Senior Vehicle Integration Specialist (Onsite)

ATOMS Careers page; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k)

FSA / HSA

Equity

Sick Time

Unlimited PTO

Paid Holidays

Team Lunch

Job summary

Atoms is hiring a Senior Engineering Technician to own the build, retrofit, and readiness of development vehicles at our San Francisco HQ. You’ll take platforms from bare units through integration, validation, and sign‑off, often with limited documentation.

You’ll debug across mechanical, electrical, and firmware layers and translate issues into actionable feedback. You’ll work with engineering teams to improve serviceability, document procedures, and support vehicle tests in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands‑on experience in vehicle integration, automotive or EV service, electromechanical assembly, or fabrication.
• Proven ability to work independently and troubleshoot from first principles in unstructured engineering environments.
• Experience debugging cross‑disciplinary systems (mechanical, electrical, and software) at a systems‑integration level.
• Ability to read wiring diagrams, schematics, mechanical drawings, and BOMs, and to flag discrepancies.

Responsibilities

• Take vehicle builds from bare platforms through installation, functional check, and sign‑off. Integrate custom compute units and complex sensor stacks.
• Make routing, mounting, grounding, and serviceability decisions.
• Build prototype cable harnesses, and verify terminations, pinout, and continuity.
• Lead vehicle retrofits and maintain as‑built records. Independently execute complex hardware‑software bring‑up and debug sessions.
• Triage and resolve frontline engineering issues, identifying root causes for intermittent electrical or firmware faults.
• Write work instructions and checklists for junior technicians. Coordinate scheduled service and vehicle preparation for test. Train junior technicians and review their work.
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional engineering teams to drive design‑for‑serviceability improvements.

Skills

Vehicle integration

Electromechanical assembly

Troubleshooting

CAN bus

Wiring diagrams

Multimeter/oscilloscope

Linux/CLI

CAD (SolidWorks)

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Atoms is hiring a Senior Engineering Technician to own the build, retrofit, and readiness of development vehicles at our San Francisco HQ. You’ll take platforms from bare units through integration, validation, and sign‑off, often with limited documentation.

You’ll debug across mechanical, electrical, and firmware layers and translate issues into actionable feedback. You’ll work with engineering teams to improve serviceability, document procedures, and support vehicle tests in a fast-paced