Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer

Atoms•San Francisco, CA

14h•$176,000 - $242,000•Onsite

About The Position

Atoms is seeking a Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer to own vehicle bring-up and sensor calibration across their autonomous platforms. This role involves taking a vehicle from mechanical completion to its first autonomous engagement and then to a validated unit released into the fleet. The engineer will be responsible for the sequence, calibration method, and acceptance criteria for vehicle readiness. Additionally, they will build the calibration and test infrastructure to transform the bring-up process into a repeatable procedure for the production team.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
3+ years of experience integrating, validating, and debugging electrical and electromechanical systems on prototype and production vehicles in autonomous vehicles, EVs, or at an automotive OEM or supplier.
Proven track record of technical ownership.
Deep hands-on expertise in vehicle E/E architecture: low-voltage power distribution and redundancy, wire harness and connector systems (low and high voltage), and associated failure modes.
Fluency with automotive networks and diagnostics (CAN, CAN FD, Automotive Ethernet, and DTCs) and supporting tooling (Vector CANalyzer, Vehicle Spy, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
Experience integrating and debugging vehicle actuation interfaces (steering, braking, propulsion) or comparable motor-control and powertrain systems, including redundant, degraded, and fail-operational behavior.
Experience integrating compute into vehicles: carrier boards, high-speed differential signaling, power sequencing, and thermal management.
Proven ability to navigate highly ambiguous environments, self-direct technical problem-solving, and clearly communicate technical trade-offs to cross-functional partners.
Ability to work onsite five days a week in San Francisco.
Ability to travel to test and deployment sites.
Hold a valid driver's license with a clean driving record.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end vehicle bring-up sequence: power-on, firmware and software load, device enumeration, systems validation, first autonomous engagement validation, and sign-off for fleet release.
Own intrinsic and extrinsic calibration for the full sensor suite (lidar, radar, camera, IMU, GNSS).
Build and maintain the physical calibration environment, define calibration standards, verification methods, and early detection of calibration drift or errors.
Author, execute, and analyze test plans and procedures for fleet validation, reporting results clearly for actionable insights.
Resolve ambiguous failures across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software boundaries, providing engineers with reproduction steps and evidence.
Specify, build, and maintain test benches, harness breakouts, and diagnostic tooling.
Provide feedback to hardware design based on learnings from integration and calibration processes.
Partner with engineering technicians as customers for build and bring-up execution.