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# Engineering Program Manager, Devices at Atomic Machines

- **Company:** Atomic Machines
- **Location:** Emeryville OR Santa Clara, CA
- **Compensation:** $180k–$250k
- **Posted:** 2026-01-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atomicmachines/jobs/4092512009

## Job description

Atomic Machines is ushering in a new era of micromanufacturing with its Matter Compiler™ technology platform. This platform enables new classes of micromachines to be designed and built by providing manufacturing processes and a materials library that are inaccessible to semiconductor manufacturing methods. It unlocks MEMS manufacturing not only for device classes that could never be produced by semiconductor methods, but also for entirely new categories. Furthermore, this digital platform is fully programmable in the way 3D printing is digital—but whereas 3D printing produces parts of a single material using a single process, the Matter Compiler™ technology platform is a multi-process, multi-material system: bits and raw materials go in, and complete, functional micromachines come out. The Atomic Machines team has also created an exciting first device—made possible only through the Matter Compiler™ technology platform—that we will be unveiling to the world soon.

Our offices are in Emeryville and Santa Clara, California.

About The Role:

We are seeking a highly technical Engineering Program Manager to own the program for that first device's successor, end to end: from requirements still maturing with lead customers, through qualification, certification, and manufacturing scale-up on the Matter Compiler, to commercial launch. That successor is a new class of micromachine, made possible only by the Matter Compiler — and you will be the leader that delivers it.

At Atomic Machines, Program Management is a leverage function, and its core skill is clarity. The Device program's technical leadership is already in place: device design, process, test, and reliability are each led by deep domain owners who move fast and expect the same. You lead that team as one program, and you drive the outcome, integrated plan, customer commitments, tradeoffs, operating cadence, and decisions that keep every discipline moving as one. Technical direction belongs to the domain owners; turning their work into the outcomes of certified, scaling, revenue-generating products belongs to you. This role is for someone who was an individual contributor in complex technical domains and moved into program leadership on purpose: to influence product direction, align engineering and manufacturing, and own outcomes end to end.

What You’ll Do:

- Develop and drive the program roadmap end to end: set goals, define milestones and evidence gates, and build the accountability structure that connects daily engineering work to business outcomes and customer commitments.
- Direct cross-functional execution across device physics, fabrication processes, automation, and system integration: set the deliverables, sequencing, and resource calls for engineering, operations, and leadership.
- Build and run the integrated plan connecting customer commitments, design maturity, process capability, and manufacturing readiness. Run the operating cadence that keeps it honest.
- Turn maturing customer requirements into committed, testable targets, and hold the program to them.
- Build the program structures that keep device and process development in lockstep with the Matter Compiler platform. Move development from R&D into production and define what each handoff must prove.
- Structure the program around evidence and short learning loops: design the build-test-learn iteration cycles, give every open unknown an experiment with a pass/fail criterion, and let the schedule follow from results.
- Own the qualification and certification path (e.g., UL/IEC) as a program commitment shaped into the design from day one.
- Deliver the outcome: the device demonstrated, evaluated by lead customers, and qualified through production ramp.
- Institutionalize what you learn: build the systems, rhythms, and decision structures the whole organization runs on, so the next program moves faster than this one.

What You’ll Need:

- 8+ years spanning hands-on engineering and technical program leadership on complex multidisciplinary hardware: you have personally taken things from thought to build and owned programs that others depended on.
- A track record of taking integrated hardware systems from concept through manufacturing release and commercial delivery, with the judgment to know when a decision needs more rigor and when to move fast.
- Deep technical fluency in at least one core engineering domain and productive command across the rest: you hold your own with engineers designing in coupled physical domains — electromagnetics, structural mechanics, thermal behavior, fluidics, and materials.
- You drive senior technical leads to deliver at a high level: clarity, structure, and pace, while technical direction stays with the domain owner.
- Relentlessness in driving through ambiguity: turning unresolved requirements into scope, evidence gates, and a plan the team runs.
- Conviction in iterative hardware development and short learning loops — build early, test early, learn fast, continually finding the shortest learning loop.
- True Ownership of your program and domain, with bottom-line-up-front communication, trusted by engineers and leadership alike. The strongest people you've worked with would choose to work with you again.
- BS or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Materials Science.

