• Help design, train, with a focus towards deploying onboard machine learning models that improve the performance/latency of the Kodiak autonomy stack which includes quantization, pruning, converting to ONNX/TensorRT, custom GPU kernels and profiling.
• Help identify and achieve parity between onboard and deployed offboard models using validation on HIL 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including perception, planning, simulation, and autonomy infrastructure to integrate ML models into production systems.
• Analyze real-world driving logs to identify edge cases and improve model robustness and safety.
• Use profiling tooling to additionally help improve the train time for models by identifying and removing bottlenecks.
• Contribute to the development of scalable AI infrastructure that supports continuous learning and deployment across Kodiak’s fleet.

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years experience deploying machine learning or deep learning systems in production environments.
• Proficiency in Python, C++ and modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Experience working with large-scale distributed training systems.
• Solid understanding of optimization, and machine learning fundamentals.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including testing, debugging, and system design.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams to solve complex autonomy and robotics challenges.

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.)

About the Role

As an AV Fleet Technician, you will execute maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair tasks across vehicle and autonomous (AV) systems in a shop environment.

You will complete assigned work orders, follow SOPs, and support day-to-day fleet operations to keep vehicles safe and operational. This role provides hands-on experience with AV systems, diagnostics, and maintenance workflows while working alongside experienced technicians.

What You’ll Do

Work Order Execution

• Execute maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting tasks on vehicles
• Complete work orders accurately and on time
• Perform inspections and basic repairs following SOPs

AV Systems Work

• Work with AV components including sensors, diagnostics, and system checks under guidance
• Capture logs, photos, and diagnostic data as required
• Follow defined workflows for AV-related tasks and escalate issues

SOP & Quality

• Follow SOPs to ensure safe and consistent execution
• Complete required documentation for all work performed

Team Execution

• Work under direction of Senior Technicians and Leads
• Participate in shift briefs, debriefs, and handoffs
• Escalate issues clearly and immediately

What We’re Looking For

Experience

• 1–3 years of experience in fleet, automotive, or technical operations
• Basic experience with maintenance or mechanical systems
• Willingness to learn AV systems and diagnostics

Nice to Have

• Experience in a shop or garage environment
• Exposure to autonomous vehicle systems or sensors
• Familiarity with tools, inspections, or maintenance workflows

Mindset

• Detail-oriented with a focus on safety and accuracy
• Follows instructions and SOPs consistently
• Communicates clearly and escalates issues quickly
• Reliable and consistent in execution

Why Join Kodiak?

You will work hands-on with vehicles in a structured environment and gain experience with autonomous systems. This role provides the opportunity to build technical skills across diagnostics, maintenance, and AV technology while supporting fleet operations.

We are looking for a Technician to join us in building and maintaining our experimental and operations vehicles. 

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, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin, 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 candidate’s residence, U.S. person status, and/or citizenship status. Should the position require, and Kodiak determines that a candidate’s 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 Kodiak’s sole discretion, or, as an alternative, opt not to proceed with the candidate’s application. If applicable, Kodiak may provide visa sponsorship for eligible candidates.

In this role, you will:

• Be responsible for modifications and maintenance to autonomous vehicle platforms.
• Inspect and certify operational state of vehicles.
• Work closely with design and validation engineers to aid in the development of hardware systems.
• Executing scheduled work according to scheduled uptime expectations
• Create and maintain vehicle maintenance documentation to shape fleet growth to scale.
• Completing assigned tasks while maintaining work quality and standards
• Help evaluate and maintain work instruction accuracy.
• Maintain a safe, clean, work environment

What you'll bring:

• Solid hands-on background. The ability to rely on previous experience or training to inspect and identify defects and failures within the fleet is required. These range from visual to operational in nature.
• Reliability and consistency. You have a track record of meticulous work. You are comfortable developing and practicing methodical service through the use of checklists, protocols, and work documentation.
• The ability to be self motivated and driven. The learning of process and maintaining a level of integrity with it is vital.
• Experience and competency using electrical tools such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, specialized wire crimpers, and diag based software for truck electronics.
• Clear communication. You are comfortable providing feedback to engineers, and sharing insights with the team at large to improve products and processes. You know how to collaborate, and when to get secondary inspection and review for safety-critical decisions.
• Innovative mindset. You like to find ways to improve the system you are working on. You can solve problems and complete tasks even when the path to the solution is not clear at the outset.
• Flexibility for additional days of work outside of the Tuesday through Saturday scheduled days, and potential for periodic travel to remote locations for short term onsite based support

Who should apply:

• Car Enthusiasts with a Passion for Technology: If you’ve always been fascinated by the way vehicles and technology intertwine and have a knack for IT systems, this role is for you.
• Robot Geeks with Hands-On Experience on Trucks: Candidates who enjoy tinkering with robotics or automation systems and have worked on trucks or other vehicles will thrive in this position.
• Computer-Savvy Mechanics: If you’ve been working on vehicles and are ready to expand your expertise into IT and system integration, we’d love to hear from you.
• Gearheads Looking for a Challenge: Individuals who are eager to solve complex problems and push the boundaries of automotive technology will excel in this role.

What we offer:

• Work with an experienced and agile team to revolutionize transportation.
• Competitive salary, equity and benefits, including medical, dental & vision.

We are looking for a Functional Safety Software Engineer to join us and drive the development and management of our autonomous vehicle safety cases as we bring the Kodiak Autonomy System to market. We first published our Safety Report in 2019 and have based our development on systems engineering, the ISO26262 process and SOTIF principles. 

In this role, you will:

• Participate in developing technical safety requirements to be used in the Kodiak Autonomy System in various approved Operational Design Domains. 
• Lead specification of software safety requirements.
• Participate in development of software safety architectural design.
• Participate in software safety unit design and implementation.
• Develop test plans, test procedures, verification reports at the software unit and software integration levels. Support system level testing from a software safety perspective.
• Perform software safety analyses (e.g. dependent failure analysis) to comply with ISO 26262.
• Support Hardware-Software Interface development and derive safety measures.
• Collaborate with Kodiak internal and external stakeholders to review and assess work products for compliance with ISO 26262.
• 10% travel to test sites possible

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in software, electrical, mechanical or other related engineering and/or a Bachelor’s degree with professional experience in a high tech environment
  
• Experience with Part 4, 6, 8 and 9 of ISO 26262. Special emphasis on implementation of Part 6 for autonomous vehicles  
  
• Experience with developing work products for safety critical systems. 
  
• Experience with system and software level verification and validation of autonomous vehicles
  
• Experience with functional safety standards such as ISO26262, SOTIF, and UL4600.
  
• Good communication skills with a collaborative approach
  
• Ability to structure project tasks and drive evidence development among teams
  
• Knowledge of software configuration management and software quality assurance
  

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.)

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our Behavior & Motion Planning team and lead the development of core planning capabilities that directly shape how the Kodiak Driver behaves on the road.

This is a senior technical role for engineers who thrive on ambiguous, high-leverage problems at the intersection of robotics, optimization, and real-time systems. You will own complex planning challenges end-to-end: framing the problem, aligning stakeholders, designing the technical approach, driving implementation, and validating on-road impact. Your work will influence not only individual algorithms, but also the architecture, interfaces, and evaluation strategies that enable the planning stack to scale.

You will work across Planning, Perception, Simulation, Systems, and related teams to create cross-functional solutions to some of the hardest problems in autonomous trucking. You should be excited to combine deep technical judgment with hands-on execution, using data from real-world operation to improve safety, driving quality, and system performance.

In this role, you will

• Lead the design and deployment of behavior and motion-planning capabilities for complex real-world driving scenarios
• Own ambiguous technical problems from concept through production rollout and iterative refinement
• Shape the architecture, interfaces, and requirements across planning-related systems
• Translate high-level driving goals into robust algorithms, cost functions, and performance-critical production code
• Drive improvements in planning quality, prediction integration, latency, and overall system reliability
• Build and influence evaluation frameworks, tooling, and workflows that turn real-world logs into measurable autonomy improvements
• Provide technical leadership across cross-functional efforts and raise engineering quality through strong design and code reviews
• Mentor other engineers and help guide technical direction within the team

What you’ll bring

• Deep background in robotics, motion planning, optimization, controls, or related fields
• MS, PhD, or equivalent experience in a technically rigorous domain
• 6+ years of experience building production software, including substantial experience in C++
• Proven track record of owning and delivering complex technical projects with real-world impact
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to work effectively across software boundaries and organizational interfaces
• Excellent technical judgment, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ability to balance long-term design quality with fast, pragmatic iteration in a production environment

Bonus points if you have

• Experience shipping autonomy or robotics software on real vehicles or robotic platforms
• Strong knowledge of motion planning, trajectory optimization, prediction, optimal control, or related areas in the autonomous systems
• Experience working on real-time, performance-critical systems
• Experience building evaluation, debugging, and data-analysis tools for autonomy or robotics stacks
• Track record of mentoring engineers and leading technical direction across projects

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.)

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.)

