Atomic Machines is ushering in a new era in micromanufacturing with its Matter Compiler (MC) technology. The MC enables new classes of micromachines to be designed and built by offering manufacturing processes and a materials library that is inaccessible to semiconductor manufacturing methods. The MC promises to unlock MEMS manufacturing both for the many device classes that never could be made by semiconductor methods but also to open up entirely new classes. Furthermore, the MC is fully digital in the way 3D printing is digital, but where 3D printing produces parts of a single material using a single process, the MC is a multi-process, multi-material technology: bits and raw materials go in and complete, functional micromachines come out. The Atomic Machines team has also created an exciting first device – one that was only made possible by the existence of the Matter Compiler – that we will be unveiling to the world soon.
Our offices are in Berkeley and Santa Clara, California.
About This Role:
We are seeking a well rounded and hands-on Sr Manager or Director Software Engineering to manage and lead a growing software team at Atomic Machines. We are building complex systems with custom mechanical and electrical systems, and this is reflected in the full vertical technology stack, which includes custom FPGAs, embedded software, real time systems, high-performance IPC/middleware, adaptive planning, machine learning, computer vision and computational geometry. We emphasize modularity for reuse to speed up hardware and software builds with similar needs.
We utilize an agile methodology for near term planning and coordination within a companywide product development process for medium- and long-term planning and cross-team coordination. We organize our teams cross-functionally whenever possible/appropriate and rely heavily on well constructed interfaces to align work. The ideal candidate is a motivational people manager who has the capacity to contribute directly to portions of software development. This leader must be deeply technical, excellent at leading teams from uncertain starting points with strong first principles thinking and analysis, through to definition and focused execution, ultimately delivering robust commercial products.