People Business Partner - Product and Engineering
At a glance
Mid-level HR Business Partner & Generalist role at Atoms. San Francisco · $200,000–$250,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Advise product and engineering leaders as their senior people partner across a growing technical organization
- Set team structures, staffing plans and headcount priorities as needs and direction change
- Run reviews, calibration, leveling and promotion processes, coordinating with compensation on pay decisions
- Coach technical leaders and build stronger talent pipelines for engineering managers and directors
- Handle sensitive employee issues, reorganizations and change, using workforce data to guide action
What you bring
- Seven to ten years in HR, including senior people-partner work for product and engineering teams numbering several hundred or more
- Direct partnership with a CTO, engineering VP or chief product officer, with credibility among technical leaders
- Experience leading engineering performance reviews, calibration, career frameworks and promotions at scale
- A track record at a company recognized for strong engineering
Who this fits
This role suits a hands-on, senior HR partner who moves quickly in a demanding environment and can advise technical leaders. You’ll work from the San Francisco office onsite five days a week.
From the employer
Who We Are
Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress.
Over the last decade, software has transformed the digital world. But the physical world, where food is made, minerals are mined, goods are moved, and industries are run, remains far less intelligent, far less efficient, and far more constrained. We’re changing that.
Atoms builds Physical AI— real-world robots for the industries that move civilization forward, starting with food, mining, and transport. Our systems are designed to understand, predict, and control the real world with precision, turning complex physical operations into something more reliable, more scalable, and more productive.
This work requires more than robotics. It requires deep integration across hardware, software, AI, operations, manufacturing, and real estate. We don’t just build machines in a lab. We deploy them into real environments, operate them, learn from them, and improve them until they work at scale.
We are roboticists, engineers, operators, and builders. We believe the next great technology companies will not only transform information, but the physical systems that shape everyday life.
If you want to work on hard problems with real-world impact, join us.
What You’ll Do
- Partner with product and engineering leadership: Serve as the senior HR partner and trusted advisor to engineering and product leaders across a large and growing technical organization.
- Shape the organization: Lead org design, workforce planning, and headcount strategy as teams scale and priorities shift.
- Own the talent cycle: Run performance reviews, calibrations, leveling, and promotions for engineering and product, and partner closely with compensation on pay decisions.
- Build leaders: Run talent reviews, strengthen the bench of engineering managers and directors, and coach technical leaders at every level.
- Handle the hard moments: Manage sensitive employee relations matters, reorganizations, and change with sound judgment and speed.
- Use data to drive decisions: Track attrition, engagement, and org health, and turn what you learn into action with leadership.
What We’re Looking For
- You bring 7 to 10 years of HR experience, including a senior HR or people business partner role supporting a product and engineering organization of several hundred or more.
- You have done this work at a company known for the strength of its engineering, and you understand how technical teams are built, leveled, and managed.
- You have partnered directly with a CTO, VP of Engineering, or Chief Product Officer and are credible with technical leaders.
- You have owned engineering performance and calibration cycles, career ladders, and promotion processes at scale.
- You stay hands-on, move quickly, and do your best work in a high-bar, fast-paced environment.
Why join us
At Atoms, you’ll work on one of the defining challenges of our time—bringing automation into the physical world to drive real, lasting impact. We exist to uncover valuable unknown truths and turn them into progress, which means constantly pushing beyond what’s known and building what doesn’t yet exist. The work is ambitious and often challenging, but it’s grounded in a shared sense of purpose and a team committed to seeing it through together. Our work only matters if it serves others, and we know that meaningful progress depends on the trust of the people we serve and the strength of our team—so we invest in both, creating an environment where you can do your best work and grow.
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 $200,000 - $250,000 per year.
Actual compensation will be determined on an individual basis and may vary depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package. You may also be eligible for equity awards and an annual performance-based bonus.
Benefits Summary (USA Full-Time Exempt Employees):
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options).
- Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term).
- Voluntary insurance: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity.
- Optional supplemental life insurance for self, spouse, and children.
- Pet insurance discount.
- 401(k).
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
- Time Off policies:
- Discretionary vacation days
- 8 paid holidays per year
- Paid sick time
- Paid Bereavement leave
- Paid Parental Leave
Benefits are subject to change at the company's discretion.
Atoms accepts applications on an ongoing basis.
Ready to join us as we serve those who serve others?