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The Associate Director heads a team of manufacturing engineers and advanced manufacturing engineers who concept, design, implement, and sustain those capabilities - processes, tooling, fixtures, equipment, automation, and assembly and test stations - from quantity zero through prototype production volume.\nBecause Prototype Operations sits within the Product & Technology organization, this team works shoulder to shoulder with design engineering. The Associate Director owns the loop between design and build: bringing DFx into designs early, feeding build learnings back quickly, and making sure products and processes hit their targets for the optimal balance of speed and quality to enable development.\nBeyond today's builds, the role prepares processes proven in prototype to scale or transfer to high-volume production. It also shapes the internal prototype operations capabilities roadmap, grows engineering talent, and informs long-term product and operational decisions.\nBoston Dynamics is a world leader in mobile robots, tackling some of the toughest robotics challenges. For years, our awe-inspiringviral videos on YouTube have shown the world what remarkably capable robots can do. Now we are quickly becoming a recognized leader in automation solutions for industrial applications and warehouse logistics.\nHow you will make an impact:\nProvide strategic and technical leadership to manufacturing engineering and advanced manufacturing engineering teams across the full capability lifecycle: concept, design, build, qualification, and sustaining. This may include an industrial engineer and a packaging engineer too.\nOwn build readiness for prototype production: process flows, work instructions, tooling, fixtures, equipment, line layouts, and capacity plans that meet build schedules and volume targets.\nSet and execute the advanced manufacturing roadmap; evaluate, pilot, and deploy new processes and automation (e.g., automated assembly, precision alignment, additive, laser welding, precision polishing) that improves in-house development speed for engineering.\nEmbed manufacturing engineering in the design process: lead DFx reviews and provide manufacturability, assembly, test, and serviceability input at early product development gates.\nClose the loop between build and design - capture build issues, drive root cause and corrective action with Design, Quality, and Test, and manage the manufacturing impact of engineering changes.\nDefine and drive manufacturing engineering processes, standards, and metrics (capacity, readiness, first-pass yield, cycle time, TAKT time, process capability) to support data-driven continuous improvement.\nPrepare processes for scale and transfer: lightweight PFMEAs, control plans, process validation, and documentation that allow prototype processes to move to high-volume production internally or at contract manufacturers.\nManage external partners - integrators, equipment suppliers, and contract manufacturers - including SOWs, RFQs, design reviews, and acceptance.\nDevelop resource plans, capital budgets, program priorities, and operational risk mitigation strategies to support business goals and product timelines.\nRepresent Manufacturing Engineering in senior program reviews, build readiness reviews, operational forums, and business planning.\nBuild, lead, and coach high-performing teams; hire key talent and provide development plans and career paths for managers, engineers, and technical leads.\nInfluence long-term product and technology decisions by contributing manufacturing insight to roadmap and platform planning.\nWhat You Bring:\nCore Competencies\nExecution - Analyzes and prioritizes the varying aspects of the role, knows and/or follows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, and consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.\nCollaboration - Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives through effective communication that understands the unique needs of different audiences.\nInnovation - Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful; anticipates and adopts innovations in business, operations, and technology applications.\nAdaptability - Adapts and pivots in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations, and moves forward productively and optimistically under conditions of change and ambiguity.\nCore Knowledge & Abilities\nExpertise in manufacturing engineering for complex electro-mechanical products.\nDemonstrated success leading engineering organizations through prototype builds, NPI, and manufacturing ramp.\nHands-on depth in assembly process development, fixture and tooling design, automation, and equipment specification and qualification.\nStrong foundation in manufacturing and design engineering principles: lean, PFMEA, SPC, DOE, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and process validation.\nComfortable operating where designs are still changing; balances build speed against process rigor and knows when each matters.\nSkilled in data-driven decision-making, risk management, and process development across multiple programs and stakeholders.\nWorking knowledge of PLM, ERP, and MES or build-data systems.\nProven ability to influence senior leadership and external partners through business case development, technical insight, and clear communication.\nStrong organizational leadership and talent development skills across multidisciplinary engineering teams.\nExpected Experience:\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.\n10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in high-tech hardware, including 4+ years in engineering leadership roles with managers as direct reports.\nProven track record standing up new manufacturing capabilities from concept through production, including custom equipment and automation.\nExperience in both prototype or low-volume and high-volume production environments.\nExperience transferring processes to global or outsourced manufacturing partners is preferred.\nExperience with robotics, actuators, or similarly complex electro-mechanical assemblies is preferred.\nWe are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.\nThe salary range for this position will be clearly stated in the job posting as required by Massachusetts law. The base pay range for this position is between $178,000 - $221,000. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting.\nBoston Dynamics will never ask you to divulge your personal financial or account information as part of its recruiting process.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7165,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Logistics & Warehouse Robotics","Industrial Robotics","Humanoid Robots"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-27T17:45:36Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 14","filings_12m":14,"filings_prev_12m":12,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":222500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":50,"reasons":["conf:4","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":221000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/boston-dynamics-associate-director-advanced-manufacturing","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/boston-dynamics-associate-director-advanced-manufacturing.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-29T07:27:59Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11306,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":47994},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=47994"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fboston-dynamics-associate-director-advanced-manufacturing"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fboston-dynamics-associate-director-advanced-manufacturing"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fboston-dynamics-associate-director-advanced-manufacturing"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/boston-dynamics-associate-director-advanced-manufacturing\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fboston-dynamics-associate-director-advanced-manufacturing"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3347889}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"bostondynamics.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3347889},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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