In this role, you will:

• Lead & Supervise – Own your work, jump in where needed and provide direction and support to our team of technicians, ensuring high-quality work and adherence to safety standards
• Oversee Daily Operations – Manage workflows, assign tasks, and ensure all maintenance, repairs, and servicing are completed on time
• Project Management – Keep track of the fleet, prototype builds, and test requests - ensuring we have everything needed to keep the team running smoothly
• Ensure Safety & Compliance – Maintain a safe, clean, and compliant shop environment by enforcing policies and procedures
• Optimize Efficiency – Continuously improve technician processes to maximize productivity and minimize downtime
• Cross Functionality – Work closely with multiple engineering teams to facilitate building and testing prototypes

What you'll bring:

• Leadership & Experience – You have 7+ years of experience in an engineering/technician department, with a proven track record of leading teams
• Preferably autonomous vehicle or electrical vehicle experience.
• Technical Know-How – Experience working in the trucking, logistics, or automotive industries is a huge plus
• Problem-Solving Mindset – You excel at troubleshooting challenges and finding creative solutions to keep operations running smoothly
• Organizational Skills – You know how to prioritize tasks, manage inventory, and streamline workflows efficiently
• Strong Communication – You can effectively communicate with technicians, leadership, and external vendors
• Commitment to Safety – You ensure that all work is performed safely and in compliance with company and regulatory standards.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and Guardian (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• Accrued PTO and generous parental leave policies
• Facility is located in Lancaster, TX - 3901 Corporate Dr Ste 300
• 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.)

We are looking for a Verification and Validation (V&V) System Engineer with a strong technical background in system-level testing, structured test development, and validation of autonomous vehicle behaviors. This role is critical in ensuring Kodiak’s self-driving vehicles behave as expected in both simulation and on-road environments. The ideal candidate thrives working across software, hardware, operations, and safety teams to develop scalable test coverage to support software releases and safety assurance processes. 

This person will be based in the Detroit, MI area. 

In this role, you will:

• Define and implement verification and validation methods across multiple test environments, including simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and in-vehicle testing. A major focus will be on structured vehicle-level scenario testing at a test track facility.
• Develop structured test plans and procedures to evaluate system performance and safety for core autonomy features for software releases and key milestones.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to scope and execute new tests aligned with feature requirements.
• Develop and refine test workflows to improve efficiency and coverage of critical requirements using a combination of simulation, analysis, and on-road validation.
• Expand the test suite to address edge cases, a wide range of operational conditions, and existing coverage gaps. 
• Analyze test results to identify unexpected behaviors and failures, support root cause triage, and drive resolution.
• Build tools to automate test execution, data extraction, and results reporting, with a focus on repeatability and efficiency.
• Support software release readiness through structured test completion, tracking, failure resolution, and final test documentation and reporting.

What you’ll bring:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, MechE/EE, System Engineering, Computer Science or a related STEM field. 
• Strong experience in verification and validation, systems integration, and/or autonomy testing for complex systems, preferably for autonomous vehicles. 
• Willingness and ability to travel to test/customer sites up to ~25% of the time, depending on needs for key milestones and sprints. 
• Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to work cross functionally, prioritize multiple projects, and deliver results in a fast paced development environment. 
• Strong hands-on testing experience at a test facility.
• Bonus:  Proficiency in Python or C++; experience with developing test metrics and KPIs. Ability to query large databases (e.g. ElasticSearch); experience with requirements and test management tools such as JAMA or similar; experienced in the Systems Engineering V-Model and its application to V&V workflows; knowledge of safety critical development standards (e.g. ISO 26262) and familiarity with SOTIF and UL4600.

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.)

• Design and develop multimodal transformer architectures that fuse camera, LiDAR, and radar into unified representations
• Research and implement cross-modal attention mechanisms, token fusion strategies, and efficient multi-stream tokenization
• Build scalable training pipelines for large-scale multimodal transformers across massive real-world datasets
• Explore self-supervised and contrastive pretraining objectives that learn transferable multimodal representations
• Optimize transformer models for real-time inference under latency and compute constraints

• BS, MS, or PhD in AI, Computer Science, or a related field
• 4+ years experience with transformer architectures, particularly in multimodal or multi-stream settings
• Familiarity with cross-attention, token fusion, or modality alignment techniques
• Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow
• Strong understanding of scalable training for large models, including distributed training and mixed-precision optimization
• Passion for building AI that reasons over the full breadth of sensory input to operate safely in the real world

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.)

As an Operations Supervisor, Testing, you’ll oversee daily autonomous vehicle (AV) test operations across Kodiak’s ODD’s. You’ll lead a team of Test Specialists, Safety Drivers, and Assisted Autonomy Operators, ensuring all test runs are executed safely, efficiently, and to the highest operational standards.

This role combines hands-on technical understanding with people leadership and strategic coordination. You’ll manage shift performance, enforce safety and compliance standards, and collaborate closely with Engineering and Operations Management to continuously improve test execution and data quality.

If you thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments, lead with composure, and take pride in driving operational excellence, this role is for you.

Once every four weeks, you'll travel to a remote industrial testing site with sparse amenities to oversee a dedicated on-site crew executing a dynamic mix of industrial-scale testing activities, including:

• New customer truck bring-up and integration
• New software deployment validation
• Additional software testing as project needs evolve

What You’ll Do

• Supervise daily testing operations while actively supporting on-site test execution and troubleshooting.
• Ensure all testing activities comply with Kodiak’s SOPs, safety policies, and project priorities.
• Collaborate with other supervisors in order to execute tests in with a shared pool of Test Specialists, Safety Drivers, and Assisted Autonomy Operators to maintain consistent throughput and fleet utilization.
• Act as the on-shift decision-maker for operational issues, escalating critical matters as appropriate.
• Track and report shift-level performance metrics such as throughput, test completion rate, and issue resolution.
• Review team documentation for accuracy and completeness, ensuring proper escalation and communication standards.
• Identify process gaps or performance trends and implement corrective actions in partnership with management and engineering teams.
• Conduct one-on-one coaching sessions, ride-alongs, and evaluations to support skill development and operational consistency.
• Promote a culture of safety, professionalism, and continuous improvement across all testing teams.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, safety protocols, and CDL/HOS compliance requirements where applicable.
• Partner with other Supervisors, Leads, and cross-functional teams to ensure seamless shift handoffs, shared situational awareness, and aligned priorities.

What We’re Looking For

Experience:

• 3+ years in AV testing, fleet operations, or related automotive environments.
• Demonstrated success in a working-lead or supervisory role within a fast-paced, safety-critical setting.

Background:

• Strong understanding of AV systems, testing workflows, and operational safety practices.
• Proven ability to manage shift-based teams while maintaining high productivity and morale.

Industry Knowledge:

• Familiarity with autonomous systems, fleet management, and test execution processes.
• Understanding of compliance frameworks and operational risk management principles.

Strong Communicator:

• Skilled at maintaining calm, structured communication under pressure.
• Able to convey complex operational details clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Leadership Mindset:

• Leads with accountability and composure, balancing team oversight with hands-on involvement.
• Drives continuous improvement in safety, efficiency, and process discipline across the test organization.

Why Join Kodiak?

At Kodiak, you’ll work at the forefront of autonomous trucking, helping shape safety and compliance frameworks that will define the industry. Your work will directly contribute to real-world deployments, regulatory readiness, and the safe scaling of breakthrough technology. Join us in creating the foundation that will make autonomous trucking not only possible, but trusted and safe at scale.

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
• 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.)

What you'll do:

Channel Ownership and Strategy Execution

• Lead daily management of LinkedIn, X, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, and emerging channels.
• Develop platform-specific posting strategies and maintain an organized content calendar.
• Translate campaigns, product updates, events, and announcements into channel-appropriate content.
• Monitor competitive activity and platform trends to inform ongoing adjustments.

Content Development and Production

• Write crisp, on-brand copy that reflects Kodiak’s tone and strategic messaging.
• Create short-form content using existing footage, images, and assets in collaboration with internal creative resources.
• Collaborate with video and design partners to produce social-ready assets for campaigns and launches.

Community Management

• Monitor and respond to comments and brand mentions daily to maintain a thoughtful and accurate presence.
• Flag sentiment shifts, misinformation, or controversial topics to Marketing and Comms.
• Support proactive engagement with industry influencers, analysts, and partners when appropriate.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Marketing, Comms, Legal, and IR to ensure messaging accuracy and compliance.
• Support major announcements and events (press, partnerships, executive appearances, milestones).
• Coordinate with content producers and designers to ensure channel-aligned creative.
• Align social performance with broader campaign goals and OKRs.

Analytics and Performance Tracking

• Track KPIs across engagement, reach, follower growth, traffic, and content performance.
• Produce regular insights and recommendations to improve channel effectiveness.
• Identify repeatable content patterns, high-performing formats, and opportunities for experimentation.
• Other duties as assigned

What you'll bring:

• 5+ years managing social channels for a technology, robotics, mobility, or AI-adjacent brand.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills; able to simplify technical topics without diluting accuracy.
• Strong creative instincts and experience crafting short-form video, motion, and visual storytelling.
• Strong judgment and comfort operating in regulated, high-visibility industries.
• Strong familiarity with social analytics tools and performance measurement.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with executives, comms, designers, and product teams.

Success Looks Like:

• Kodiak’s social channels feel consistent, confident, and unmistakably on-brand.
• Major campaigns and milestones translate seamlessly into high-quality content across channels.
• Social output becomes a strategic advantage for investor perception, public awareness, and industry influence.
• Posts ship quickly and accurately, without operational drag.
• Engagement, reach, and clarity of Kodiak’s narrative grow over time.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and biannual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• 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.)

