About The Role:

What You’ll Do:

• Assemble, rework, troubleshoot, maintain, and test new designs of machines that perform a complex automated manufacturing process.
• SMT soldering, wire harness fabrication, integration, and test.
• Collaborate with engineering.
• Build and rework assemblies and sub-assemblies in our prototype shop.
• Work with engineering and a technical writer to produce electro-mechanical assembly documentation and work instructions. Building, troubleshooting and reworking electromechanical assemblies.
• Build, troubleshoot and rework electromechanical assemblies.

What You’ll Need:

• Hands-on hardware assembly skills in both mechanical and electrical systems, including small precision work and large-scale systems.
• Experience with debugging complex electromechanical systems.
• Experience operating and remote controlling benchtop lab electronics (multimeters, oscilloscopes, etc.)
• Familiarity with a ticketing system to document and prioritize workflow (JIRA, GitHub, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• An eye for detail and organization.
• Read and interpret specifications, prints, electrical point to points, ICD’s and P&ID’s.
• Electrical and mechanical troubleshooting.
• Laser and optical system experience.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills.
• Experience with office software (MS Office or Google Docs.)
• Basic metrology or inspection experience (e.g., using calipers, micrometers, multimeters, etc.)
• Basic fabrication skills, cutting, fitting, bending, drilling and deburring.
• Familiarity with fittings, tubing, plumbing, pneumatics, gas and fluid management. (Swagelok, ORB, NPT, PTC).
• Familiarity with building in a cleanroom and cleanroom high purity work etiquette.
• Eagerness to learn and take on more responsibilities over time.
• Wire harness assembly and soldering certification (IPC-610, IPC-620, or J-Standard-001.
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent industry experience.
• 5+ years of industry experience.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience operating lab metrology instruments (microscopes, SEM, profilometers, etc.)
• Good software literacy; ability to use command line interfaces, read and understand automation device manuals and debug software-controlled systems.
• Ability to drive a forklift and have basic rigging knowledge.

About the Role

This executive leadership role is one of the most pivotal and technically broad at Atomic Machines. You will be the executive responsible for the development of Atomic Machines' digital manufacturing "Nodes," each of which implements a class of physical manufacturing process, as a fully automated digital machine built upon our robust hardware and software platform that enables sophisticated interaction with all other Nodes, ultimately manifesting in the Matter Compiler (MC). You will lead a team of exceptional principal-level mechanical engineers (both ICs and ICMs) to design and build the Nodes -- from initial prototypes and DoEs through to commercial readiness -- required for the launch of our first product and beyond, and your team will work in the context of our fully operational Hybrid Fab, which provides a unique agile development/deployment environment for all aspects of the MC. Importantly, we are growing rapidly, and you will play a key role in further building out the team with additional bar-raising talent.

What You’ll Do

• Cultivate a high-performing leadership team by managing managers and directors while ensuring their teams consistently deliver against strategic objectives and engineering excellence standards.
• Own the node hardware architecture: mechanism selection, kinematics, structural design, thermal control, sensing, actuation, and serviceability - with clear interfaces to software, controls, and manufacturing.
• Drive hardware requirements and error budgets for precision, throughput, and reliability (accuracy, repeatability, stiffness, settle time, drift, MTBF/MTTR, uptime) and translate them into subsystem specifications and verification plans.
• Lead design and industrialization of motion subsystems (stages/gantries, rotary axes, Z/force axes), end-effectors, fixturing, and in-situ metrology aligned with sub-micron performance needs.
• Establish rigorous design processes: design reviews, interface control documents (ICDs), GD&T and tolerance analysis standards, DFMEA/PFMEA, verification & validation (V&V) plans, and disciplined engineering change control (ECO/ECN).
• Build scalable calibration and alignment strategies into the hardware (datums, fiducials, kinematic mounts, reference artifacts) and partner with software to automate calibration, compensation, and drift detection.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering to develop the prototype-to-production pipeline for node hardware: supplier strategy, DFM/DFA/DFS, first-article inspection, incoming quality, build documentation, assembly/test fixtures, and ramp to stable yields.
• Drive reliability engineering for nodes: test strategy (lifetime, wear, thermal cycling, vibration, contamination), FRACAS, root cause analysis, preventive maintenance design, and reliability growth metrics.
• Hire, develop, and lead a high-performing multi-disciplinary hardware organization (ME, opto-mechanics, test/validation) with a strong bar for technical excellence and execution.
• Partner cross-functionally to integrate nodes into complete manufacturing systems and debug factory issues with urgency, rigor, and high standards.

