Lead Mechanical Engineering—Precision Systems

Atomic Machines; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Atomic Machines in Emeryville, CA, seeks a Mechanical Engineering Lead to own the mechanical architecture for a Node or related subsystems in Mechanisms and Fluid Systems. You will drive design and delivery from concept through qualification, optimizing performance, throughput, and cost.

You’ll manage 1–4 engineers, participate in design reviews, work in the lab and machine shop, and mentor the team to grow ownership of design and execution.

Qualifications

• 8+ years developing complex integrated systems, including 3+ years leading technical work.
• Prior people-management experience is not required. You’ve led through your technical work by mentoring engineers, leading projects, or running design reviews.
• A record of mentoring engineers and helping them grow, and a genuine interest in hiring and developing people.
• Deep expertise in precision engineering, machine design, systems development, and the fundamentals to back it up.
• A record of delivering complete equipment from concept through qualification, documentation, repeatable builds, and sustained operation in production.
• Experience turning ambiguous requirements and new process physics into working machines with customer stakeholders and process engineers.
• Technical leadership: guiding technical direction, improving engineering tools and processes, and mentoring other engineers.
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical engineering for a Node or related subsystems within Mechanisms and Fluid Systems.
• Manage 1–4 engineers while personally owning critical design and verification work.
• Participate in design reviews, the lab, and the machine shop; set architecture with peers and solve hard problems beside your team.
• Set clear priorities, give direct feedback, and develop engineers who can take increasing ownership of design and execution.
• Oversee Node performance, throughput, reliability, and cost through architectural definition and technical leadership.

Skills

Mechanical design

Leadership

Mentoring

Systems engineering

Root cause analysis

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

Finite element analysis

Job description

Atomic Machines in Emeryville, CA, seeks a Mechanical Engineering Lead to own the mechanical architecture for a Node or related subsystems in Mechanisms and Fluid Systems. You will drive design and delivery from concept through qualification, optimizing performance, throughput, and cost.

You’ll manage 1–4 engineers, participate in design reviews, work in the lab and machine shop, and mentor the team to grow ownership of design and execution.