We are looking for an experienced Hardware Quality Industrialization Engineer to join our team. Our manufacturing team is growing quickly and we need someone with a strong quality engineering and supplier management background. This person will be the founding member of the quality and will get to design and build the team from the ground up.

In this role, you will:

• Work internally within Kodiak with engineering, supply chain, operations and our external manufacturing partners to build data driven, repeatable quality processes 
• Evaluate new and existing suppliers to ensure their internal processes and controls meet Kodiak standards
• Analyze field returns to drive potential design improvements
• Drive root cause analysis with both internal stakeholders and external partners. Own all corrective actions and improvements at the manufacturer(s) or internally
• Work with our internal test team to establish test parameters, pass/fail limits and overall test strategy 
• Own our supply vertical(s) based on product type (PCBAs, Harnessing, etc) 
• Work with external partners to ensure they are meeting our compliance and certification requirements  

What you’ll bring:

• Minimum of 3+ years in Quality, Supplier Quality or Supplier Industrialization Experience
• Experience in Aerospace, Automotive or Autonomous Vehicles 
• Strong track record of supplier evaluation and management 
• Ability to manage competing priorities across the company
• Strong experience in statistical quality control analysis
• Strong experience in problem solving tools (8D, 5 whys, fishbone diagram)

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.)

Role Summary

Kodiak is hiring a Creative Lead to help elevate the quality, consistency, and speed of our marketing output across every major touchpoint. This is a senior, hands-on creative role for someone who can lead campaign thinking, shape both visual and verbal storytelling, guide the work of others, and step in to execute when needed.

In the near term, this role will help distribute ownership away from a single centralized bottleneck by taking on creative direction across campaigns and channels, setting messaging and storytelling standards, and overseeing the output of existing team members. This person will play a critical role in improving creative quality, increasing throughput, and helping build a stronger, more independent marketing function over time.

What You’ll Do

Creative Direction and Campaign Development

• Lead creative direction across major marketing initiatives, campaigns, launches, and company moments
• Develop strong campaign concepts and translate them into effective execution across channels
• Shape how the Kodiak brand shows up visually and verbally across marketing work
• Establish and maintain a high bar for creative quality, consistency, and clarity
• Build ideas that can scale from larger brand and campaign efforts into smaller day-to-day executions

Cross-Channel Creative Leadership

• Guide creative development across web, social, presentations, paid media, events, partner storytelling, and other marketing materials
• Ensure work is on-brand, channel-appropriate, and aligned to business priorities
• Partner closely with marketing leadership to translate strategy into clear, compelling creative output
• Help define and refine messaging and copy standards across content

Team Guidance and Output Oversight

• Oversee and elevate the output of the current designer and content producer
• Provide clear creative direction, actionable feedback, and strong quality control
• Help keep projects moving by making decisions, unblocking work, and maintaining momentum
• Support a more distributed and effective creative operating model by increasing ownership and reducing dependency on a single approver

Hands-On Execution

• Step in directly to concept, write, design, edit, or refine work when needed, especially early on
• Contribute to both polished campaign work and faster, scrappier executions
• Support production planning, creative reviews, and photo/video direction as needed
• Work with urgency and sound judgment, knowing when to push and when to move

What You’ll Bring

• 8+ years of experience in creative, brand, design, or campaign-focused roles
• Experience at an agency and/or in-house brand team known for high output and a high creative bar
• Strong portfolio demonstrating brand identity work, campaign development, and cross-channel creative execution
• Demonstrated strength in both visual and voice storytelling
• Experience guiding creative direction while also contributing hands-on to the work
• Strong instincts for typography, composition, layout, storytelling, and brand expression
• Ability to move fluidly between big-picture thinking and execution detail
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities and multiple active projects
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, make decisions, and keep work moving
• Experience providing creative feedback and guiding the work of others
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Google Workspace, and common creative/collaboration tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience helping create, evolve, or sharpen a brand identity
• Experience building campaigns from concept through rollout
• Experience across B2B and/or B2C brands
• Tech experience is a strong plus
• Experience with photo and video direction or production support
• Motion, video, or editorial sensibility
• Comfort working on a lean team where speed, adaptability, and ownership matter

Work Environment

Hybrid role

Expected to spend regular time in the office to build presence, collaborate closely with the team, experience the culture, generate ideas, and help capture content as needed

Why This Role Matters

Today, too much creative ownership is centralized. This role is intended to change that by bringing stronger creative leadership, sharper storytelling, and more day-to-day momentum to the marketing function. The Creative Lead will help raise the quality of the work, improve speed and consistency, and guide the evolution of a more effective creative team structure.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and biannual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• 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.)

We are seeking a highly skilled Autonomy Perception Engineer to join our Perception Engineering team. In this role, you will use your expertise in state estimation & multi object tracking to shape the perception stack as we scale, incorporating and developing state of the art algorithms and techniques. You’ll leverage advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and techniques to deploy and scale safe autonomous perception systems. If you're passionate about how robots perceive and understand the world at scale, this role is for you.

In this role, you will:

• Lead efforts to advance learned scene estimation solutions in the Kodiak Driver.
• Use principled approaches for fusing information from multiple modalities (camera, radar, lidar, thermal, and IMU) to improve perception performance.
• Improve multi-target tracking performance including track initiation, measurement to track association, and track state maintenance.
• Develop novel algorithms to incorporate noisy measurements to construct a solid foundational understanding of the world.
• Develop tooling, metrics, and visualization to advance sensor fusion performance.
• Embody innovation and collaboration. Think creatively and resourcefully to solve problems.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong technical background. BS or MS with at least 5 years industry experience, or PhD with at least 3 years of academic or industry experience, in building state estimation and sensor fusion systems.
• Domain Expertise.  Topics of interest include sensor fusion, state estimation, Kalman filtering, particle filtering, multi-object tracking, deep learning, learned scene estimation, behavior prediction.
• Skilled in C++ with strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong software engineering skills and experience building high-reliability deployed applications . You write well-designed, highly maintainable code.
• Solid understanding of metrics, data analysis, and scientific evaluation.
• A team player. You take ownership and work with the team to deliver exceptional results. You are interested in the performance of the entire system across engineering disciplines.
• Ability to build and iterate quickly. You enjoy working fast and smart, and you are comfortable in defining and building lasting infrastructure components from scratch.
• Hands on.  Curious.  Flexible.  Interested in new domains to expand your horizons and provide a complete system wide solution.
• Great communicator. You have experience writing clear, concise design documentation to gather feedback from across the team to find the best solution.

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.)

We are looking for an Autonomy Software Systems Engineer who can derive requirements from first-principles for safe driving behavior for a self-driving vehicle. An ideal candidate will have background developing algorithms commonly used in autonomy or robotics applications in aerospace, automotive, or other domains.  This will be used to support our safety claims about safe perception, motion planning, and control for autonomous robots so that we can ethically and safely deploy autonomous trucks to save lives and transform the freight industry.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate closely with Autonomy Software teams by using first-principles analysis to develop requirements for safe perception, localization, prediction, motion planning, and/or control algorithms.
• Identify edge cases that could help us expose weaknesses in our system prior to encountering them in on-road environments.
• Provide analysis to support complex autonomy system design trade-offs to inform system design decisions affecting safety and performance.
• Support development of simulation scenarios, structured track testing, on-road road testing, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.

What you’ll bring:

• Deep understanding of kinematics, dynamics, and system modeling
• Strong programming skills in Python, MATLAB, C++, or C
• Hands-on work across multiple of the following areas:
  • Sensor fusion and object tracking (e.g., Kalman filtering, particle filters, least squares estimation)
  • Machine learning methods (e.g., neural networks, SVMs, kNN, regression models, decision trees)
  • Classical computer vision (e.g., edge/corner detection, camera calibration, optics)
  • Motion planning (e.g., A*, RRT, potential fields)
  • Control systems (e.g., PID, nonlinear control, model predictive control)
• Strong foundation in probability and statistics, including appropriate application of distributions (e.g., Gaussian, Poisson, binomial)
• Working knowledge of autonomy system architectures and system-level design
• Background in one or more of the following:
  • Bayesian inference (e.g., beta and gamma distributions)
  • Markov models and probabilistic system modeling
  • Simulation development and validation environments
  • System reliability analysis
• Exposure to safety-critical standards such as ISO 26262, DO-178, or IEC 61508 (e.g., ASIL-D, DAL A, SIL 4)
• Experience with safety analysis methodologies (e.g., FTA, FMEA, HARA)
• Understanding of redundancy strategies and fault-tolerant system design
• Familiarity with SOTIF, UL 4600, and safety case development (e.g., Goal Structuring Notation)
• Knowledge of real-time, safety-critical systems
• Experience contributing to verification and validation (V&V) efforts or full testing campaigns

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.)

We are looking for a Software Quality Triage Specialist to join our rapidly growing Software Quality team.

