Head of Quality (Hardware & Robotics)

Atoms; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Company-paid life and disability insur

401(k)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare

8 paid holidays per year

Paid sick time

Paid Parental Leave

Discretionary vacation days

Pet insurance discount

Job summary

Atoms is scaling an autonomous vehicle program and building the quality function from zero. You will own gates, define metrics, and be the final authority on what ships across board, box assembly, and vehicle upfitting.

Based in San Francisco, this on-site role offers a base salary range of $170,000 to $220,000 USD per year, with equity and bonus potential. We seek a leader who can scale quality, drive root-cause discipline, and partner with suppliers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in quality leadership for complex hardware (automotive, AV, EV, space, robotics, or similar).
• Experience scaling quality systems from low-volume builds to serial production.
• Hands-on IPC/APQP/PPAP knowledge and supplier quality management.

Responsibilities

• Own release gates and quality systems across full build: boards, box assembly, vehicle upfitting.
• Define the quality metric set and drive systematic defect reduction.
• Hold final QA authority over production, including third-party upfitters or CM.
• Build root-cause discipline: 8D, CAPA, structured failure analysis.
• Set workmanship standards and audit suppliers against them.
• Stand up the quality documentation backbone: control plans, PFMEA, inspections, traceability.
• Hire and lead the quality team as volumes scale.

Skills

Quality leadership

IPC/APQP/PPAP knowledge

Supplier quality management

Release decision authority

Root-cause analysis (8D/CAPA)

Quality systems awareness

Tools

Quality management systems

Job description

Atoms is scaling an autonomous vehicle program and building the quality function from zero. You will own gates, define metrics, and be the final authority on what ships across board, box assembly, and vehicle upfitting.

Based in San Francisco, this on-site role offers a base salary range of $170,000 to $220,000 USD per year, with equity and bonus potential. We seek a leader who can scale quality, drive root-cause discipline, and partner with suppliers and internal teams.