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Atomic Machines

People Leader

Atomic Machines · Emeryville, California

Posted about 3 months ago

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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.

Our read on this posting2.2out of 5
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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