People Business Partner - Product and Engineering

ATOMS Careers page; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Company-paid life and disability

401(k)

HSA

Flexible Spending Accounts

Discretionary vacation days

8 paid holidays

Job summary

Atoms, based in San Francisco, seeks a People Business Partner to partner with product and engineering leaders, drive org design and headcount planning, and own the talent cycle from performance reviews to promotions. You will work with leadership to build leadership bench and manage sensitive ER matters in a fast-paced environment.

The role is based in our San Francisco office with onsite work five days a week.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of HR experience in a product and engineering organization.
• Experience partnering directly with CTO/VP of Engineering or Chief Product Officer.
• Owned engineering performance and calibration cycles, career ladders, and promotion processes at scale.
• Hands-on, fast-paced environment with ambiguous problems.
• Experience scaling large technical organizations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product and engineering leadership as senior HR partner across a large technical organization.
• Shape the organization through design, workforce planning, and headcount strategy.
• Own the talent cycle: reviews, calibrations, leveling, promotions; collaborate with compensation.
• Build leaders by strengthening engineering managers and directors and coaching technical leaders.
• Handle sensitive employee relations, reorganizations, and change with sound judgment and speed.
• Use data to drive decisions: track attrition, engagement, and org health.

Skills

HR leadership

Executive partnership

Org design

Performance management

Talent development

Job description

People Business Partner - Product and Engineering

Who We Are

Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress.

Over the last decade, software has transformed the digital world. But the physical world, where food is made, minerals are mined, goods are moved, and industries are run, remains far less intelligent, far less efficient, and far more constrained. We’re changing that.

Atoms builds Physical AI— real-world robots for the industries that move civilization forward, starting with food, mining, and transport. Our systems are designed to understand, predict, and control the real world with precision, turning complex physical operations into something more reliable, more scalable, and more productive.

This work requires more than robotics. It requires deep integration across hardware, software, AI, operations, manufacturing, and real estate. We don’t just build machines in a lab. We deploy them into real environments, operate them, learn from them, and improve them until they work at scale.

We are roboticists, engineers, operators, and builders. We believe the next great technology companies will not only transform information, but the physical systems that shape everyday life.

If you want to work on hard problems with real-world impact, join us.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with product and engineering leadership: Serve as the senior HR partner and trusted advisor to engineering and product leaders across a large and growing technical organization.
• Shape the organization: Lead org design, workforce planning, and headcount strategy as teams scale and priorities shift.
• Own the talent cycle: Run performance reviews, calibrations, leveling, and promotions for engineering and product, and partner closely with compensation on pay decisions.
• Build leaders: Run talent reviews, strengthen the bench of engineering managers and directors, and coach technical leaders at every level.
• Handle the hard moments: Manage sensitive employee relations matters, reorganizations, and change with sound judgment and speed.
• Use data to drive decisions: Track attrition, engagement, and org health, and turn what you learn into action with leadership.

What We’re Looking For

• You bring 7 to 10 years of HR experience, including a senior HR or people business partner role supporting a product and engineering organization of several hundred or more.
• You have done this work at a company known for the strength of its engineering, and you understand how technical teams are built, leveled, and managed.
• You have partnered directly with a CTO, VP of Engineering, or Chief Product Officer and are credible with technical leaders.
• You have owned engineering performance and calibration cycles, career ladders, and promotion processes at scale.
• You stay hands‑on, move quickly, and do your best work in a high‑bar, fast‑paced environment.

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.

What Else You Need To Know

This role is based in our San Francisco office. Atoms is a company driven by invention and continuous change - we are constantly reimagining our industries, building new products, and refining how we operate. We do our best work together. That’s why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.

The base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000 per year.

Actual compensation will be determined on an individual basis and may vary depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package. You may also be eligible for equity awards and an annual performance-based bonus.

Benefits Summary (USA Full-Time Exempt Employees):

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options).
• Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term).
• Voluntary insurance: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity.
• Optional supplemental life insurance for self, spouse, and children.
• 401(k).
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Discretionary vacation days
• 8 paid holidays per year

Benefits are subject to change at the company's discretion.
Atoms accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

Ready to join us as we serve those who serve others?

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