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# Founders’ Associate, Office of the CEO at Atomic Machines

- **Company:** Atomic Machines
- **Location:** Emeryville OR Santa Clara, CA
- **Compensation:** $175k–$220k
- **Posted:** 2026-10-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atomicmachines/jobs/4474620009

## Job description

Atomic Machines is building the Matter Compiler™, the first in a new class of AI-native, all-digital manufacturing systems that build working machines directly from code. The Matter Compiler (MC) is aimed at micro-machines: motors and gears the size of a grain of sand, robots small enough to work inside the body, cooling built directly into the chips that run AI, and the many devices like them that have been waiting on a way to build them. Its first product is PrimeSwitch™, an electromechanical power relay the size of a button battery that carries 150 amps continuous current and opens in 50 microseconds, about a thousand times faster than a conventional contactor. Founded by Jeff Holden — serial entrepreneur, ex-Amazon SVP and Uber’s first Chief Product Officer — the company has raised $250 million to date.

Atomic Machines is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Emeryville and Santa Clara.

## About the role

This is not a traditional support role. Our founders need a sharp, low-ego partner who multiplies their impact: someone who thinks clearly, writes clearly, owns projects end to end, and keeps their time focused where their time is needed most. You’ll spend most of your time supporting our CEO, and the rest supporting our Head of Strategic Growth.

Our mission requires solving problems no one has solved and building capabilities that don’t yet exist. That means operating differently from organizations built to optimize known systems, and it means no role here is beneath anyone. If you have strong judgment and do your best work when you’re trusted with a problem and given room to solve it, this role is for you.

You will have a front-row seat to how a Physical AI company scales from breakthrough technology to commercial manufacturing, and you will be expected to contribute to it, not just observe it.

This role is based in our Santa Clara office with the occasional travel to Emeryville (preferred).

## What you'll do

Most of this role is ownership work. The rest is keeping the founders’ time, travel, and commitments running without friction.

Own the CEO's operating rhythm

- Run the trackers, follow-ups, and action items that come out of leadership meetings, and close the loop until each one is done
- Prepare the briefings and pre-reads that let Jeff walk into board, investor, customer, and candidate conversations ready
- Turn long documents and discussions into short, accurate summaries with a clear recommendation

Own projects

- Take on cross-company projects from the founders’ plate and drive them to completion across teams that don't report to you
- Draft narratives, memos, and communications in Jeff's voice, at a standard he would sign
- Spot what is broken or drifting, raise it directly, and propose a fix

Protect the founders’ time and focus

- Manage the founders’ calendar, priorities, and incoming requests with sharp judgment about what needs him and what doesn't
- Coordinate domestic and international travel and logistics so he never has to think about them
- Be a trusted point of contact for our team, investors, customers, and partners
- Handle highly sensitive information with complete discretion

Who we're looking for

- You think clearly and write clearly. You lead with the answer. You can read a 20-page technical narrative and tell someone the decision in three sentences.
- You are accurate. You check the details that can't be wrong, and you have a system for it.
- You form a recommendation. When you bring a problem, you bring options and a point of view, not just a question.
- You work well with minimal direction. You know when to decide, when to ask, and when to escalate, and you're comfortable working mostly in writing.
- You seek truth. You raise bad news early and push back respectfully when the logic doesn't hold.
- You use AI as a force multiplier. You can describe specific tools and workflows you use today and where they fall short.
- You're curious about how things work. You don't need a hardware background, but you want to understand the technology, the customers, and the business.
- You see your work through. You have a track record of staying in roles long enough to see your work through.
- Education: Bachelor's degree required

The compensation for this position also includes equity and benefits.

Salary Range $175,000—$220,000 USD

Atomic Machines is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and does not discriminate based on characteristics protected by applicable law. We are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including for individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation, contact rc@atomicmachines.com. To help our recruiting team manage application volume and respond to candidates more efficiently, Atomic Machines may use AI-assisted tools.

## 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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