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 required; no number of years stated.
About the job
Provides technical leadership for the architecture, development, integration, and real-world deployment of Atoms’ robotics and autonomous vehicle systems.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction and lead integration across autonomy components, including perception, localization, planning, controls, and vehicle systems.
- Develop and improve autonomy algorithms; diagnose system failures and establish evaluation and validation methods.
- Lead cross-functional technical work and mentor engineers across the robotics organization.
What they ask for
- Significant experience developing robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other complex autonomous systems.
- Deep expertise in at least one listed area, such as motion planning, prediction, 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, architecture-level decision-making, and experience deploying robotics or autonomy capabilities in the real world.
Nice to have
- Experience with production autonomous vehicles, safety-critical systems, simulation, validation, or machine-learning integration.
- Knowledge of vehicle dynamics, sensor systems, embedded/onboard compute, or long-tail failure diagnosis.
Pay
$255,000 - $322,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python
AI focus
Integrate learned models into autonomy systems in partnership with AI Research and Perception teams.
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