Atoms
Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer
$176K–$242K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years; the posting specifies experience in autonomous vehicles, EVs, or at an automotive OEM or supplier.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
About the job
Own vehicle bring-up and sensor calibration for autonomous platforms, creating repeatable validation and release processes for fleet vehicles.
What you'll do
- Lead vehicle bring-up from power-on through first autonomous engagement and fleet-release sign-off; define and execute validation plans.
- Own calibration of lidar, radar, camera, IMU, and GNSS, including calibration infrastructure and verification criteria.
- Diagnose cross-domain failures and build test hardware and tooling, while feeding findings back into hardware design and partnering with technicians.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related engineering field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- 5+ years integrating, validating, and debugging electrical and electromechanical systems on prototype and production vehicles in autonomous vehicles, EVs, or at an automotive OEM or supplier.
- Hands-on expertise in vehicle E/E architecture, automotive networks and diagnostics, and vehicle actuation or comparable motor-control and powertrain systems.
- Able to work onsite five days a week in San Francisco, travel to test and deployment sites, and hold a valid driver's license with a clean driving record.
Pay
$176,000 - $242,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
CAN, CAN FD, Automotive Ethernet, DTCs, Vector CANalyzer, Vehicle Spy, lidar, GNSS
AI focus
Integrate and validate autonomous vehicle platforms; the posting describes the company’s broader work as Physical AI but does not specify AI development duties for this role.
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