Associate Director of Prototype Fleet & Repair
$180k - $220kFull-time
Boston Dynamics
Job Summary The Associate Director, Prototype Fleet & Repair is a senior operational leader responsible for the full lifecycle of the Atlas robot fleet after it leaves the production line, from deployment and health monitoring through field support, repair, and return to service. This role owns two tightly coupled verticals: Fleet Operations, which ensures every deployed robot is available, healthy, correctly configured, and triaged quickly if damaged and/or faulted; and Service & Repair, which drives rapid repair diagnosis, repair execution, and continuous improvement of MTTR and repair quality across all programs. The ideal candidate is an operator who thinks in systems. Someone who can build and manage high-performing technical teams, establish disciplined processes, drive data-informed improvements, and represent the fleet and repair function at the leadership level. They are comfortable in both a strategic planning meeting and on the floor with a repair technician, and they hold themselves accountable to the same standards they set for their team. Key Responsibilities Fleet Operations
- Own overall fleet health and availability for all deployed Atlas robots across internal sites and external partner/customer locations.
- Establish and continuously improve fleet monitoring, triage, and escalation processes, ensuring every robot issue is captured, routed, and resolved with urgency and accountability.
- Build and lead the Internal Application Engineer (IAE) team: Robot Captains and Fleet Operations Technicians, responsible for day-to-day robot health, readiness, and internal customer/partner satisfaction.
- Define and track key fleet metrics including Availability, Utilization, MTB Fall, MTB Failure, and fleet-wide uptime, with a standing cadence to report progress and surface risks to leadership.
- Own the asset management system and fleet health tracking infrastructure; ensure real-time visibility into robot status, location, configuration, and reservation across all sites.
- Partner with Engineering to develop and ultimately manage the FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) strategy, ensuring critical spares are stocked at the right locations to minimize downtime at partner and internal sites.
- Drive a Tiered Technical Support model in collaboration with Global Support Services (GSS), ensuring clear escalation paths and ownership for field issues.
- Develop & coordinate hardware retrofit campaigns and preventative maintenance programs across the fleet.
- Build, develop, and retain a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team across fleet ops and repair, setting clear goals, delivering regular feedback, and creating meaningful growth paths.
- Partner closely with the TPM function to coordinate fleet priorities, surface dependencies, and align resourcing across competing program needs.
- Represent Fleet & Repair in ProtoOps, Atlas and Executive leadership forums, and cross-functional reviews, communicating status, risks, and asks with clarity and credibility.
- Collaborate with Engineering on robot reliability trends, field failure data, and design feedback that can prevent future fleet and repair issues upstream.
- Develop and manage the Fleet & Repair operating budget, headcount plan, and facilities requirements to support scaling Atlas programs and beyond.
- Deep understanding of field operations, fleet management, and repair execution for complex electromechanical systems: robotics, aerospace, or equivalent preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and scale technical teams (engineers and technicians) across multiple functions in a dynamic environment.
- Strong grasp of key fleet operations metrics (OEE, Availability, Utilization, MTTR, MTB Fall/Failure) and experience driving measurable improvement against them.
- Experience developing and maintaining repair processes, work instructions, and diagnostic playbooks for complex hardware systems.
- Familiarity with FRU strategy, spare parts planning, and min/max inventory management for field-deployed hardware.
- Proficiency with fleet tracking and asset management systems; comfort evaluating and implementing new tools as the program scales.
- Skilled at root cause analysis, Lean/continuous improvement methods, and driving cross-functional corrective action.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to represent the team clearly in leadership settings and at the floor level.
- Ability to operate across strategic planning and day-to-day execution without losing effectiveness at either end.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline. Advanced degree or MBA a plus.
- 10+ years of experience in field operations, service & repair, fleet management, or a closely related operational role in a hardware product environment.
- 5+ years of people management experience, including managing managers or senior supervisors.
- Prior experience in a robotics, aerospace, automotive, or high-complexity electromechanical product environment strongly preferred.
- Track record of building operational infrastructure, processes, metrics, systems, in a scaling or early-stage program.
- Experience managing repair or service operations across multiple sites or locations preferred.
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