Atoms
Director, Vehicle Integration (AV Platform Engineering)
$185K–$254K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 10+ years of relevant experience, including 5+ leading engineers; equivalent hands-on experience may substitute for the degree.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
About the job
Leads the vehicle integration team responsible for validating autonomous vehicle software, integrating and commissioning development vehicles, and supporting fleet deployment.
What you'll do
- Own hardware-in-the-loop and bench validation, vehicle integration architecture, and commissioning processes.
- Coordinate integration and issue resolution across robotics, operations, hardware, manufacturing, OEMs, and suppliers; establish engineering standards and root-cause processes.
- Hire and lead the vehicle integration engineering team.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of relevant experience, including 5+ years leading engineers; equivalent hands-on experience may substitute for the degree.
- Vehicle integration ownership from architecture through fleet deployment, plus experience creating repeatable vehicle bring-up processes.
- Hands-on experience with CAN, CAN FD, automotive Ethernet, drive-by-wire and actuation, electrical and harness architecture, embedded compute and sensors, and hardware-in-the-loop validation.
- Experience on an L3 or L4 automated driving program, or a production ADAS program at L2+; onsite in San Francisco five days a week, travel, physical duties, and a valid driver's license with a clean driving record.
Pay
$185,000 - $254,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
CAN, CAN FD, automotive Ethernet, hardware-in-the-loop
AI focus
Vehicle integration and testing for autonomous vehicle platforms, including software validation against real vehicle interfaces and support for autonomous fleets.
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