# Staff Systems Engineer

**Company:** [Atomicmachines](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/atomicmachines)
**Location:** Emeryville, CA, Santa Clara, CA
**Role:** Embedded Engineering
**Salary:** $170k – $215k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, gRPC, Rest, Uml, Sysml, Mechatronics, Sensors, Actuators, Daq, Robotics
**Posted:** 2026-04-22

> Develops software integrating platform architecture with novel manufacturing hardware and robotics. Collaborates across teams on system decomposition, prototyping, modeling, and verification for complex electromechanical systems. Requires 7+ years in robotic systems and bachelor's in engineering.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- Rapidly learn the software and hardware architecture of our system, including distributed electromechanical components, system interfaces, and platform constraints.
- Stay up to date with evolving system designs, reviewing documentation and collaborating with senior engineers to understand design intent across projects.
- Assist with system decomposition and analysis, contributing to architectural discussions with guidance from senior team members.
- Assist in prototype creation and integration. Work with process, device, mechanical, controls, and platform software teams to understand functional requirements assist in development and software creation that works with our hardware and platform systems.
- Coordinate with Node Design Teams to identify and communicate platform features needed to integrate new devices into the overall system based on prototype efforts.
- Support cross-functional development of system performance requirements, interface definitions, and validation criteria.
- Help develop and maintain system models used for analysis, simulation based on early efforts.
- Work hands-on with manufacturing robotics, supporting the design, test, and debugging of software coordinating a distributed network of devices.

## What You’ll Need

- A first-principles mindset — you question assumptions, break problems down to fundamentals, and prefer root-cause solutions over pattern-matching.
- A broad understanding of hardware (mechatronics, optics, dynamics, custom electronics, sensors, actuators, etc.), as well as experience with software systems for controls, communication, signal processing, scheduling, and more.
- Have architected platform systems with high levels of interdependency and complexity.
- Experience relating to mechatronic testing plans to advise teams, including DAQs, load cells, torque transducers, pressure transducers, thermocouples, strain gauges, and others.
- Strong expertise with hardware verification, risk assessments, sensitivity analysis, gap analysis, training other technical staff as needed for aforementioned tools.
- Experience accelerating development cycles measurably with systems tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong experience with text-based modeling tools and languages such as **UML**, **SysML**.
- Experience programming in **Python**.
- Experience with network APIs, such as **gRPC**, **REST**, or similar.
- 7+ years of experience developing robotic systems, leading/representing the Systems role on large, complex systems.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a similar field, or equivalent relevant industry work experience.

**Compensation:** Salary Range $170,000—$215,000 USD, plus equity and benefits.

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