Nice to Have:

- Reliability engineering for microscale or precision devices: accelerated life testing, environmental stress testing, and long-term performance characterization.
- Experience driving a product through UL, IEC, or equivalent certification.
- Experience standing up programs from ground zero, then driving reliability growth to manufacturing scale.

We are hiring across senior levels; final leveling will be determined during the interview process.

The compensation for this position also includes equity and benefits.

Salary Range $180,000—$250,000 USD

## About Atomic Machines

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Atomic Machines is building a new robotic micro-manufacturing platform to create a class of micro-electromechanical (MEMS) devices unattainable with traditional semiconductor-based fabrication.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Berkeley, California, USA (with additional offices in Emeryville and Santa Clara, CA) [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/461907-37)
- **Founded**: 2019 [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/461907-37)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Advanced Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Robotics, MEMS (Micro-Electromechanical Systems), Machinery (B2B), Semiconductors [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/461907-37)
- **Target customers**: B2B — technology innovators and manufacturers in the AI data center world and broader tech industry requiring rapid prototyping and large-scale production of micro-devices [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Redefining humanity’s relationship with matter" — building the machines that make everything, taking digital manufacturing to the extreme [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/atomic-machines)

## Products & Services
- **MEMS 2.0 Platform**: A proprietary robotic manufacturing technology stack that breaks traditional paradigms of silicon-fab-based MEMS fabrication, enabling new classes of microdevices with radically shorter development lifecycles [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/)
- **First Commercial Device**: A product addressing a critical need in the rapidly evolving AI data center world, currently being commercialized [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/join)
- **Microelectromechanical Systems Power Relay**: Patented technology (multiple patents filed globally) for power relay applications [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/461907-37)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised — **$144M** across two rounds (Series A in Nov 2022, Series B in Feb 2025) [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/461907-37)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sozo Ventures, XTX Ventures, Deep Ventures, and individual angel investors (10 total investors) [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/461907-37)
- **Growth Signals**: Strong product/market fit with a clear go-to-market path; headcount of 134 employees (as of 2026) growing rapidly; well-funded with $75M Series B raised in Feb 2025; active patent portfolio [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/461907-37) [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/join)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Technology Stack**: A completely new micro-manufacturing approach that is not based on traditional semiconductor/MEMS fabrication — a fundamental innovation rather than an incremental improvement [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/)
- **Extreme Digital Manufacturing**: Enables "unimaginably short product development lifecycles" and rapid prototyping with compelling economics [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/join)
- **First-Mover Advantage in MEMS 2.0**: Breaking traditional manufacturing paradigms for a new class of microdevices
- **Patented IP**: Multiple active and pending patents for microelectromechanical systems power relay technology [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/461907-37)

## Strategic Focus
- **Commercialization**: Scaling the first device targeting the AI data center market [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/join)
- **Platform Expansion**: Building the full "matter compiler" — the machines that make everything — from rapid prototyping to large-scale production [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/)
- **Talent Aggregation**: Actively hiring across multiple disciplines (AI, software, hardware, manufacturing, IT security, finance) to build a world-class multi-disciplinary team [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atomicmachines)

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Work**: A rare opportunity to work on a "world-changing mission" to democratize the power to make physical things — from bits to atoms [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/join)
- **Apolitical Maker Culture**: The company explicitly states it is building "an apolitical maker culture of continuous invention, operational excellence and idea meritocracy" with information transparency [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/join)
- **Significant Equity**: Employees receive significant equity compensation and are treated as true company owners who benefit financially from overall success [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/atomic-machines)
- **Multi-Disciplinary Environment**: Work alongside incredibly talented engineers, scientists, and builders across robotics, MEMS, software, AI, and manufacturing [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/join)
- **Work Policy**: In-Office — employees work from physical offices in Emeryville, Santa Clara, or Berkeley, CA [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/atomic-machines) [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atomicmachines)
- **Growth Opportunity**: Join as an early-stage company (founded 2019, still stealth) with strong funding and clear product/market fit — opportunity to help define the company from its early days [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/atomic-machines)

## Sources
1. [atomicmachines.com](https://www.atomicmachines.com/)
2. [atomicmachines.com/join](https://www.atomicmachines.com/join)
3. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atomicmachines)
4. [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/461907-37)
5. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/atomic-machines)

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