# Senior Hardware Reliability & Test Engineer at Atoms

- Company: Atoms
- What the company does: Backed by Initial Capital.
- Company website: https://atoms.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $182K to $238K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-27
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atoms/jobs/8803022002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/atoms-senior-hardware-reliability-and-test-engineer/

## About the role

Atoms is seeking a Senior Hardware Reliability & Environmental Test Engineer to set the hardware qualification standard and own reliability and environmental testing across our platforms. The role covers the qualification standard itself, reliability requirements and budgets, the design verification plan, environmental and accelerated life testing, and analysis that turns test and field data into design and test changes.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, materials or a related engineering field. Equivalent hands-on experience will be considered in place of the degree
- Deployed fleet experience in autonomous vehicles, EV, or robotics
- 10+ years in hardware reliability, environmental test or design validation on electromechanical and electronic hardware
- Ownership of environmental and accelerated life test programs end to end across multiple products or programs, including test plan development, level and duration selection, execution and reporting
- Experience defining a reliability or qualification standard applied by more than one team, and driving adoption across teams outside your reporting line
- Working knowledge of test methods, with the ability to tailor test requirements to an application

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