Engineering Change Management Specialist

As an Engineering Change Management Specialist at Boston Dynamics, you will facilitate the planning and implementation of changes driven by rapid design iteration of our early-stage products in our development plant. As a member of the Operations Program Management team, every day you will work closely with cross-functional teams to prepare our in-house production for upcoming changes, ensuring a smooth implementation and the highest product quality. You will be a self-starter who can maintain focus on the big picture while managing the huge number of small details to drive consensus on a day-to-day basis and foster effective collaboration. You will know what good looks like for both Engineering and Manufacturing Operations, allowing you to balance rigor with speed. To thrive in this role, you must have experience in and be excited by fast-paced New Product Introduction environments and be highly motivated to drive changes and quality at all costs. If you are looking to work amongst colleagues who are collaborative, mission-driven, values-focused, and looking to have a positive impact on the world of robotics, come and join us!

Day-to-day activities:

• Manage the change implementation process by developing and driving individual mini-projects for each product change, and running the Change Implementation Board (CIB).

• Contribute to process changes and continuous improvements to enabling better change management results while reducing required stakeholder effort.

• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, test, supply chain, and quality assurance teams to ensure alignment and effective change implementation. Hold teams accountable to schedule and expedite/escalate when needed. 

• Manage preparation and execution of Qualification Builds for product changes that require them.

• Understand the current design and goals for the change and possible dependencies to other changes.

• Support setting goals for customer impact, cost, reliability, manufacturing, and serviceability for changes in the review phase.

• Support estimating cost impacts in direct material, capital improvements, and labor for each change.  

• Provide direct DFx feedback for changes and/or involve the relevant experts from the broader Ops team.

• Strategically and proactively identify potential risks and blockers and develop plans to mitigate those risks. 

• Serve as a technical resource to scope out resources needed to deliver new designs into production. 

• Effectively report changes to timelines, resource allocation, and expectations to all stakeholders. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in Arena or similar PLM

• Experience with cross-program Change Management analytics 

• Experience in Manufacturing and Engineering teams

• Understanding of Engineering drawings, technical documentation packages, product development process flow, and manufacturing operations processes. 

The pay range for this position is between $ 101,545.95 to $139,625.68 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.

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.