Senior NPI Engineer - Robotics & Hardware Production

Atoms; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, &

Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

401(k)

Equity

Sick Time & Unlimited PTO

Team lunch in SoMa

Job summary

Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress. We’re shaping how hardware products move from prototype to production, with deep integration across hardware, software, and manufacturing.

This role drives ECO-driven changes and scalable production, partnering with design and operations to deliver robust hardware systems. The ideal candidate has 3+ years implementing ECOs in robotics or complex systems, with hands-on experience in NPI and production ramp, and a

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 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

• Work side by side with design engineers and engineering technicians on prototype builds to find issues and incorporate them 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 the operations teams to roll out hardware updates.
• Produce assembly and installation documentation for both internal and external audiences.
• Design operations / customer facing kits using the engineering BOMs including packaging and consumables.
• Update test procedures and fixtures in response to BOM and design changes ensuring test coverage is maintained with the product evolution.
• 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.

Skills

ECOs implementation

Robotics

Autonomous vehicles

NPI processes

Hardware scaling

Engineering changes

Education

Mechanical engineering degree

Tools

Arena

Windchill

Agile PLM

3Dx

Zuken

Altium

Capital

Job description

Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress. We’re shaping how hardware products move from prototype to production, with deep integration across hardware, software, and manufacturing.

This role drives ECO-driven changes and scalable production, partnering with design and operations to deliver robust hardware systems. The ideal candidate has 3+ years implementing ECOs in robotics or complex systems, with hands-on experience in NPI and production ramp, and a