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.
Kodiak is seeking an exceptional Staff Product Manager to define and drive the strategic direction of our Level 4 autonomous trucking platform across the full hardware stack and customer deployment landscape. This role is a force-multiplier across the organization you will set the product vision shape the technical roadmap and raise the bar for how Kodiak builds and ships autonomous trucking solutions at scale. As the directly responsible individual for your product domain you will operate with high autonomy and high accountability influencing decisions that span engineering commercialization operations and external partners. You wont just respond to the roadmap youll define it.
In this role you will:
Set Strategic Direction: Own the long-term product vision for the Kodiak Driver hardware ecosystem sensors compute and vehicle integration translating market signals customer insights and technical constraints into a coherent multi-year roadmap. Identify platform-level opportunities that unlock scalability and competitive differentiation.
Drive Architecture-Level Decisions: Lead requirements development across the full hardware stack making principled trade-offs that balance capability cost and deployment readiness. Perform rigorous first- and third-party analyses spanning engineering business and regulatory dimensions to ground product decisions in reality.
Elevate Cross-Functional Execution: Partner deeply with engineering operations supply chain systems engineering and perception teams to align development efforts with strategic priorities. Drive cross-functional clarity at the program level removing blockers resolving ambiguity and ensuring scope and timelines are both ambitious and achievable.
Define How We Ship: Own the full product lifecycle end-to-end from requirements through deployment and iteration. Build the feedback loops between field operations and engineering that accelerate learning and improve product quality across commercial deployments.
Influence at the Executive Level: Provide clear high-signal communication to leadership engineering and customers on autonomy software maturity ODD readiness and roadmap progress. Represent product strategy in senior forums and shape how Kodiak thinks about hardware product development as a discipline.
Grow the Craft: Mentor and raise the standard for product management at Kodiak. Establish frameworks processes and norms that make the whole PM team more effective. Be the model for what great looks like.
Travel: 10-25% to visit commercial deployment sites and hardware partner locations.
What youll bring:
12 years in product management with a substantial track record in hardware-intensive domains autonomous vehicles robotics advanced manufacturing or logistics systems
Demonstrated ability to own product strategy at the platform level not just feature execution
Deep technical fluency: you can engage credibly with sensor engineers system architects and firmware teams and you know when to push back and when to defer
A history of driving alignment across large matrixed organizations you influence without authority and build coalitions naturally
Sharp judgment under ambiguity: you make good calls with incomplete information and can articulate the reasoning clearly
Exceptional communication skills; you can distill complexity into crisp narratives for technical and executive audiences alike
MS or PhD in engineering computer science or a related technical field
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
$180000 - $240000 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.
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.
Kodiak is seeking an exceptional Staff Product Manager to define and drive the strategic direction of our Level 4 autonomous trucking platform across the full hardware stack and customer deployment landscape. This role is a force-multiplier across the organization you will set the product vision shape the technical roadmap and raise the bar for how Kodiak builds and ships autonomous trucking solutions at scale. As the directly responsible individual for your product domain you will operate with high autonomy and high accountability influencing decisions that span engineering commercialization operations and external partners. You wont just respond to the roadmap youll define it.
In this role you will:
Set Strategic Direction: Own the long-term product vision for the Kodiak Driver hardware ecosystem sensors compute and vehicle integration translating market signals customer insights and technical constraints into a coherent multi-year roadmap. Identify platform-level opportunities that unlock scalability and competitive differentiation.
Drive Architecture-Level Decisions: Lead requirements development across the full hardware stack making principled trade-offs that balance capability cost and deployment readiness. Perform rigorous first- and third-party analyses spanning engineering business and regulatory dimensions to ground product decisions in reality.
Elevate Cross-Functional Execution: Partner deeply with engineering operations supply chain systems engineering and perception teams to align development efforts with strategic priorities. Drive cross-functional clarity at the program level removing blockers resolving ambiguity and ensuring scope and timelines are both ambitious and achievable.
Define How We Ship: Own the full product lifecycle end-to-end from requirements through deployment and iteration. Build the feedback loops between field operations and engineering that accelerate learning and improve product quality across commercial deployments.
Influence at the Executive Level: Provide clear high-signal communication to leadership engineering and customers on autonomy software maturity ODD readiness and roadmap progress. Represent product strategy in senior forums and shape how Kodiak thinks about hardware product development as a discipline.
Grow the Craft: Mentor and raise the standard for product management at Kodiak. Establish frameworks processes and norms that make the whole PM team more effective. Be the model for what great looks like.
Travel: 10-25% to visit commercial deployment sites and hardware partner locations.
What youll bring:
12 years in product management with a substantial track record in hardware-intensive domains autonomous vehicles robotics advanced manufacturing or logistics systems
Demonstrated ability to own product strategy at the platform level not just feature execution
Deep technical fluency: you can engage credibly with sensor engineers system architects and firmware teams and you know when to push back and when to defer
A history of driving alignment across large matrixed organizations you influence without authority and build coalitions naturally
Sharp judgment under ambiguity: you make good calls with incomplete information and can articulate the reasoning clearly
Exceptional communication skills; you can distill complexity into crisp narratives for technical and executive audiences alike
MS or PhD in engineering computer science or a related technical field
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
$180000 - $240000 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.
Our purpose-built autonomous solution, the Kodiak Driver, is the AV industry’s most advanced driverless technology, seamlessly integrating into any driving platform for reliable movement in any environment. Learn how we’re shaping the future of ground transportation.
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