In this role, you will:

• Learn to know the Kodiak Driver better than almost anyone else
• Study and assess performance results of our autonomous trucks
• Perform deep root cause analysis efficiently with high quality and minimal oversight
• Identify and categorize failure modes of our system, file bugs, and track them through to resolution
• Generate reports of overall performance to share with the team
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to improve workflows and processes
• Perform quality assurance on 2D/3D labels to train and improve our algorithms 

What you’ll bring:

• 3+ years of experience in triage and deep root cause analysis within the robotics or autonomous vehicle industry 
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• Experience beyond high level bucketing 
• Hands-on experience analyzing vehicle logs across perception, planning, localization, controls and other system-level behaviors
• Very solid understanding of AV sensors (e.g., cameras, lidar, radar) and how sensor performance impacts perception and planning
• Experience using simulation as part of the triage process to evaluate safety-related behaviors
• Proven ability to investigate complex issues and drive them to root cause
• Critical thinker with strong analytical and root cause analysis skills
• Ability to quickly learn, adapt, and apply new concepts, tools, and workflows
• Naturally curious, with the diligence to investigate unexpected behaviors and understand why they occur
• Strong communication skills, including experience writing clear, concise, and thorough technical documentation
• Passion for autonomous technology and for improving safety and efficiency through triage and simulation

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.)

Kodiak is seeking a highly skilled Group Product Manager to drive the development of our Level 4 autonomous trucking solutions across different customer applications. In this role you will both be the directly responsible individual for the full product lifecycle in a specific product area, as well as guide and lead a team of Product Managers with their own lifecycle responsibilities.  This role requires a unique blend of technical depth in autonomous systems, product sensibility, business acumen, and cross-functional leadership with a strong understanding of customer-centric product deployment.

Responsibilities will include:

Product strategy & execution

• • Execution: Work with the end user and cross-functional teams (Engineering, Program Management, Operations, Commercial) to drive the end-to-end process from needs identification to feature implementation, and remove any blockers to ensure the product is deployed successfully to meet the end user’s expectations.
  • Product definition: Define requirements to ensure they meet end user needs. Work closely with Engineering to ensure the right product is built.
  • Prioritization: Prioritize features and adjust for changes in Kodiak’s commercial and competitive context.
  • Performance monitoring: Define and track KPIs, understand the state of our product readiness, and communicate progress to our customers.
  • User feedback: Be the primary voice of the product and the end user, working closely with Kodiak’s customers to gain trust and channel feedback to internal teams.
  • Travel: 25% travel required to visit Kodiak commercial deployments.

People management & leadership

• • Team leadership: Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Product Managers, guiding them through their own product lifecycle responsibilities.
  • Communication: Provide clear updates to leadership, customers, and cross-functional teams on program progress, risks, and mitigation plans.

What you’ll bring:

• 10+ years experience working in Product Management, ideally in autonomous vehicles, robotics, operations management, supply chain management, and/or logistics
• Experience managing and developing other Product Managers
• Passion for working with cross-functional teams to solve technical problems and create effective solutions
• Comfortable leading strategy & execution in the midst of ambiguity and a dynamic market
• Experience building credibility and strong relationships within engineering and operations teams, and with external stakeholders and customers
• Technical degree or equivalent background in engineering, computer science, or a related 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.)

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Product Operations Specialist to join our team in Lancaster, TX. This role bridges the gap between our Product/Engineering teams and our Operations/Field teams. You will own optimizing, and developing mechanisms that enable product operations to scale our operational footprint. This role is based full-time in our Lancaster office.

In this role, you will:

• Process Design and Scalability: Partner closely with Program, Engineering, and Ops to design, document, and stand up processes that support operational scalability for our autonomous vehicle technology.
• Feedback Loop Management: Own the feedback loop between Field Ops and Product & Engineering, translating operational needs into actionable product and engineering requirements.
• Feature Deployment & Validation: Work with cross-functional teams to rapidly test, validate, and deploy new product features in an operationally-intensive environment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a liaison between Product, Engineering, Field Operations, and other teams to ensure alignment and smooth feature adoption.
• Operational Excellence: Focus on driving attention to detail and timeliness in product deployment and operational workflows.
• Performance Monitoring: Define operational KPIs and monitor product performance in the field, communicating insights and risks to stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Communication: Provide clear, data-driven updates on product-related operational progress, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Adaptability: Ability to get gritty and operate in spaces that are not yet well defined and are subject to rapid and unexpected changes

What you'll bring:

• 3+ years of experience in Product Operations, Technical Program Management, or a similar role at an operational-intensive technology company.
• Highly analytical with a proven ability to use data to drive process improvements and product decisions, e.g., Kibana/Elastic.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a track record of driving timely execution in complex environments.
• Outstanding people and communication skills, with demonstrated experience working across diverse teams (e.g., Engineering, Field Operations, Product).
• Must be willing to work full-time in the Lancaster, TX office.
• A non-technical degree is acceptable, but evidence of some technical aptitude or "nerdiness" is a plus.
• Adeptness in leveraging generative AI tools to streamline workflows and enhance clarity and quality in stakeholder communication.
• Additional experience in the following areas is also a plus
  
  • Operations research, industrial engineering, and/or process optimization
  • Autonomy, mobility, supply chain, or logistics
  • Working in both a startup and a larger company environment

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
• Office perks: free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen
• 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.)

We are seeking a skilled Senior Hardware Electrical Engineer to join our team.  The successful candidate will have a strong background in electrical design and be responsible for the full design cycle of electrical components in our autonomous vehicles.  The role will work collaboratively with the hardware, mechanical, and software engineering teams to ensure our electrical system meets compliance and functional safety requirements for building safe and reliable autonomous trucks at scale.

In this role, you will:

• Design circuits at the schematic level using a variety of capture tools
• Design, influence, and collaborate with partners on power conditioning, regulation circuits and low frequency analog circuits to meet requirements
• Design and test standard vehicle communication harnessing, CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet
• Design and validate harnessing for low and high speed components
• Validation testing for EMI/EMC at the whole truck level down to subcomponents
• Collaborate with electrical and firmware engineering teams to validate circuits
• Lead root cause analysis and resolve issues in electrical systems
• Define stress test routines required to validate functional sections
• Interface closely with other teams such as Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and with external component suppliers

What you’ll bring:

• BS, MS, or equivalent experience in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years of hardware development experience, ideally within the automotive, aerospace or a related industry
• 5+ years of experience designing PCBAs
• Deep understanding of mixed analog and digital circuits
• Experience with implementation of low - level hardware buses such as I2C, CAN, SPI, UART
• Experience with high - speed hardware communication interfaces such as PCIe, GMSL/GMSL2, Ethernet
• Hands on. You are just as comfortable getting your hands dirty analyzing a subsystem in the shop as when using a keyboard.
• Great communicator. You have experience writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation
• Passion. You are passionate about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity
• Must be a US person

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.)

We are looking for an Office Assistant to help manage and coordinate our workplaces and workplace functions between our office in Odessa and at our remote depots in the Permian Basin.

In this role, you will:

• Be the Go-To Person for all workplace operations and services in our Odessa office and Depots. 
• Be responsible for purchasing, replenishing and managing workplace amenities such as snacks, drinks and office supplies for the Office and Depots, maintaining budget limits. Long roundtrip driving will be needed at least once per week (4-6 hours round trip for Depots).
• Coordinate shipping/receiving and material handling needs among the Office and Depots, tracking parcel/freight shipments to and from other Kodiak offices and delivering received packages to the appropriate depot/recipient. 
• Ensure PPE provisions and safety supplies are stocked for Depot personnel, and at the Office.
• Distribute company swag and other per-employee items. 
• Coordinate company events in Odessa and at the Depots such as cultural events, achievement parties, holiday gatherings, and employee appreciation events.
• Coordinate service vendors and their performance, such as janitorial, building maintenance and site services for the Office and Depots.
• Manage building maintenance, including scheduling and managing service and repairs.
• Manage site cleanliness, organization, and storage (non-R&D items).
• Ensure required legal postings, signage, and Health & Safety monitoring is all maintained. 
• Assist onsite interviews and onboarding activities at the Odessa Office and Depots by preparing the room, greeting candidates (if able) and coordinating the distribution and collection of materials used.
• Assist demos by providing required PPE, refreshments, and guest lunches.
• Act as the point-of-contact for inter-company travelers with questions.
• Perform miscellaneous workplace housekeeping tasks at the Office and Depots.
• Other duties as assigned

What you'll bring:

• Multi-tasking. Ability to handle multiple immediate tasks as well as longer term projects, setting and meeting deliverable dates. 
• Workplace guru. Experience handling office maintenance and workplace functions, ideally across multiple sites.
• Tech-savvy. Proficient with google-suite (gmail, sheets, documents, presentations) or similar products, slack communications, and willing to learn AI tools.
• Strong collaborator.  Leverages relationships with cross-functional team members to accomplish goals. 
• The Fixer. Always willing to roll up the sleeves to handle a difficult or dirty task, and brings knowledge of basic building systems, including troubleshooting and fixing where possible without vendor support. 
• Innovative mindset. You like to find ways to improve the system you are working on. You can solve problems and complete tasks even when the path to the solution is not clear at the outset.
• Culture builder.  You contribute unique and local-inspired ideas and initiatives that support employee engagement and company-wide events and celebrations.

