Atoms
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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