Senior NPI & ECO Engineer - Robotics Hardware

Atoms

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 182,000 - 230,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, &

Life Insurance

401(k)

Equity

Sick Time / Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Plan

Team lunch in SoMa office

Job summary

Atoms in San Francisco is seeking a hardware engineering specialist to lead ECO management and NPI processes for scalable production. You will collaborate with design engineers, automate ECO workflows, and partner with manufacturing to deliver field-ready updates.

This role requires hands-on experience with robotics hardware, CAD tools, and PLMs, plus a mechanical engineering degree. You will develop test fixtures, create assembly documentation, and contribute to a structured production

Qualifications

3+ years experience including hands on implementation of ECOs systems.
Experience with Robotics, Autonomous vehicle, Automotive, or similarly complex systems.
Experience standing up NPI processes from scratch.
Experience scaling a hardware product from prototype to production.
Experience managing engineering changes on products already deployed to customers.
Experience with PLMs such as Arena, Windchill, Agile, 3Dx, including workflow configuration and ECO implementation.
Experience with DFA / DFM for a variety of different manufacturing methods.
Experience with SolidWorks or similar CAD tools.
Experience building and/or working with schematics and harness documentation (e.g Zuken, Altium, Capital) is strongly preferred.
Mechanical, manufacturing or similar engineering degree is required.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with design engineers on prototype builds to identify issues and feed improvements back into design.
Plan and execute pilot builds and drive learnings back into the design process.
Develop ECO process including provisions for field retrofit process.
Work with operations teams to roll out hardware updates.
Produce assembly and installation documentation for both internal and external audiences.
Design operations / customer facing kits using engineering BOMs including packaging and consumables.
Update test procedures and fixtures in response to BOM and design changes.
Define the production readiness criteria and own the hand off to steady state manufacturing.
Work closely with the manufacturing team to design scalable work stations, procedures, and instructions.
Specify the design of and partner with mechanical engineers on assembly and test fixtures.