Senior Software Engineer, Robotic Applications
Atomic Machines5 hours ago
Base Salary
$170k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement automation sequencing, state machines, failure detection and recovery, and APIs for manufacturing nodes.
- Enforce software safety invariants, validate commands before hardware interaction, and leave machines in known states on exit paths.
- Build simulators, device mocks, sequencing tests, timing tests, recovery tests, and machine conformance suites for CI.
- Instrument and optimize machine cycle time across motion, vision, and process steps.
- Bring up new hardware and develop calibration, verification, and diagnostic tools for manufacturing machines.
- Debug issues from sensors and homing failures through orchestration logic using logs, telemetry, and the machine itself.
- Improve reliability through observability, fault handling, graceful recovery, and proactive degradation detection.
- Participate in an on-call rotation approximately once every 10 weeks, with one-week weekend-inclusive shifts covering either 6am–2pm or 2pm–10pm.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience developing software for systems that interact with hardware or the physical world.
- Demonstrated depth in at least one system, including the design decisions, implementation, failures, and debugging approach.
- Strong programming fundamentals and fluent Python, which is used daily and for coding interviews.
- Practical understanding of state machines, sequencing, failure modes, safe retries, and software-driven physical hardware.
- Systematic debugging skills and ability to collaborate across software, electrical, and mechanical boundaries.
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or equivalent experience.
- Preferred experience with electromechanical systems, including sensors, actuators, and motion axes, in production environments.
- Preferred fluency in C++, Rust, or Go, especially the ability to read a C++ motion stack.
- Preferred robotics experience with kinematics, motion planning, vision-based alignment, calibration, and shipped systems.
- Preferred experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing, observability, simulation, or digital-twin validation.
Benefits
- Compensation includes equity and benefits.
- The role is based at offices in Emeryville or Santa Clara, California.
- The on-call schedule provides defined 6am–2pm or 2pm–10pm coverage shifts, with no expectation to work beyond the assigned shift on those days.
About Atomic Machines
Atomic Machines develops the Matter Compiler (MC-1), a digital, multi-process, multi-material micromanufacturing platform that fabricates complete micromachines and MEMS-class devices. The company plans to commercialize both the platform’s automated Nodes and device products, with an initial product aimed at AI data-center hardware. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, Atomic Machines is privately held and operates a hybrid fab to support rapid development and scale-up.