Manufacturing Test Engineer

Kodiak

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Mountain View, CA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 140000 - 170000
Posted on: 3 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Kodiak Robotics Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector. The company delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous 2024 Kodiak became the first known company to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi-truck to a customer. Kodiak is also leveraging its commercial self-driving software to develop test and deploy autonomous capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Manufacturing Test Software Engineer with production experience in manufacturing environments to join the Manufacturing team and expand our manufacturing test capabilities for our autonomous vehicle systems. This position will be a key member of the Manufacturing Test team and play a pivotal role in automating various tests improving test coverage scaling test capacity while ensuring long-term reliability and integrating test systems with our MES / PLM systems

In this role you will:

  • Own develop improve troubleshoot and maintain new and existing manufacturing test software to automate or execute configuration verification and/or testing of various components (PCBAs third-party devices sensors etc.) and subassemblies.
  • Work with and improve existing manufacturing test frameworks and execution platforms for production environments.
  • Translate engineering test prototypes into robust production-grade test platforms.
  • Contribute to integrating and interfacing manufacturing test solutions with MES PLM and traceability systems.
  • Develop improvements and optimizations for operator-facing user interfaces in manufacturing.
  • Collaborate with various teams such as Manufacturing/Quality Embedded Integration IT/CyberSecurity etc. to determine test coverage / metrics and align on test features and APIs secure deployment for manufacturing tests.
  • Implement optimization for DB operations for manufacturing test traceability & queries for dashboards manufacturing process flow enforcement etc.
  • Manage and maintain test code repositories using GitHub ensuring version control and collaboration with other team members.

What youll bring:

  • Degree in Electrical Mechanical or Computer Engineering and/or equivalent experience.
  • 3 plus years of experience in manufacturing test development preferably in the autonomous vehicle / automotive industry.
  • Proven software experience transitioning validation testing into manufacturing test systems.
  • Strong proficiency in Python/C# for production testing and automation
    bonus: C for interfacing with various hardware or embedded devices
  • Strong understanding of various communications/interface protocols such as I2C UART USB UDS CAN LIN Ethernet & Automotive Ethernet.
  • Comfortable working with complex systems involving multiple hardware and subsystems and operating independently in manufacturing/production environments.
  • Solid experience with Manufacturing Test Execution platforms such as ATEasy NI TestStand Keysight Test Exec etc.
  • Experience with DBs (such as PGSQL MySQL MSSQL) for test data storage & query optimization
  • Experience using lab equipment like DMMs Oscilloscopes DAQs Power supplies and Electronics loads both manually and programmatically
  • Basic understanding of AWS Infrastructure services.
  • Strong experience and understanding working with standard OSes like Ubuntu/Debian & Windows
  • Capable of reading and interpreting electrical and/or mechanical schematics and diagrams.
  • Strong understanding of best practices in software engineering and manufacturing.
  • Ability to manage multiple software releases across various product categories.

What we offer:

  • Competitive compensation package including equity and biannual bonuses
  • Excellent Medical Dental and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente Anthem and Guardian (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
  • Flexible PTO and generous parental leave policies
  • Our office is centrally located in Mountain View CA
  • Office perks: dog-friendly free catered lunch a fully stocked kitchen and free EV charging
  • Long Term Disability Short Term Disability Life Insurance
  • Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace One Medical Gympass Spring Health
  • Fidelity 401(k)
  • Commuter FSA Dependent Care FSA HSA
  • Various incentive programs (referral bonuses patent bonuses etc.)

The pay range listed below reflects the base salaryin our SF/Silicon Valley locationacross several internal levels. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors including: work location experience relevant training education skill level and performance during interview. Total compensation at Kodiak includes base pay equity bonus and a competitive benefits package

California Pay Range

$140000 - $170000 USD

At Kodiak we strive to build a diverse community working towards our common company goals in a safe and collaborative environment where harassment of any kind is strictly prohibited. Kodiak is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race ethnicity religion gender identity sexual orientation age disability or veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable law.
In alignment with its business operations Kodiak adheres to all relevant statutes regulations and administrative prerequisites. Accordingly roles that carry more sensitive requirements may be limited to candidates that can satisfy additional scrutiny and eligibility for such positions may hinge on verification of a candidates residence U.S. person status and/or citizenship status. Should the position require and Kodiak determines that a candidates residence U.S. person status and/or citizenship status necessitate an export license bar the candidate from the position or otherwise fall under national security-related restrictions Kodiak will consider the candidate for alternative positions unaffected by such restrictions under terms and conditions set forth at Kodiaks sole discretion or as an alternative opt not to proceed with the candidates application. If applicable Kodiak may provide visa sponsorship for eligible candidates.
We use a third-party AI tool (Endorsed) to assist in the initial screening of applications. As part of the evaluation process we provide Endorsed with job requirements and candidate-submitted applications. Final hiring decisions are made by our human recruitment team and no automated system makes the ultimate decision regarding hiring. Certain features of the platform may qualify it as an Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) under applicable regulations. We began using Endorsed on January 1 2026. You can review the independent bias audit report covering our use of Endorsed here( By submitting your application you acknowledge that your application may be processed by AI systems as part of the screening and selection process. If you have any questions or would like to request a separate review of your application please contact with Separate Review Request in the email subject line.


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Kodiak Robotics Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector....
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