What You’ll Need

• 15+ years leading cross-org teams (including managers/directors) and driving org-level hiring/talent strategy, plus 7 years as an IC building complex robotics, precision automation, or advanced manufacturing systems.
• Demonstrated ownership of multiple hardware systems shipped to production: from early prototypes through manufacturing ramp and sustained field operation.
• Deep expertise in one of the following: precision mechanism design: stiffness/compliance, vibration/dynamics, thermal drift, error budgeting (including Abbe errors), and practical metrology.
• Strong command of GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, and design for manufacturability/assembly/service (DFM/DFA/DFS), including collaboration with suppliers and quality teams.
• Experience selecting and integrating sensors and actuators (encoders, force/torque, vision, capacitive/inductive, pneumatics, motors, bearings) with clear understanding of physics and failure modes.
• Track record of building hardware test and validation frameworks: DVP&R, fixture design, automated test where appropriate, and clear pass/fail criteria tied to requirements.
• Strong reliability and failure analysis skills: DFMEA/PFMEA, RCA, DOE, CAPA, wear/fatigue, contamination, and field-debug discipline in production environments.
• Systems-level leadership and communication across mechanical, electrical, controls, software, vision, manufacturing, and supply chain domains.
• Cultural alignment with first-principles reasoning, accountability, disciplined thinking, high standards, and truth-seeking teamwork.
• Minimum bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field with deep hands-on hardware execution.

Atomic Machines is ushering in a new era of micromanufacturing with its Matter Compiler™ technology platform. This platform enables new classes of micromachines to be designed and built by providing manufacturing processes and a materials library that are inaccessible to semiconductor manufacturing methods. It unlocks MEMS manufacturing not only for device classes that could never be produced by semiconductor methods, but also for entirely new categories. Furthermore, this digital platform is fully programmable in the way 3D printing is digital—but whereas 3D printing produces parts of a single material using a single process, the Matter Compiler™ technology platform is a multi-process, multi-material system: bits and raw materials go in, and complete, functional micromachines come out. The Atomic Machines team has also created an exciting first device—made possible only through the Matter Compiler™ technology platform—that we will be unveiling to the world soon.

Our offices are in Emeryville and Santa Clara, California.

About The Role:

We are seeking a highly technical Engineering Program Manager to lead the development and scaling of Nodes on the Matter Compiler — our modular manufacturing system. You will combine strong technical judgment with program leadership: defining scope and interfaces, setting ownership and success metrics, maintaining integrated plans, and running the operating cadence that drives execution. You will drive programs for integrated machine systems spanning precision motion, optics/metrology, vacuum process modules, embedded software, and factory workcell infrastructure. At Atomic Machines, the PMO is a leverage function. You will strengthen our execution system by tightening feedback loops, reducing friction, clarifying “done,” and surfacing high-integrity signals on progress, risks, and decisions.

What You’ll Do:

• Own end-to-end program execution for assigned Nodes, Modules, or Platform initiatives.
• Define scope, milestones, owners, success metrics, and delivery outcomes (time, cost, budget, change control).
• Lead cross-functional planning across ME, EE, Software, AI, Operations, and Leadership.
• Build and maintain integrated execution plans that connect strategy to daily work, dependencies, and measurable progress.
  Drive effective change control by framing technical tradeoffs as structured decisions with clear options, risks, and implications.
• Establish forecasts, measure execution against them, and improve the mechanisms that increase learning rate and reduce friction.
• Design and refine deployment processes for our Hybrid Fab environment to enable rapid design-test-learn cycles.
• Maintain dashboards, reviews, and reporting that provide real-time, data-driven visibility into program health.
• Build scalable processes to eliminate recurring challenges (integration, pilot-to-production scaling, cross-team synchronization).