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)
• Accrued PTO and generous parental leave policies
• Primary Facility is located in Odessa, TX - 16530 W. Basin Street, Odessa, TX 79763 with field operations sites throughout West Texas and into New Mexico. 
• Office perks: free lunch and a kitchen with coffee and snacks
• Company truck provided from the Odessa facility if required to travel into the field.
• Accommodations provided with Target Hospitality Centers if required for the needs of the role such as when working multiple days at our Field Operations sites.
• 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.)

About the Role

We are looking for experienced commercial drivers to join our Lancaster operations as Assisted Autonomy Drivers to help us deploy our autonomous technology. Our team is on the cutting edge of working with our partners to improve and integrate our technology in real world conditions. Assisted Autonomy allows a trained CDL driver to remotely control a self-driving truck in certain low-speed situations-like tight yards or complex drop-off areas-where a human touch is helpful. It blends remote support with onboard autonomy to create a solution that enables safety and flexibility. All Assisted Autonomy drivers must be experienced and fully licensed, and operate a remote assistance station with intuitive controls including a steering wheel, pedals and brakes to provide guidance to the Kodiak Driver.

What You'll Bring

- Class A CDL License with clean driving record

- A minimum of 3+ years of verifiable and recent Class A experience

- Ability to pass a background check and practical road test

- Pass drug test, MVR and have a current DOT physical

- Comfortable working with computers, willing to be flexible with growing responsibilities over time, a growth mindset

- Passion for being a part of the future of transportation

- High School Diploma or Equivalent

- Safety Minded

- Willing and able to work flexible shifts & schedules including nights, weekends and holidays

- Requires frequent sitting and driving

- Be able to understand and execute complex testing requirements under test specialist coordination

What We Offer

Work with an experienced and agile team to revolutionize transportation.

- $34/hr base pay with a 4 day on / 3 day off schedule

- Local work only

- Double time for holiday pay

- Two weeks paid vacation plus one week paid sick time, available your first year

- Cell phone subsidy

- Excellent medical, dental & vision plans

- 90% of monthly healthcare premiums paid for employee and 75% paid for dependents

- 401k plan

- Clean, newer vehicles

- Snacks and Drinks provided

- Driver Referral Bonus Plan: $3k per hired referral

- And much more!

We are looking for experienced commercial drivers to join our Lancaster operations as Assisted Autonomy Drivers to help us deploy our autonomous technology.  Our team is on the cutting edge of working with our partners to improve and integrate our technology in real world conditions. Assisted Autonomy allows a trained CDL driver to remotely control a self-driving truck in certain low-speed situations—like tight yards or complex drop-off areas—where a human touch is helpful. It blends remote support with onboard autonomy to create a solution that enables safety and flexibility. All Assisted Autonomy drivers must be experienced and fully licensed, and operate a remote assistance station with intuitive controls including a steering wheel, pedals and brakes to provide guidance to the Kodiak Driver.

What you'll bring:

• Class A CDL License with clean driving record
• A min. of 3+ years of verifiable and recent Class A experience
• Ability to pass a background check and practical road test
• Pass drug test, MVR and have a current DOT physical
• Comfortable working with computers, willing to be flexible with growing responsibilities over time, a growth mindset
• Passion for being a part of the future of transportation
• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Safety Minded
• Willing and able to work flexible shifts & schedules including nights
• Requires frequent sitting and driving

What we offer:

• Work with an experienced and agile team to revolutionize transportation.
• $34/hr with a 5 day on and 2 day off schedule, great pay and great time off
• Local work only
• Double time for holiday pay
• Two weeks paid vacation plus one week paid sick time, available your first year
• Cell phone subsidy
• Excellent medical, dental & vision plans
• 90% of monthly healthcare premiums paid for employee and 75% paid for dependents
• 401k plan
• Clean, newer vehicles
• Snacks and Drinks provided
• Driver Referral Bonus Plan, $3k per hired referral 
• And much more! 

We are looking for a Software Engineer with a focus on Onboard Infrastructure and Drivers to join us and take a key role in designing and implementing our core software infrastructure.  You will work across multiple domains to bring together our embedded devices, AI, computing hardware, and sensors to create a highly reliable and performant system.  This role will give you the opportunity to test and deploy complex robots for real customers.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate with engineers across multiple domains to build the Kodiak real-time operating system that empowers our robots.
• Design and implement our core infrastructure and libraries using modern C++
• Build highly reliable and highly performant compute and network systems
• Work closely with next generation LIDARs, cameras, radars, and other sensors.
• Gather metrics, analyze, and optimize the operation of Kodiak autonomous systems

Qualifications:

• Robust technical background. BS, MS, or equivalent, in Computer Science or similar with 5+ years of experience building software infrastructure in an environment with significant scale and performance. 
• Experience reading and writing modern C++ code.
• Familiarity with using Linux to build complex software.

Nice to have:

• Understanding of network protocols such as TCP, UDP, and PTP.
• Experience working with sensors like lidars, cameras and radars.
• Familiarity with high throughput storage and database systems.
• Knowledge of tools used for performance optimization like perf, trace tools, and memory profilers.
• Experience using Bazel for large and cross platform projects.
• A background in operating systems or build systems.

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.)

• Design and train generative world models that synthesize realistic multi-camera video and LiDAR conditioned on ego trajectories, 3D scene context, and text
• Research and implement conditional diffusion architectures for driving, including spatiotemporal attention, latent space design, and action-conditioned generation
• Develop techniques for multi-view geometric consistency in generated outputs, drawing on neural rendering, cross-view attention, and 3D-aware generative approaches
• Build methods for joint multimodal generation that maintain cross-sensor consistency between camera, LiDAR, and radar outputs
• Design evaluation frameworks that measure world model quality beyond pixel-level metrics, including scenario fidelity and autoregressive stability
• Scale training pipelines to learn from thousands of hours of real-world driving data across multiple sensor modalities

• PhD in Computer Science, AI, Robotics, or a related field, with a focus on generative modeling, neural rendering, or video synthesis
• Strong publication record or demonstrated research contributions in diffusion models, video generation, neural radiance fields, 3D-aware generative models, or world models
• Experience with neural rendering and view synthesis and an understanding of multi-view geometric consistency
• Proficiency working with multimodal sensor data (camera, LiDAR, radar) and familiarity with 3D representations such as BEV grids, voxel fields, or tri-planes
• Strong implementation skills in Python and PyTorch, with experience training large generative models at scale using distributed training
• Passion for building AI that understands and predicts the physical world to enable safe autonomous driving

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.)

We are looking for a Senior Camera Engineer to lead the design and development of Kodiak’s camera sensing pipeline. This is a hands-on role for someone who deeply understands camera hardware, ISP tuning, compression, drivers, and how sensor data is used in modern computer vision and ML techniques. In this role you will be tasked with optimizing a camera pipeline for ML consumption - you will own the camera pipeline from pixel to compute - including camera selection and configuration, testing, IQ tuning, and working closely with perception, ML, and software teams to build a robust, scalable Kodiak driver. 

In this role, you will:

• Own camera-based perception pipelines from sensor selection to production deployment
• Evaluate and select camera sensors, modules, and optics based on system and application requirements
• Tune and optimize ISP pipelines (image quality, color, HDR, noise, latency, synchronization) for machine and human consumption
• Work with perception and software teams to deploy next-generation camera system  
• Run hands on testing in the field to troubleshoot camera system issues and test next-gen hardware
• Debug camera issues across the from sensor to ISP 
• Drive design decisions around compression and sensor synchronization
• Manage relationships with suppliers and external partners
• Research and evaluate emerging imaging technologies

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in camera, computer vision, or perception engineering
• Strong experience with testing and selecting camera sensors and complete camera modules
• Understanding of image signal processing (ISP) pipelines — familiarity with auto white balance, auto exposure, tone mapping, and how ISP tuning affects downstream perception
• Basic understanding of computer vision and ML fundamentals
• Hands-on experience developing and deploying camera pipelines for robotics
• Basic software engineering skills in C++ and/or Python
• Ability to collaborate effectively with hardware, systems, and software teams

Nice to haves:

• Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, AR/VR, or advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)
• Experience with challenging imaging conditions and understanding of how image quality maps to perception performance
• Experience with camera system integration — understanding data interfaces, bandwidth constraints, latency requirements, and how imaging subsystems integrate into larger robotic platforms.

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.)

• Optimize and enhance existing applications and APIs to incorporate new features and user feedback.
• Design new features and user experiences, including UI elements and layout through mockups (e.g., Figma) and implement such features in React + TypeScript.
• Research and design new APIs for new use cases and implement such APIs and backend logic using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++.
• Utilize a variety of AWS technologies such as API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon AppSync, DynamoDB, and Terraform.
• Interact with a variety of data sources including documents, databases, raw and/or processed sensor data, and other APIs.
• Collaborate with Software Engineering, Software Quality, and Operations to understand end user requirements.

• Strong technical background as evidenced by BS, MS, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline
• 6+ years of experience building backend services and/or intuitive web applications with significant scale and performance
• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
• Recent experience with JavaScript, TypeScript and React
• Experience with using internal and external facing APIs
• Experience with app profiling and performance tuning.
• Experience with service performance measurement, observability, and tuning.
• Familiarity with web sockets and Typed Arrays
• Bonus for experience with Three.js, Web Workers, protobuf
• Bonus for experience in designing UIs using collaborative tools
• Bonus for experience with C++, creating tooling for robotics / timeseries data
• Bonus for experience with AWS PaaS technologies and services
• Great communicator; you must be capable of writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation.
• Passion; you must be passionate about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity.

