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Robotics Lead

$255K–$322K

San Francisco, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026

Location
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States
Experience
Significant experience developing robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other complex autonomous systems; no number of years specified.

About the job

Provides technical leadership for the architecture, integration, development, and real-world deployment of Atoms’ autonomous robotics and vehicle systems.

What you'll do

  • Set technical direction and lead integration across the autonomy stack, including perception, localization, prediction, planning, controls, and vehicle systems.
  • Develop and improve autonomy algorithms, diagnose system failures, and establish evaluation and validation methods.
  • Lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate across engineering teams to bring autonomous capabilities into production.

What they ask for

  • Significant experience developing robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other complex autonomous systems.
  • Deep technical expertise in at least one listed area, such as motion planning, localization, controls, or robotics systems architecture.
  • Strong programming skills in C++ and/or Python; experience designing and debugging complex real-time robotic systems.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership and architecture-level decision-making, plus experience taking robotics or autonomy capabilities through real-world deployment.

Nice to have

  • Experience building production autonomous vehicle systems or real-time, safety-critical, or highly reliable robotic systems.
  • Experience with simulation and validation, machine-learning integration, vehicle logs and long-tail failures, or mentoring senior engineers.

Pay

$255,000 - $322,000 per year (USD, base salary)

Tools

C++, Python

AI focus

Integrate learned models into the autonomy system and develop autonomous vehicle capabilities spanning perception, prediction, planning, and control.

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