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Device Design Engineer – Product-focus
| Company | Atomic Machines |
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| Location | Oakland, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $160000 – $220000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Master’s, PhD |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Proven experience taking complex microsystems or MEMS-class devices from prototype to production.
- Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous customer needs into structured technical requirements and product specifications.
- Experience with reliability engineering concepts, including environmental testing, accelerated life testing, and failure analysis.
- Hands-on comfort with experimental setup, debugging, and iterative refinement in a lab environment.
- Experience leading or participating in DFMEA/PFMEA processes across cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to contribute effectively in multidisciplinary teams and across technical/non-technical functions.
- Familiarity with CAD tools for 3D modeling and design documentation (e.g., SolidWorks, Fusion 360).
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment where both design and manufacturing processes are co-developed.
- Graduate degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field; 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the Go-To-Market (GTM) team to translate customer needs into clear, actionable technical requirements.
- Develop and maintain product data sheets with corresponding characterization plans and other customer-facing documentation.
- Lead design failure mode and effects analysis (DFMEA) and contribute actively to process FMEA (PFMEA) activities.
- Own failure analysis (FA) efforts for both component-level and subsystem prototypes, including execution of hands-on investigations and metrology.
- Define and drive roadmaps for comprehensive reliability testing, including environmental and mechanical evaluations.
- Develop and implement strategies for accelerated life testing to ensure long-term product robustness.
- Work cross-functionally with design, process, and manufacturing teams to ensure alignment between product architecture and platform capabilities.
- Define and own product-level validation strategies to ensure performance, reliability, and manufacturability from early development through scale-up.
- Participate in system-level design reviews and support continuous improvement of product development processes through lessons learned and feedback from prototyping and testing cycles.
- Influence the evolution of the Matter Compiler (MC) by identifying new opportunities for platform capabilities that enable novel device features, including in-line metrology and testing to evaluate critical-to-function characteristics.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working on the design, validation, or reliability testing of electromechanical switching devices.
- Familiarity with failure modes and reliability concerns specific to high-current switching components (e.g., contact wear, arcing, thermal management).
- Exposure to industry standards and compliance testing relevant to power devices (e.g., IEC, UL, automotive-grade AEC-Q standards).
- Familiarity with root cause analysis tools and methodologies such as 5 Whys, Fishbone/Ishikawa diagrams, or fault tree analysis.
- Hands-on experience designing or executing accelerated life testing protocols and environmental qualification campaigns.
- Knowledge of digital manufacturing principles or real-time production systems.