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.)

Kodiak is seeking a Defense Technical Program Manager to lead execution of autonomy and platform capabilities supporting defense and government-adjacent customers. This role is responsible for driving complex, cross-functional technical programs that require high rigor, clear accountability, and strong coordination across engineering, product, operations, and external stakeholders.

You will help ensure that defense programs are delivered with the predictability, documentation, and risk management expected in government-facing environments, while still moving with startup speed.

What you’ll do:

• Own end-to-end execution of defense-focused technical programs, from requirements definition through delivery, test, and customer acceptance.
• Partner closely with engineering teams to plan, build, integrate, and validate autonomy and platform capabilities for defense use cases.
• Collaborate with product, operations, and leadership to translate customer, mission, and contractual requirements into clear technical scope and execution plans.
• Lead cross-team technical planning, ensuring requirements are traceable, dependencies are understood, and delivery plans are realistic and defensible.
• Work with product managers to manage scope, tradeoffs, and change control while maintaining delivery commitments.
• Build and maintain integrated program roadmaps that align features, milestones, reviews, and dependencies to schedules.
• Establish and manage program operating rhythms (milestone reviews, risk reviews, readiness checkpoints) appropriate for government-facing programs.
• Identify, track, and mitigate technical, schedule, and integration risks; escalate issues with clear options and recommendations.
• Drive closure of top program risks and quality issues, including prioritization of critical defects and system-level performance gaps.
• Communicate program status, risks, and decisions clearly to internal leadership and, when appropriate, external partners or customers.
• Support technical decision-making by articulating constraints, assumptions, and downstream impacts.
• Improve tools, processes, and documentation practices to support repeatable, auditable execution in defense contexts.

What you’ll bring:

• 3+ years of experience in technical or program management supporting autonomy, robotics, aerospace, defense, or other complex safety-critical systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing programs with external customers, contractual milestones, or government-style delivery expectations.
• Strong understanding of software and systems development lifecycles, including integration, verification, and validation.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in environments requiring high rigor, documentation, and accountability.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to align engineering, product, and leadership while maintaining safety and quality standards.
• Interest in defense or government-adjacent applications of autonomous systems.
• Nice to have experience working with government customers, primes, or defense contractors.
    

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.)

We are looking for a Software Engineer with deep expertise in computational geometry to join our Motion Planning team. In this role, you’ll design and implement the geometric foundations that power mission-critical systems across our stack. You’ll be building a high-performance geometry library that is robust, mathematically rigorous, and optimized for modern hardware, enabling advanced applications in autonomy, simulation, and beyond.

What you’ll do:

• Build the core library: Design, implement, and maintain a library of computational geometry algorithms in modern C++.
• Develop primitives: Create and optimize fundamental operations, such as distances, intersections, projections, polygon operations, and convex hulls, for complex geometries.
• Maximize performance: Profile and optimize code for CPU architectures (especially x86), leveraging cache-efficient data layouts, and instruction-level parallelism.
• Ensure reliability: Establish a testing framework to guarantee numerical stability, robustness, and correctness at scale.
• Enable visibility: Develop tools for visualizing, debugging, and validating geometric computations.
• Collaborate & integrate: Partner with other engineering teams to design clean APIs and integrate the geometry library into larger systems.
• Innovate: Research and apply state-of-the-art methods from academia and industry to tackle novel geometric challenges.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong background in computational geometry, linear algebra, and applied mathematics (MS, PhD, or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful experience in production C++.
• Deep grasp of CPU/GPU architecture, cache/memory layouts, SIMD, and parallel algorithms.
• A rigorous, test-driven mindset with high standards for software quality and mathematical correctness.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, able to work across teams and explain complex ideas clearly.
• Hands-on, proactive approach to problem-solving and performance tuning.

Bonus Points:

• GPU programming experience with CUDA or OpenCL.
• Experience with motion planning, trajectory optimization, prediction, or controls for autonomous systems.
• Proficiency in Python or TypeScript for prototyping, tooling, or bindings.
• Familiarity with SIMD instruction sets (AVX, SSE).
• Experience with libraries like Clipper or Boost.Geometry.
• Robotics/AV background (planning, mapping, SLAM, 3D graphics/CAD/physics sim).

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.)

Kodiak is seeking an experienced Senior Product Analyst to provide actionable insights that directly shape product development and customer-facing outcomes for commercially-deployed driverless trucks. As a member of the Data team in the Product organization, you will partner with Product Management, Program Management, Engineering, and Operations to define success metrics, analyze system and product performance, interpret underlying drivers and root causes, and work across teams to translate findings into actions that accelerate product improvement and reliability.

In this role, you will:

• Work with Product Management to define and track KPIs related to autonomy and operational performance, productivity, reliability, and safety.
• Work with cross-functional partners to understand root causes, derive insights and actionable recommendations, and define next steps.
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering to design and evaluate experiments (e.g., feature rollouts, A/B tests).
• Conduct deep-dive analyses on commercial deployments and customer usage to identify feature gaps and prioritize improvements.
• Collaborate with other members of the Data team to improve tracking, instrumentation, and data pipelines.
• Build dashboards and reports to give Product and Engineering teams visibility into performance trends.
• Support executive and board-level discussions with product insights and customer impact metrics.
• Travel occasionally to visit Kodiak’s commercial deployment and operations locations.

What you’ll bring:

• Analytical rigor: 5+ years of experience in product analytics in high-growth tech environments
• Leadership: Experience leading Product Analytics teams and mentoring junior analysts
• Technical fluency: Skilled in querying large datasets efficiently with python and in Kibana.  Experience creating dashboards and automating reporting
• Cross-functional collaboration: Track record of partnering closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Operations to align data insights with customer and product priorities
• Business acumen: Experience connecting the dots between technical metrics and real-world business outcomes (e.g., fleet utilization, cost per mile, customer adoption)
• Problem-solving: Experience structuring highly ambiguous and complex problems into clear, data-driven insights.
• Storytelling skills: Skilled at translating complex data into narratives that influence product direction and decision-making
• Domain curiosity: Interest in autonomous systems, logistics, or mobility technology — eager to learn the nuances of safety, reliability, and scaling operations in autonomy.
• Degree in data analytics or data science, or equivalent work experience

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.)

Kodiak is seeking a highly skilled and intrapreneurial Senior Product Manager to drive the development of our Assisted Autonomy (AA) solution. AA allows a human to remotely control a truck in certain low-speed and clearly-defined scenarios that benefit from human involvement. AA is part of the functionality of Kodiak's autonomous solution, the Kodiak Driver.

This is an Individual Contributor (IC) PM role that requires end-to-end product ownership of Assisted Autonomy at Kodiak. You will be responsible for assessing and tracking the market, listening to customers, analyzing data, and evaluating Kodiak’s capabilities to unify a cross-functional team behind a cohesive product vision and strategy. Because this role involves both software and hardware, it requires a unique blend of technical depth, B2C UX/design sensibility, and rigorous execution.

In this role, you will:

• Product strategy & vision: Formulate and evolve the roadmap for Assisted Autonomy, balancing near-term deployment milestones with long-term scalability. Assess market trends and evaluate Kodiak's capabilities to unify cross-functional teams behind a clear AA strategy.
• Data-driven prioritization & KPIs: Establish and monitor KPIs. Use data to improve performance, while prioritizing failure modes and features to improve overall safety.
• Execution & deployment: Define and prioritize requirements with cross-functional partners. Evaluate releases for acceptance, and partner closely with Ops teams on field deployment, process optimization, and the creation of effective training materials.
• Hardware & software integration: Drive product improvements across both software interfaces (job dispatch, telestation capabilities) and physical hardware integrations.
• Stakeholder communication: Act as the central node between Engineering, Operations, Safety, Program, internal leadership, and external customers, providing clear updates on feature development, release management, and market readiness.
• Travel: Up to 25% travel required to visit Kodiak commercial deployment locations to listen to customers and gather direct operational feedback.

What you’ll bring:

• 8+ years of product management experience, ideally in environments that blend software and hardware
• Demonstrated success in defining & launching end-user-facing high-tech products through the full lifecycle to customers at scale
• Strong B2C UX/design experience, demonstrating an ability to build highly usable interfaces for teleoperations and human-in-the-loop workflows, including for non-technical users
• Ability to think deeply and communicate clearly about data and KPIs, and how they inform product prioritization
• Technical degree (master's degree or above in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field) or equivalent practical work experience
• Prior experience in assisted autonomy, autonomous vehicles (AV), or robotics
• Startup experience

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.)

We are seeking a skilled Senior Hardware Electrical Engineer to join our team.  The successful candidate will have a strong background in electrical design and be responsible for the full design cycle of electrical components in our autonomous vehicles.  The role will work collaboratively with the hardware, mechanical, and software engineering teams to ensure our electrical system meets compliance and functional safety requirements for building safe and reliable autonomous trucks at scale.

