D wire harness and cable routing workbenches (e.g., CATIA Electrical / Harness Design).
• Advanced surfacing experience (Class-A or complex aesthetic curves) bridging Industrial Design surfaces to production tooling geometry.
• Detailed design experience with environmental sealing architectures (IP67/IP68 O-ring glands, elastomeric gaskets, ultrasonic welding, structural adhesives, and overmolding).

Benefits

• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, and vision.
• 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off.
• Annual bonus structure.