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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Atomic Machines's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Atomic Machines's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Atomic Machines
- high 28 stale, 4 reposted of 31 open
- Hiring momentum
- 46 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Atomic Machines's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Atomic Machines.
About this role
In this role, you will design and lead the People function at Atomic Machines, overseeing the entire employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding. You will manage benefits, payroll, compliance, and organizational development while building scalable systems to support a growing hardware company. Collaboration with senior leadership and various departments will be essential as you implement processes and programs tailored to a technical workforce.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Atomic Machines as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of progressive People leadership, ideally in a startup or high-growth technology company
- Direct experience building People Operations in a hardware, manufacturing, or deep-tech company
- Experience building People infrastructure, programs, and systems from the ground up
- Depth in benefits, payroll, compliance, HRIS implementation, and operational process design
- Strong knowledge of California employment law, plus multi-state experience
- Bachelor’s degree required
Nice to have
- Experience moving a company from a PEO to in-house administration
- Experience leading business partners, plus organizational development and learning programs
- Working knowledge of AI tools relevant to People work
What you get
- Equity
- Benefits
Worth weighing
- Role requires onsite presence in Emeryville, which may not suit remote work preferences
- Experience in hardware or manufacturing environments is crucial due to unique operational constraints
- Salary range is quite broad, which may indicate flexibility or uncertainty in compensation
Summarised from Atomic Machines's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Atomic Machines on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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