Mechanical Engineering Leadership, Mechanisms

The role

You will lead Mechanisms and Fluid Systems and build teams to expand the Matter Compiler's capabilities. You will set technical direction, own delivery across multiple Nodes, and manage technical leads and managers.

What you will do

• Lead Mechanisms and Fluid Systems and build teams to expand Matter Compiler capabilities
• Set technical direction and own delivery across multiple Nodes
• Participate in design reviews, the lab, and the machine shop
• Set architecture with principal engineers and technical leads
• Develop managers and technical leads
• Deliver systems with performance capabilities at micron-to-submicron precision
• Develop systems capable of executing novel manufacturing processes
• Chart the roadmap from prototypes through qualification and sustained operation
• Build, own, and drive company outcomes through architectural definition and technical leadership
• Set priorities, allocate resources, and own delivery across programs

Required qualifications

• Designing robotic systems from concept to production release
• Optical systems design and manufacturing
• High-vacuum systems, deposition equipment, or vacuum material handling
• Fluid handling, dispensing, or electrochemical processing systems
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience

Nice to have

• 15+ years developing complex integrated systems, including 7+ years managing engineering teams
• Currently managing at least five people directly, with experience scaling a team toward 25, including managers and senior technical leads
• A record of hiring top engineers, developing them into leads and managers, and growing them
• Deep expertise in precision engineering, machine design, systems development, and the fundamentals to back it up
• A record of delivering complete systems from concept through qualification, documentation, and sustained volume production
• Experience turning ambiguous requirements and new process physics into working machines with customer stakeholders and process engineers
• Operational leadership: guiding technical strategy, establishing engineering tools and processes, and mentoring managers

Benefits

• Equity
• Benefits

About the company

Atomic Machines is building the Matter Compiler, an AI-native, all-digital manufacturing system for micro-machines. The company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and was founded by Jeff Holden.