In this role, you will:

• Design circuits at the schematic level using a variety of capture tools
• Design, influence, and collaborate with partners on power conditioning, regulation circuits and low frequency analog circuits to meet requirements
• Design and test standard vehicle communication harnessing, CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet
• Design and validate harnessing for low and high speed components
• Validation testing for EMI/EMC at the whole truck level down to subcomponents
• Collaborate with electrical and firmware engineering teams to validate circuits
• Lead root cause analysis and resolve issues in electrical systems
• Define stress test routines required to validate functional sections
• Interface closely with other teams such as Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and with external component suppliers

What you’ll bring:

• BS, MS, or equivalent experience in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years of hardware development experience, ideally within the automotive, aerospace or a related industry
• 5+ years of experience designing PCBAs
• Deep understanding of mixed analog and digital circuits
• Experience with implementation of low - level hardware buses such as I2C, CAN, SPI, UART
• Experience with high - speed hardware communication interfaces such as PCIe, GMSL/GMSL2, Ethernet
• Hands on. You are just as comfortable getting your hands dirty analyzing a subsystem in the shop as when using a keyboard.
• Great communicator. You have experience writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation
• Passion. You are passionate about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity
• Must be a US person

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.)

We are looking for a Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer with deep experience in new platform development and system-level integration. This role is at the forefront of bringing next-generation autonomous vehicle platforms to life — from early-stage concept through integration, validation, and deployment. You will work closely with hardware, systems, and manufacturing teams to drive new platform development, with a focus on integration quality, test rigor, and technical execution.

In this role, you will:

• Lead system-level integration of sensors, compute, actuation, and vehicle systems for new platform development programs
• Drive the full integration lifecycle: architecture definition, build planning, bring-up, validation, and sign-off
• Develop and execute structured test plans to validate new platform functionality, performance, and reliability
• Coordinate and lead cross-functional build and integration events with Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, and Systems teams
• Provide Design-For-Manufacturing and Design-For-Test feedback to ensure new platforms are built for quality and scale
• Develop and maintain comprehensive platform documentation including drawings, schematics, BOMs, build instructions, and test reports
• Identify, triage, and resolve integration issues through systematic debugging and root cause analysis
• Partner with systems and hardware engineering teams to define integration requirements and acceptance criteria for new platforms

What you'll bring:

• Strong technical background. BS or MS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• 6+ years of experience in the autonomous vehicle, automotive, or a related industry
• Demonstrated experience leading new platform or new product integration programs from early development through validation
• Strong systems thinking and problem-solving skills; you are energized by complex, multi-disciplinary integration challenges
• Hands-on. You are equally comfortable with a wrench and a keyboard. Confident with automotive electronics and familiar with communication protocols and tools such as Ethernet and CAN
• Experience with scripting and data analysis languages such as Python or MATLAB
• Understanding of Linux-based systems and computer networking
• CAD experience with packages such as SolidWorks
• A team leader. Whether formally or informally, you have played the lead role on multiple integration or development programs. You take ownership and drive teams to deliver results
• Great communicator. You write clear, concise, and detailed technical documentation, and are skilled at leading and participating in cross-functional design and integration reviews
• Proven ability to drive testing through development, execution, analysis, corrective actions, and final report-outs across all stages of product development
• U.S. person required

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.)

We are looking for Field Technicians to join us in maintaining and repairing our vehicles out in the Permian Basin in West Texas.

In this role, you will:

• Be responsible for maintenance and modifications to autonomous vehicle platforms, including trucks, trailers, and autonomous systems
• Repair modular and sub-systems and related harnesses on the bench and in-vehicle
• Inspect and certify the operational health of trucks, trailers, and Autonomous Vehicle platforms
• Work closely with design and validation engineers to aid in the development of hardware systems
• Execute work according to scheduled preventative maintenance and demand of related upkeep programs
• Support material staging and workflow readiness for remote tasks and field based teams
• Provide technical coverage when needed in other locations
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment
• Coordinate the replenishment and distribution of consumed items used in maintaining vehicle operations.

What you'll bring:

• Ability to read, inspect and implement directions, as outlined and depicted in Electrical Harness Diagrams and Mechanical Prints
• Experience with industry based tooling including specialized electrical and mechanical tooling such as: wire crimpers, multimeters, oscilloscopes, torque wrenches, fabrication tooling and hand tools. 
• Proficient with diagnostic instrumentation related to trucks and the ability to perform failure analysis on related components
• Solid hands-on background. The ability to rely on previous experience or training to inspect and identify defects and failures on complex systems. These range from visual to operational in nature and can generate aptitude in learning Autonomous Vehicle diagnostics and repair
• Reliability and consistency. You have a track record of meticulous work. You are comfortable developing and practicing methodical service through the use of checklists, protocols, and work documentation
• Clear communication. You are comfortable providing feedback to engineers, and sharing insights with the team at large to improve products and processes. You know how to collaborate, and when to get secondary inspection and review for safety-critical decisions
• Innovative mindset. You like to find ways to improve the system you are working on. You can solve problems and complete tasks even when the path to the solution is not clear at the outset
• Flexibility for working hours and days. Daytime/night/weekend shifts are being hired for. Periodic travel back to main locations for short term cross training and support.
• Experience in the energy sector is a bonus

What we offer:

• Housing provided
• 14/7 ROTATION
• OT Available
• Full Benefits
• & More!

We are seeking a hands-on Simulation Operations Specialist to join the Software Quality team. In this role, you will drive improvements across large-scale simulation sets, enhance simulation workflows and tools, and help advance safe and reliable autonomous trucking technology.

In this role, you will:

• Develop test plans and create simulations to test the behavior of our autonomous trucks. 
• Actively run daily simulation operations, including scenario execution, triage, and reporting.
• Improve efficiency in test planning, scenario execution, and results tracking across large-scale simulation suites.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure simulation scenarios accurately reflect real-world conditions.
• Work closely with systems engineers on structured test design and execution, ensuring comprehensive coverage of safety-critical and edge-case scenarios.
• Share actionable insights from simulation results with autonomy software engineers to accelerate software development and validation.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and tools teams to enhance automation, debugging, and scaling of simulations.

What you’ll bring:

• 2+ years of experience in autonomous vehicle or robotics industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in simulation, QA, or test automation, ideally in robotics or autonomous systems.
• Familiarity with python or C++ programming.
• Hands-on experience with simulation workflows or large-scale simulation testing environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to dive into technical details.
• Passion for autonomous technology and improving safety and efficiency through simulation.
• Familiarity with structured test planning and execution; experience working with systems engineers preferred.
• Experience with Applied Intuition tools is a plus.
• Great communicator with experience writing clear, concise, and detailed communication
• Love of robots - You love to be in, around, or near robots

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.)

Kodiak AI is currently seeking a DevOps Engineer - Infrastructure to join our growing team working out of our Mountain View, CA HQ. This position will be the technical escalation point for Global End Users and Executives. The role requires a high level of technical proficiency and requires an individual with executive presence and good social skills. Must be able to quickly and effectively diagnose, and resolve issues related to Linux, Mac and Windows systems, mobile devices, cloud or datacenter infrastructure. Kodiak is looking for an individual who is customer focused, passionate about the end user experience, enjoys challenging themselves constantly to improve, and empowering the end user community by providing IT knowledge and tools. This role will be a mix of hands-on support services and collaborating on infrastructure-as-code projects with the greater IT infrastructure team. There will be many opportunities to learn, plenty of room to grow, and many interesting projects to take ownership of.

In this role, you will:

• Driving improvements by automating IT and infrastructure processes. 
• Provide onsite and remote guidance for Engineers and staff
• Provide end user guidance to Ubuntu Linux, Mac OS, and Windows platforms when needed
• Coordinate issue resolution with operations and engineering staff, working with domain specialists to resolve issues.
• Provide feedback, quality assurance, and user acceptance testing for platforms and services.
• Manage own time to fulfill tasks efficiently, in the correct priority and to the required level of quality, within the context of the objectives supplied by the manager.
• Participate in the deployment, support, maintenance and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN, WiFi, VPN and Cloud network infrastructure

What you’ll bring:

• Production experience with automation and orchestration tools related to IT infrastructure
  • Production experience  with Ansible, Terraform, Grafana or Prometheus
  • Production experience  with Juniper Networks or Palo Alto Networks
  • Production experience  with Rancher or Kubernetes 
  • Production experience  with AWS
  • Experience participating in security framework audits such as SOC2 or ISO:27001
  • Experience with MinIO
• Experience collaborating in an infrastructure-as-code production environment
• Experience using Git for collaboration in an infrastructure-as-code production environment
• Expertise delivering the right services at the right time in a rapidly changing business environment
• A strong understanding of SSO concepts including SAML, OIDC and supporting users with MFA, etc.
• Excellent project and time management skills, ability to manage expectations in a deadline-driven environment and to balance strategic projects with day-to-day accountabilities
• Strong proficiency in verbal and written communication

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.)

Kodiak is recruiting a Staff Software Engineer to join our Planning team and advance the Kodiak Driver’s ability to safely and gracefully handle complex real-world driving scenarios.

In this role, you will:

• Design and develop motion planning and prediction systems for driverless operation on public roads
• Develop the architecture and long-term roadmap for planning and prediction
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior and senior engineers, raising the bar for engineering excellence across the engineering organization
• Integrate engineered driving logic and machine-learning models
• Develop robust models to predict the behavior of other actors, improving both safety and driving performance
• Partner cross-functionally with Perception, Controls, Systems, and Simulation teams to define interfaces, requirements, and system behavior
• Solve difficult real-world problems involving lane changing, merging, speed modulation, mission updates, multi-trajectory prediction, and more!

