Atoms
Senior Electrical Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$182k-$230kDetected 13 days ago
PCB DesignElectrical EngineeringSensorsCommunication
About the role
- 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.
- It requires deep integration across hardware, software, AI, operations, manufacturing, and real estate.
Responsibilities
- Drive-by-wire development: Design and implement custom circuit boards for electronic and actuator-based vehicle operation, collaborating with other teams on hardware and software.
- Carrier board design & firmware integration: Design carrier boards for vehicle compute, including interfaces with sensors (camera/radar/lidar), logging, GPS, and other peripherals.
- Vehicle integration: Analyze and document CAN bus, CAN FD, direct signaling, and vehicle-specific communication protocols on passenger and commercial platforms.
- Hardware testing: Design, build, and support testing processes and hardware test apparatus for validation and troubleshooting.
- Integration & deployment: Support fleet installations and troubleshoot hardware/firmware issues at testing and deployment sites.
- Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress.
- Atoms builds Physical AI- real-world robots for the industries that move civilization forward, starting with food, mining, and transport.
- Our 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.
- We don't just build machines in a lab.
- Design and implement custom circuit boards for electronic and actuator-based vehicle operation, collaborating with other teams on hardware and software.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 2+ years of non-internship professional Electrical Engineering experience.
- Strong PCB design experience with multi-layer boards and high-speed signaling.
- Experience with embedded systems.
- Familiarity with common automotive communication protocols like CAN, CAN FD, and SENT.
- Hands-on experience with hardware testing and validation.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative startup environment.
Compensation
- The base salary range for this role is $182,000 -$230,000
Benefits
- Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package.
- You may also be eligible for equity awards and an annual performance-based bonus.
- Benefits Summary (USA Full-Time Exempt Employees):
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account / Health Savings Account Options
- Sick Time, Unlimited Flexible Time Off, and Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Plan
- Benefits are subject to change at the company's discretion.
Company info
- 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. We're changing that.
- Atoms builds Physical AI- real-world robots for the industries that move civilization forward, starting with food, mining, and transport. Our 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 more than robotics. It requires deep integration across hardware, software, AI, operations, manufacturing, and real estate. We don't just build machines in a lab. We deploy them into real environments, operate them, learn from them, and improve them until they work at scale.
- We are roboticists, engineers, operators, and builders.
- We believe the next great technology companies will not only transform information, but the physical systems that shape everyday life.
- If you want to work on hard problems with real-world impact, join us.
- We're changing that.
- This work requires more than robotics.
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