Director, Vehicle Integration & HIL Systems

ATOMS Careers page; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

Atoms is hiring a Director of Vehicle Integration to lead the hardware‑in‑the‑loop and bench validation for its autonomous vehicle platforms. You will own electrical architecture, harnesses, mounting, sensor/compute placement, and drive-by-wire interfaces, ensuring modular, testable configurations and reliable field support.

The role requires hands-on leadership of senior engineers, ownership of fleet deployment, and collaboration with OEM partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field and 3+ years leading engineers.
• Ownership of vehicle integration from architecture through fleet deployment.
• Hands-on experience with vehicle networks (CAN, CAN FD, LIN, Automotive Ethernet) and drive-by-wire.
• Experience turning bespoke bring-up into repeatable processes; ADAS/AV program exposure.
• Ability to work onsite in San Francisco five days a week; lifting up to 50 lbs; valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Own hardware-in-the-loop and bench validation for software releases against real vehicle interfaces.
• Own autonomy integration on the development fleet: electrical architecture, harnesses, mounting, sensor and compute layout, power, and drive-by-wire interfaces; manage fault handling.
• Own build instructions, drawings, calibration procedures, and production scripts for development vehicle builds and retrofits; enable gate-based commissioning.
• Collaborate with robotics, vehicle operations, hardware engineering, manufacturing, and OEM/supplier partners.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Robotics

Project Leadership

Vehicle networks (CAN/CAN FD/LIN)

Drive-by-Wire

Harness architecture

Embedded compute & sensor integration

Hardware-in-the-Loop

ADAS/Autonomous Driving (L3/L4)

Laboratory bring-up documentation

Onsite work (SF)

Licensed driver

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field

Tools

NVIDIA DRIVE Orin/Thor

DRIVE OS / QNX

Job description

Atoms is hiring a Director of Vehicle Integration to lead the hardware‑in‑the‑loop and bench validation for its autonomous vehicle platforms. You will own electrical architecture, harnesses, mounting, sensor/compute placement, and drive-by-wire interfaces, ensuring modular, testable configurations and reliable field support.

The role requires hands-on leadership of senior engineers, ownership of fleet deployment, and collaboration with OEM partners.