Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer to own vehicle-level reliability testing and hardware issue resolution for our on-road program. In this role, you will run a dedicated test fleet, plan and execute the durability and environmental testing behind it, and own the highest-priority vehicle hardware issues from first report through root cause, corrective action, and verification. This is a hands-on role based in the garage, on the road, and at test sites and labs.

What you’ll do

• Run a dedicated test fleet: define duty cycles, routes, and mileage and hour targets, schedule vehicles and drivers with the operations team, and track exposure by vehicle and hardware revision.
• Plan and execute durability and environmental testing, on the road and at external test labs, to reproduce field conditions.
• Own the highest-priority vehicle hardware issues: reproduce the failure, collect logs and returned parts, confirm the failure mode, and establish root cause.
• Define containment actions, drive corrective actions with mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software engineering, and verify effectiveness on test vehicles and in the fleet before closure.
• Manage the return path for failed hardware from vehicle to bench, including tagging, teardown, functional confirmation, and documentation.
• Prioritize test and field findings into design change recommendations with supporting evidence, and represent them in design reviews.
• Report test fleet results on a fixed cadence: exposure by vehicle and hardware revision, failures by subsystem normalized to exposure, and status of open issues.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or Automotive Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent hands-on experience will be considered in place of the degree.
• 7+ years in vehicle test, validation, durability, field quality, or reliability engineering on prototype, pre-production, or production vehicles in automotive, EV, autonomous vehicle, or commercial vehicle programs.
• Experience running a test or durability fleet, including duty cycle definition, mileage accumulation planning, driver coordination, and configuration and test record control.
• Demonstrated ownership of field or test failures from first report through reproduction, root cause, containment, corrective action, and verification, across multiple engineering teams.
• Hands-on failure analysis of returned vehicle hardware, including teardown, functional confirmation on a vehicle or buck, and coordination of ingress, thermal, and vibration testing with labs.
• Working knowledge of structured problem solving: 8D, 5 Whys, fishbone, and FMEA.
• Vehicle diagnostics experience: CAN and system log capture, DTC interpretation, and reading wiring diagrams, harness drawings, and BOMs.
• Experience working with technicians, test drivers, and operations teams, and with suppliers on failure confirmation and corrective action.
• Ability to work onsite five days a week in San Francisco, with regular time in the garage and on the road, and travel to test sites and external labs. Valid driver's license with a clean driving record.

What else you need to know

This role is based in our San Francisco office. Atoms is a company driven by invention and continuous change - we are constantly reimagining our industries, building new products, and refining how we operate. We do our best work together. That’s why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.

The base salary range for this role is $182,000 - 231,000 per year.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package. You may also be eligible for equity awards.

Benefits Summary (USA Full-Time Exempt Employees):

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account / Health Savings Account Options
• 401(k)
• Equity
• Sick Time, Unlimited Flexible Time Off, and Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Plan
• Team lunch in our SoMa office every Tuesday and Thursday

Benefits are subject to change at the company's discretion.

Atoms accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

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