Atomic Machines is building the Matter Compiler™, the first in a new class of AI-native, all-digital manufacturing systems that build working machines directly from code. The Matter Compiler (MC) is aimed at micro-machines: motors and gears the size of a grain of sand, robots small enough to work inside the body, cooling built directly into the chips that run AI, and the many devices like them that have been waiting on a way to build them. Its first product is PrimeSwitch™, an electromechanical power relay the size of a button battery that carries 150 amps continuous current and opens in 50 microseconds, about a thousand times faster than a conventional contactor. Founded by Jeff Holden — serial entrepreneur, ex-Amazon SVP and Uber’s first Chief Product Officer — the company has raised $250 million to date.

Atomic Machines is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Emeryville and Santa Clara.

About this Role

This is a broad-responsibility, high-judgment team leader role within the IT team. The Senior Manager, Network and Information Security is a strategic leadership role responsible for architecting, building, and governing the enterprise network and security infrastructure across a high-tech manufacturing environment. This role blends deep technical expertise in network architecture, cloud networking, and cybersecurity with people management to build from the ground up and lead a small team of engineers and a bench of vendor and external resources to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable connectivity across all production and corporate sites. This is a hands-on leadership role: at hire, expect roughly 40% network architecture and management, 30% information security, and 30% people and department leadership.

This position serves as the principal authority on network and security, working cross-functionally with IT, engineering, and business stakeholders to align network capabilities with manufacturing operational goals.

This is a full-time, onsite position based in our Emeryville office (preferred) or Santa Clara office, with occasional work from the other office as needed.

What You’ll Do

Leadership, Team and Vendor Management
Build the network and security function from the ground up, staying hands-on with technical implementation while hiring internal staff and building a bench of external resources.
Directly supervise, mentor, and develop a very small team of network and security engineers, providing technical guidance, and career development for internal members.
Set team priorities, manage workloads, and ensure 24/7 network operational coverage through effective on-call rotation and escalation protocols.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and operational excellence within the network security team.
Recruit, onboard, and retain top networking and security talent aligned with the organization's growth roadmap.
Manage external network and security vendors, holding all parties accountable to defined SLAs, quality standards, and outcomes.
Network Architecture and Design
Lead and own the end-to-end enterprise network architecture strategy, including LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, interconnects, and OT/IT segmentation.
Architect scalable, high-availability network solutions that support manufacturing operations, IoT devices, and enterprise applications.
Evaluate and recommend emerging network technologies, vendors, and platforms to address capability gaps and future-state requirements.
Develop and maintain comprehensive network architecture drawings, topology diagrams, standards documentation, and lifecycle roadmaps.
Lead routing and switching design, including BGP, OSPF, VLAN segmentation, QoS, and equipment lifecycle management.
Drive network automation and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation) in partnership with engineering teams.
AWS Cloud Networking
Design, implement, and manage AWS networking constructs including VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, VPN connections, Security Groups, and NACLs.