What You’ll Need:

• 5 (minimum for Senior) to 10+ years spanning hands-on engineering and technical leadership (TPM, engineering management, or equivalent) on complex multidisciplinary products.
• Proven track record delivering integrated hardware-electronics-software systems from concept through manufacturing release.
  Strong technical fluency grounded in real build experience — able to recognize when a decision requires more rigor vs when to move fast.
• First-principles thinking with sound instincts for strategic tradeoffs (e.g., buy vs. build, specialization vs. generalization).
• Experience with mechanical systems involving motion, kinematics, sensing, and closed-loop control, and software for embedded or hardware-adjacent systems.
  Strong bias for ownership and clarity in ambiguous environments.
• Experience with iterative, incremental hardware development in fast-moving or startup contexts.
• Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous programs — breaking them down into fundamental components, dependencies, and a fast cycle-time execution model.
• Strong executive presence and communication — trusted by both technical teams and leadership.
• High EQ and sound judgment navigating complex people dynamics across technical organizations.
• BS or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with semiconductor tools, robotics hardware, factory automation, or aerospace systems.
• Experience driving reliability growth, scaling readiness, and manufacturing release processes.

About The Role:

What You’ll Do:

• Design, develop, and qualify complex systems automating process technologies such as physical vapor deposition, vacuum material handling, laser micromachining, electrochemical, fluid handling and dispense, bonding and joining, precision pick and place robotics, conveyance systems, mechanisms, end effectors, robotic axes, and systems that fit into a modular robotic manufacturing platform.
• Work with a cross-functional team of highly experienced mechanical, software, electrical, process and materials engineers; managing projects, risks, and shaping our technology development path to develop control algorithms, machine vision approaches, and closed-loop inspection and metrology functionalities.
• Be a pillar for engineering excellence with concise documentation in CAD models, BOMs (bill of materials), detailed drawings, and technical design documentation, analytical models, guided by strong engineering decision making to enable a detailed understanding of machine performance.
• Drive your work through rapid learning loops leveraging our in-house Lab, Fab, and Machine Shop.
• Work with experts from other teams to ensure systems are performant while being efficient, operable, and reliable; challenging assumptions and building strong professional relationships.

What You’ll Need:

• A first-principles mindset – you question assumptions, reframe problems from the ground up, and approach challenges with a foundational understanding rather than relying solely on precedent.
• 3+ years of experience designing complex multi-physics precision mechanical systems.
• Expertise in mechanical design principles, engineering fundamentals, and significant experience with CAD tools for detailed drafting and modeling.
• Demonstrated expertise in one or more disciplines and the ability to learn across the following engineering disciplines: precision engineering, machine design, mechanisms, thermal, vacuum, fluids, optics, electromagnetics, sensors, and materials.
• Self-guided learning with the ability to rapidly ascend learning curves with minimal direction. While the Mechanical Engineering team includes highly experienced engineers, success in this role requires curiosity, initiative, and adaptability.
• Receptiveness to feedback – the ideal candidate actively seeks feedback, both from colleagues and hands-on experimentation.
• Team-oriented mindset with a focus on collective success. Willingness to take on varied tasks, including less glamorous but necessary work to drive the team forward.
• A maker mentality with strong hands-on background in fabrication, machining, and prototyping with an intuitive understanding of material behavior and manufacturing processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey complex technical ideas and document designs effectively.
• Proactive and self-driven – a self-starter who takes initiative and follows through to completion.
• Minimum B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent experience).

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with high vacuum systems, laser and optical systems, and precision robotic systems.