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.
We are looking for a Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer with a field support focus to keep our deployed autonomous systems running at customer sites. Youll own fleet uptime lead root cause investigations and act as the technical bridge between customers field operations and product engineering working across hardware software firmware and systems integration to resolve issues fast and drive long-term reliability.
In this role you will:
- Respond rapidly to field failures and technical support requests to maintain system uptime
- Travel frequently to customer and deployment sites to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues (min. 30% travel expected)
- Lead cross-functional root cause analysis (RCA) across electrical mechanical firmware and software domains
- Drive corrective and preventive actions to eliminate repeat failures
- Support implementation of design changes through prototyping validation testing and integration at customer sites
- Source and define technical requirements for field-facing hardware and integration designs based on real-world failure data and operational needs
- Improve diagnostic strategies and tooling to detect and isolate failure modes more rapidly and recommend reliability enhancements based on operational performance data
- Perform preventative corrective and predictive maintenance on autonomous platforms
- Provide direct design feedback to product and hardware engineering teams grounded in hands-on field experience
- Create and review documentation including schematics drawings build instructions and troubleshooting guides
What youll bring:
- Strong bias toward action. You take ownership of ambiguous problems move quickly to contain issues and deliver results without waiting for perfect clarity.
- Hands on. You are just as comfortable with a wrench as a keyboard. Proven experience debugging and assembling complex hardware/software systems ideally in autonomous vehicles robotics or similarly advanced systems.
- Systems thinker. Strong troubleshooting ability across electrical mechanical and software domains. Deep familiarity with automotive and embedded electronics including communication protocols such as Ethernet CAN LIN and 100BASE-T1.
- Design-minded. Track record of contributing to hardware or systems design reviews with practical implementation-focused feedback. You translate field observations and failure trends into actionable design requirements.
- Comfort operating in Linux environments and using terminal-based diagnostic tools.
- Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python C C Bash or ROS.
- Ability to independently solve complex novel technical problems with minimal guidance.
- Great communicator. Strong written and verbal skills across diverse audiences you can explain a firmware bug to a customer and write a clear troubleshooting guide for the field team.
What we offer:
- Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
- Excellent Medical Dental and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente Cigna and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
- MetLife Legal Services Identity & Fraud Protection Hospital Indemnity Insurance Accident Insurance & Critical Illness Insurance
- Flexible PTO 10 paid holidays 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 through Cigna Calm through Kaiser One Medical Gympass Spring Health through Cigna Rula (mental health navigation)
- 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
$180000 - $210000 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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....
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.
We are looking for a Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer with a field support focus to keep our deployed autonomous systems running at customer sites. Youll own fleet uptime lead root cause investigations and act as the technical bridge between customers field operations and product engineering working across hardware software firmware and systems integration to resolve issues fast and drive long-term reliability.
In this role you will:
- Respond rapidly to field failures and technical support requests to maintain system uptime
- Travel frequently to customer and deployment sites to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues (min. 30% travel expected)
- Lead cross-functional root cause analysis (RCA) across electrical mechanical firmware and software domains
- Drive corrective and preventive actions to eliminate repeat failures
- Support implementation of design changes through prototyping validation testing and integration at customer sites
- Source and define technical requirements for field-facing hardware and integration designs based on real-world failure data and operational needs
- Improve diagnostic strategies and tooling to detect and isolate failure modes more rapidly and recommend reliability enhancements based on operational performance data
- Perform preventative corrective and predictive maintenance on autonomous platforms
- Provide direct design feedback to product and hardware engineering teams grounded in hands-on field experience
- Create and review documentation including schematics drawings build instructions and troubleshooting guides
What youll bring:
- Strong bias toward action. You take ownership of ambiguous problems move quickly to contain issues and deliver results without waiting for perfect clarity.
- Hands on. You are just as comfortable with a wrench as a keyboard. Proven experience debugging and assembling complex hardware/software systems ideally in autonomous vehicles robotics or similarly advanced systems.
- Systems thinker. Strong troubleshooting ability across electrical mechanical and software domains. Deep familiarity with automotive and embedded electronics including communication protocols such as Ethernet CAN LIN and 100BASE-T1.
- Design-minded. Track record of contributing to hardware or systems design reviews with practical implementation-focused feedback. You translate field observations and failure trends into actionable design requirements.
- Comfort operating in Linux environments and using terminal-based diagnostic tools.
- Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python C C Bash or ROS.
- Ability to independently solve complex novel technical problems with minimal guidance.
- Great communicator. Strong written and verbal skills across diverse audiences you can explain a firmware bug to a customer and write a clear troubleshooting guide for the field team.
What we offer:
- Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
- Excellent Medical Dental and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente Cigna and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
- MetLife Legal Services Identity & Fraud Protection Hospital Indemnity Insurance Accident Insurance & Critical Illness Insurance
- Flexible PTO 10 paid holidays 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 through Cigna Calm through Kaiser One Medical Gympass Spring Health through Cigna Rula (mental health navigation)
- 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
$180000 - $210000 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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