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Senior Technical Support Engineer

Waltham, MAOnsiteFull TimeSenior$73,671–$92,088 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Linux
  • Python
  • C++
  • technical support
  • electro/mechanical equipment
  • robots
  • payloads
  • servers
  • networked systems
  • wireless communication systems

Nice to have

  • KPI management
  • continuous process improvement
  • Voice of the Customer

Role summary

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Senior Technical Support Engineer to provide expert-level technical support for their sophisticated product-agnostic ecosystem. This role involves diagnosing, troubleshooting, and debugging complex electro/mechanical equipment, robots, and software. The engineer will act as a liaison between customers and development teams, documenting issues, suggesting features, and contributing to process improvements. Key qualifications include proficiency in Linux, a high-level programming language (Python/C++), and excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Technical Support Engineers take ownership for resolving technical customer issues in a reasonable time, act as the representative of Boston Dynamics technical expertise in voice, tone, and knowledge, and serve as an internal Voice of the Customer in identifying and escalating customer needs for issues and feature requests.

Duties and Responsibilities:


Knowledge & Application: Technical Expert

  • Provides technical support to customers and internal customers for a highly technical and sophisticated product-agnostic ecosystem.
  • Helps establish, document, and assist in principled technical support processes: diagnosing, troubleshooting, reproducing, fixing and debugging complex electro/mechanical equipment – robots, payloads, and servers, computer interfaces, inputs and outputs of complex software, or networked and/or wireless communication systems. 
  • May be involved in customer installation and training.
  • Responsible for maintaining knowledge of all base robot behaviors, functions, and changes in supported software and hardware.
  • Responsible for building and sharing a deep expertise in the work of a specialized software feature development team.
  • Exercises expert-level knowledge in use of internal tools and robot log data in the diagnostic process. 

Contributions to Product and Customer Success

  • Responds to customers in a voice and tone representative of Boston Dynamics 
  • Queue Management to reduce long running issues and drive KPI to manage the issues
  • Respond to Troubleshooting emails and chats in a timely and responsible manner
  • Document software incidents, bugs, and stories for Development and Quality teams
  • Suggest new features based on customer feedback
  • Assist in proactive support and outreach for technical bulletins
  • Contributes to continuous process improvement for tracking and measuring Customer Success towards key Business Objectives 

Qualifications


The ideal candidate has:

  • Bachelor degree or higher in Engineering/Computer Science related subject
  • Excellent computer and interpersonal skills
  • Proficiency in Linux-based operating systems
  • Proficiency in a high level programming language such as Python/C++

Job profile


This role is for you if you are: 

  • A take-charge problem solver: Confident in demonstrating expertise and directing interactions with customers
  • A positive individual who takes pride in providing a high standard of service and support to customers
  • A knowledge seeker: A self-starter and quick learner who grasps concepts and processes quickly and intuitively
  • A team player: Work with others and support different functions across teams

The pay range for this position is between $73,670.59 to $92,088.24 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.


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