Senior Hardware Reliability & Test Engineer—Robotics Impact

ATOMS Careers page; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

Equity

Sick time and generous PTO

Team lunch in SoMa

Job summary

Atoms is seeking a Senior Hardware Reliability & Environmental Test Engineer to set hardware qualification standards and own reliability testing across our platforms. You will define test methods, acceptance criteria, and the environmental and accelerated life plans that translate field data into design changes.

You’ll lead DFMEA, fault tree analysis, and reliability growth activities, own external lab relationships, and ensure on-site testing in San Francisco five days a week with occasional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, materials or a related engineering field (equivalent hands‑on experience considered).
• 10+ years in hardware reliability, environmental test or design validation on electromechanical/electronic hardware.
• Ownership of environmental and accelerated life test programs end to end across multiple products or programs.
• Experience defining a reliability/qualification standard adopted by multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Define hardware qualification standards, environmental requirements, test methods, and acceptance criteria.
• Define reliability and availability requirements for hardware systems and subsystems.
• Own the design verification plan and report, including thermal cycling, vibration, humidity, dust/water ingress, corrosion, altitude testing.
• Collect and analyze field load data to derive mission and accelerated test profiles.

Skills

Hardware reliability

Environmental testing

DFMEA & FTA

Weibull analysis

Data analysis

Test profile derivation

Test methods tailoring

Onsite SF work

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or materials engineering

Job description

Atoms is seeking a Senior Hardware Reliability & Environmental Test Engineer to set hardware qualification standards and own reliability testing across our platforms. You will define test methods, acceptance criteria, and the environmental and accelerated life plans that translate field data into design changes.

You’ll lead DFMEA, fault tree analysis, and reliability growth activities, own external lab relationships, and ensure on-site testing in San Francisco five days a week with occasional