Director, Vehicle Integration (AV Platform Engineering)

About the role

We are hiring a Director of Vehicle Integration to lead the group that drives development and testing for our autonomous vehicle platforms. The group owns the hardware-in-the-loop and bench capability our software is validated against, and the bring-up and commissioning that take a vehicle from an early engineering build to a scaled fleet. When a problem cannot be resolved in the field, this group is the engineering backstop.

At Atoms, you’ll work on one of the defining challenges of our time—bringing automation into the physical world to drive real, lasting impact. We exist to uncover valuable unknown truths and turn them into progress, which means constantly pushing beyond what’s known and building what doesn’t yet exist. The work is ambitious and often challenging, but it’s grounded in a shared sense of purpose and a team committed to seeing it through together. Our work only matters if it serves others, and we know that meaningful progress depends on the trust of the people we serve and the strength of our team—so we invest in both, creating an environment where you can do your best work and grow.

Responsibilities

• Off-vehicle validation. Own the hardware-in-the-loop and bench capability that validates a software release against real vehicle interfaces, including where bench behavior and vehicle behavior diverge.
• Integration architecture. Own the autonomy integration on the development fleet: electrical architecture, harnesses, mounting, sensor and compute placement, power, and the drive-by-wire and actuation interface to the base vehicle, including fault handling and degraded-mode behavior.
• On-vehicle bring-up and commissioning. Own the build instructions, drawings, calibration procedures, and production scripts that development vehicle builds and retrofits run against, and make commissioning into a gate.
• Cross-functional interfaces. Work with robotics on the release interface, with vehicle operations on availability and field issues, with hardware engineering and manufacturing on build and retrofit execution, and with OEM and supplier partners.
• Team building. Hire and lead the vehicle integration engineering team. Set the technical bar and develop engineers who can handle routine bring-ups independently.
• Engineering standards. Establish and enforce conventions for schematics, circuit naming, labeling, harness documentation, and change control across internal teams and suppliers. Lead design reviews, DFMEA, and structured root-cause processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field, with 10+ years of relevant experience including 5+ leading engineers. Equivalent hands-on experience will be considered in place of the degree.
• Ownership of vehicle integration from architecture through fleet deployment, with personal accountability for how the system was installed, validated, and supported on the road.
• Hands-on experience with machine and vehicle networks (CAN, CAN FD, automotive Ethernet); drive-by-wire and actuation integration; electrical and harness architecture for harsh environments; embedded compute and sensor integration; hardware-in-the-loop and bench validation.
• Experience converting bespoke, per-vehicle bring up engineering into a repeatable process.
• Experience on an