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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** ATOM, INC.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $176,000.0 - $242,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Bash Shell, C++ (Programming Language), Profiling, Memory Management, Inter-Process Communication, Python (Programming Language), Linux Kernel, Data Logging, Data Processing, Git, Lidar, Docker
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/senior-software-engineer-onboard-509976773

## About the Role

* Proficient with Python, C++, bash, git, linux kernels, docker
 * Comfortable diagnosing issues via dmesg, kernel logs, and systemd (journalctl, unit/service management)
 * Experience with inter-process communication
 * Familiarity with bus protocols
 * Experience with various sensor interfaces (LiDAR, radar, cameras, IMU)
 * Profiling, benchmarking, and memory management experience
 * Familiarity with common networking utilities
 * Strong communication and collaboration skills, capable of working effectively in a multidisciplinary team and communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

## Description

* Develop low-latency, deterministic C++ software that executes on the vehicle's edge compute to process data and control the vehicle
 * Design and maintain the high-performance messaging stack that routes data between modules
 * Write driver interfaces and safety monitors that interact directly with vehicle hardware
 * Build core system infrastructure, including onboard data logging, time synchronization (PTP), memory management, process lifecycle management, etc
 * Implement real-time diagnostics, watchdog timers, and redundancy logic to detect and recover from software or hardware faults mid-drive
 * Maintain the tooling for securely building, deploying, and updating OS and vehicle software images across the fleet


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