Boston Dynamics is looking for a motivated project management professional to join our deployment organization to coordinate and support complex installations across our robotics product lines. The ideal candidate demonstrates solid expertise across the delivery process, knowledge of regulatory standards for deploying systems in commercial/industrial environments, and proven capability in coordinating cross-functional teams.
As a Staff Project Manager, you will manage customer programs and sub-projects, maintaining project timelines, tracking resources, and monitoring financial progress. While managing core project requirements, you will interact with customer technical leads, collaborate with Boston Dynamics’ Field Applications Engineering teams, and coordinate with key third-party vendors and subcontractors to support successful execution.
To succeed in this role, you must bring technical background across hardware, software, and systems engineering, comfortably manage iteration and ambiguity, and align engineering execution with deployment timelines. This role offers strong growth opportunities within engineering program management and operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Program Execution & Support: Support end-to-end execution of robotics deployment projects, including planning, task coordination, schedule tracking, budgeting, and stakeholder alignment across customer environments.
- Technical Oversight: Review and evaluate architectural/AutoCAD drawings, electrical work instructions, network diagrams, and system specifications to verify site readiness and support installation quality.
- Cross-Functional & Field Coordination: Coordinate with Boston Dynamics Field Applications Engineering teams, contractors, and site vendors. Track material logistics, site inventory, delivery milestones, and site safety compliance.
- Process & Framework Alignment: Collaborate with Field Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain leads to organize design checkpoints, phase-gate reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives in deployment workflows.
- Risk & Dependency Management: Identify technical blockers and deployment roadblocks, maintain risk registers, track engineering dependencies across hardware/software, and drive resolution of issues.
- Stakeholder Communication: Maintain clear communication with internal and customer technical stakeholders, providing regular status reporting, schedule updates, and risk tracking.
- Demonstrations & Pilots: Coordinate logistics and site readiness for customer pilot projects, field validation testing, and trade show demonstrations.
- Capability & Process Improvement: Document lessons learned and contribute to enhancing standard project management tools and delivery methodologies within the team.
Core Competencies
- Execution: 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.
- Collaboration: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives through effective communication that understands the unique needs of different audiences.
- Innovation: Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful, anticipates and adopts innovations in business, operations, and technology applications.
- Adaptability: 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.
You Must Have
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics, Systems Engineering) or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of project or program management experience in technical project management, robotics, mechatronics, or electromechanical system deployments.
- Ability to maintain project schedules, track dependencies, and manage risk registers across technical teams.
- Technical background and familiarity across hardware/software integration, network architecture, and robotic subsystems.
- Proficiency with project management and ticketing tools (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project, Salesforce).
- Experience working in cross-functional, matrixed environments with exposure to physical hardware deployment.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for engaging with technical teams and customer stakeholders.
We Value
- CAPM, PMP, or Agile certification.
- Hands-on project exposure to autonomous mobile robots (AMR), industrial automation, or unstructured robotic implementations.
- Familiarity with commissioning, validation testing, and quality control processes in commercial/industrial environments.
- Strong proficiency in Smartsheet or Jira for workflow tracking and status reporting.
- Ability to navigate fast-paced environments and bring organization to complex engineering tasks.
Travel & Location
- Location: Position based out of Boston Dynamics' Waltham, MA office.
- Travel: Willing and able to travel up to 50% of the time.
We 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.
Boston Dynamics will never ask you to divulge your personal financial or account information as part of its recruiting process.
The base pay range for this position is between $134,399.06 to 167,998.82 annually. 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. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and a annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.
