Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer

About Atoms

Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress.

Over the last decade, software has transformed the digital world. But the physical world, where food is made, minerals are mined, goods are moved, and industries are run, remains far less intelligent, far less efficient, and far more constrained. Atoms is changing that.

Atoms builds Physical AI: real-world robots for the industries that move civilization forward, starting with food, mining, and transport. Their systems are designed to understand, predict, and control the real world with precision, turning complex physical operations into something more reliable, more scalable, and more productive.

This work requires deep integration across hardware, software, AI, operations, manufacturing, and real estate. Atoms does not just build machines in a lab. They deploy them into real environments, operate them, learn from them, and improve them until they work at scale.

The Opportunity

Atoms is seeking a Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer to own the sensing suite and the overall vehicle-level integration of on-road autonomous platforms. You will take a platform from bench to first vehicle-level operation to a commissioned fleet, working out how sensors, compute, networks, and actuation come together physically and electrically.

You will do this across Atoms' own vehicles and OEM partner platforms, and you will build the commissioning and test infrastructure that lets the second vehicle come up twice as fast as the first.

What You'll Do

- Own how sensing, onboard compute, vehicle networks, power distribution, and actuation integrate on on-road platforms, from first bench through fleet deployment

- Own the sensing suite on-vehicle, contributing to placement and field-of-view tradeoffs, occlusion analysis, mounting and alignment tolerances, high-speed data and power interfaces, time synchronization, multimodal calibration across cameras, lidar, radar, and GNSS/IMU, and the cleaning and health monitoring that keep sensors working in the field

- Drive the technical bring-up of new and refreshed vehicle platforms and turn one-off builds into a repeatable commissioning process covering device firmware, sensor calibration, safety signoffs, and autonomy software integration

- Design and build HIL benches, breakout hardware, and instrumentation that integrate compute, sensors, and actuators so software and autonomy teams can develop and regress against a safe, representative platform; define and execute vehicle-level validation, release checking, and regression criteria

- Own triage and root-cause analysis across sensing, compute, networking, harnesses, connectors, and power, converting findings into design changes, containment actions, and documented corrective actions that measurably raise fleet reliability and uptime

- Serve as the technical anchor at test sites, customer demonstrations, and new-market launches, holding the bar on platform health, connectivity, and vehicle uptime when the stakes are highest

- Produce and maintain integration design documentation, drawings, build instructions, and incoming verification checks; build the tooling, pipelines, and dashboards that make platform health measurable

You Should Have

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience

- 8+ years integrating, validating, and debugging sensing, compute, and vehicle systems on prototype and production vehicles in autonomous vehicles, ADAS, EVs, or at an automotive OEM or supplier, with a proven track record of technical ownership

- Deep hands-on sensor integration experience across cameras, lidar, radar, and GNSS/IMU: placement and field-of-view tradeoffs, mounting and dimensional accuracy, high-speed data and power interfaces, time synchronization, and multimodal calibration

- Experience owning vehicle bring-up and commissioning end to end: firmware installation, sensor calibration, safety signoffs, and autonomy software integration, with a repeatable process built around it

- Experience designing or substantially building hardware-in-the-loop or bench test infrastructure that integrates compute, sensors, and actuators

- Fluency with automotive networks and diagnostics: CAN, CAN FD, Automotive Ethernet, and tooling including CANalyzer/CANoe, CANape, Vehicle Spy, and oscilloscopes, plus hands-on wire harness design and integration

- Comfort working in Linux and scripting in Python or MATLAB/Simulink for data analysis, test automation, and the dashboards and pipelines that surface platform and fleet health

- Proven ability to navigate highly ambiguous environments, self-direct technical problem-solving, and clearly communicate technical tradeoffs to cross-functional partners, OEM counterparts, and customers

- Willingness to travel to test, customer, and deployment sites; ability to work onsite five days a week in San Francisco; and a valid driver's license with a clean driving record

Compensation and Benefits

Base Salary: $176,000 – $238,000 annually

In addition to base salary, you may be eligible for equity awards and an annual performance-based bonus. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance; FSA/HSA options; 401(k); unlimited flexible time off and paid holidays; paid parental leave; and a pre-tax commuter benefit plan.