What you’ll bring:

• 6+ years of experience developing production-level robotics software
• Strong facility with modern C++
• Expertise in motion planning, trajectory optimization, graph theory, and related domains
• Delivery of complex autonomous systems
• Leadership through ambiguous, unsolved challenges

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience deploying software on driverless autonomous vehicles
• Experience improving system performance (latency, throughput, reliability) in production environments
• Familiarity with simulation frameworks and data-driven development workflows
• A track record of mentoring engineers

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.)

We are looking for an Embedded Software Engineer with a background in embedded systems who understands how to ship mission critical software. The role will collaborate across hardware and software teams to design the low level devices that interface with our truck systems, ensure reliable operations of large robots, and provide cutting edge functionality to real customers.  The role will bring the best of modern software engineering to ensure a high level of safety and performance.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate with hardware EE on design and test of high reliable hardware systems
• Collaborate with software engineering on architecture, optimizations and reviews 
• Contribute to hardware specifications to ensure test coverage and fault detection
• Participate in hands-on hardware bring-up in the engineering lab using analyzers and  probes
• Debug common truck functions on the vehicles (Driver interfaces, Braking, Steering)
• Develop software for embedded platforms (x86, ARM) in C/C++
• Develop software for sensors. Evaluation and production (Camera, Radar, Lidar, IMU)
• Develop software for network devices, time synchronization experience a plus

What you’ll bring:

• Strong technical background. BS or MS, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering
• 8+ years of software development experience, ideally within the automotive, aerospace or a related industry
• Extensive programming experience in C++
• Deep knowledge of embedded programming platforms
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals
• Experience with implementation and on-vehicle debugging of low level hardware buses such as I2C, CAN, SPI, and UART 
• Experience with high speed hardware communication such as PCIe and Automotive Ethernet
• Hands on. You are just as comfortable getting your hands dirty analyzing a subsystem in the shop as when using a keyboard.
• Great communicator. You have experience writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation
• Passion. You are passionate about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity

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.)

We’re looking for a Staff Technical Recruiter to lead hiring for our AI/ML and Perception software teams. This is a high-impact role focused on attracting and closing senior to leadership-level engineering talent in a competitive market. You’ll partner deeply with technical leaders, shape hiring strategy, and build the pipelines that power our next phase of growth.

This role is ideal for a recruiter who combines strong technical credibility, ownership mindset, and operational rigor — someone who can influence hiring decisions while also executing at a high level.

What you’ll do: 

• Own full-cycle recruiting for AI/ML and Perception software roles, from intake through close.
• Build and engage senior and leadership-level candidate pipelines, with a strong focus on passive talent.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and engineering leaders to define hiring strategy, role calibration, and talent profiles.
• Deliver a high-quality, responsive candidate experience that reflects Kodiak’s values and technical bar.
• Develop a strong understanding of Kodiak’s autonomy technology and articulate our mission, roadmap, and technical challenges to candidates.
• Maintain accurate recruiting data and pipeline hygiene in Greenhouse to support hiring visibility and decision-making.
• Identify and drive process improvements that increase hiring efficiency, quality of signal, and close rates.
• Contribute to broader recruiting initiatives including market mapping, employer branding, and interview process design.

What you’ll bring:

• 10+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience with at least 5 years in AI, robotics, autonomy, or related advanced engineering environments.
• Strong network and demonstrated understanding of the robotics, AI/ML, and autonomy talent market, particularly in highly competitive hubs such as the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Track record of hiring senior, staff, principal, and engineering management talent within AI/ML, perception, or distributed systems teams.
• Strong ability to source, engage, and close passive candidates using diverse recruiting channels and targeted outreach strategies.
• Comfort operating in startup to mid-size company environments with shifting priorities and evolving hiring plans.
• Demonstrated ability to build technical credibility with engineering stakeholders and influence hiring decisions.
• Experience using Greenhouse or similar ATS platforms to manage pipelines and reporting.
• Excellent communication skills, strong ownership mindset, and a high sense of urgency in competitive talent markets.

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.)

We are looking for an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to expand the Manufacturing group’s electrical expertise. This role will be a key member of our Mountain View Manufacturing team and play an integral part in landing electrical, automotive harness, and PCB/A strategies as we scale.

In this role, you will:

• Work closely with the design and integration team in establishing electrical/electromechanical manufacturing best practices
• Own and manage electrical issues related to manufacturing
• Own our automotive harness manufacturing supply base and strive for excellence in manufacturing and quality
• Work with the manufacturing test team and collaborate on test equipment specification and build out
• Collaborate with electrical design in vehicle harness routing, assembly, and testing strategies
• Cooperate with CM and Kodiak Quality department to ensure that traceability and quality requirements are understood and respected from manufacturing perspective

What you’ll bring:

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, preferably in regulated industries 
• Experience with automotive, aerospace, autonomous vehicles or heavy industry electrical harness manufacturing and assembly
• Factory experience and Design For Manufacturing experience is a plus
• Ability to identify, root cause and lead solutions for issues found on the line and in the field
• Ability to manage multiple components and product lines
• Experience launching and stabilizing manufacturing facilities
• Strong communication and organizational skills

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.)

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Product Manager to lead development of software solutions that support the Kodiak Command & Field Operations teams, and our customers. As a Kodiak Product Manager, you will shape the future of autonomous trucking by delivering tools for real-time operations, fleet efficiency, and mission-critical logistics. Working closely with Engineering, Operations, and additional teams across our Lancaster and Mountain View offices, you will ensure these tools directly enable our autonomous vehicles to operate safely, reliably, and at scale—impacting everything from commercial freight to national defense.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Scope: Be the directly responsible individual (DRI) for the full product lifecycle for your area of responsibility—from user research, through product requirements and design, to development, testing, deployment, and feedback.
• Mandate: Enable our Operations team to maximize the efficiency of our owned & operated, and unlock customer ground crews to efficiently manage customer-owned self-driving vehicles, through operational tools that enable remote fleet management, routing, monitoring, support, and troubleshooting.
• Execution: Work with the end user and cross-functional teams to drive the end-to-end process from needs identification to feature implementation, and remove any blockers to ensure the product is deployed successfully to meet the end user’s expectations.
• Prioritization: Prioritize features and adjust for changes in Kodiak’s commercial and competitive context.
• Product definition: Define requirements to ensure they meet end user needs. Work closely with engineering to ensure the right product is built.
• Performance monitoring: Define and track KPIs, understand the state of our product readiness, and communicate progress to our customers.
• User feedback: Be the primary voice of the product and the end user, working closely with Kodiak’s customers to gain trust and channel feedback to internal teams.
• Communication: Provide clear updates to leadership, customers, and cross-functional teams on program progress, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Travel: Visit customer locations to gather detailed feedback from the field, and summarize and present to stakeholders. Periodic travel also required to Kodiak headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

What you’ll bring:

• 8+ years experience working in Product Management, ideally in operations management, autonomous vehicles, robotics, supply chain management, and/or logistics
• Experience with state-of-the-art web and mobile operations tools and remote monitoring systems
• Demonstrated experience deploying software products in operations-intensive environments
• Comfortable leading strategy & execution in the midst of ambiguity and a dynamic market
• Strong design sensibility and experience working with user experience researchers and interaction designers
• Experience building credibility and strong relationships within engineering and operations teams, and with external stakeholders and customers
• Technical degree or equivalent background in engineering, computer science, or a related field
• Additional experience in the following areas is a plus:
  
  • Operations research, industrial engineering, and/or process optimization
  • Autonomy, mobility, supply chain, or logistics
  • Working in both a startup and a larger company environment

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 Lancaster, TX
• 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.)

Kodiak is seeking a highly skilled Senior Product Manager to drive the development of our Level 4 autonomous trucking solutions across different customer applications. In this role you will be the directly responsible individual for the full product lifecycle for your area of responsibility, which requires a unique blend of technical depth in autonomous systems, product sensibility, business acumen, and cross-functional leadership with a strong understanding of customer-centric product deployment.

What you'll do:

• Execution: Work with the end user and cross-functional teams (engineering, program management, operations, commercial) to drive the end-to-end process from needs identification to feature implementation, and remove any blockers to ensure the product is deployed successfully to meet the end user’s expectations.
• Prioritization: Prioritize features and adjust for changes in Kodiak’s commercial and competitive context.
• Product definition: Define requirements to ensure they meet end user needs. Work closely with engineering to ensure the right product is built.
• Performance monitoring: Define and track KPIs, understand the state of our product readiness, and communicate progress to our customers.
• User feedback: Be the primary voice of the product and the end user, working closely with Kodiak’s customers to gain trust and channel feedback to internal teams.
• Communication: Provide clear updates to leadership, customers, and cross-functional teams on program progress, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Travel: 25% travel required to visit Kodiak commercial deployments.

What you’ll bring:

• 8+ years experience working in Product Management, ideally in autonomous vehicles, robotics, operations management, supply chain management, and/or logistics
• Passion for working with cross-functional teams to solve technical problems and create effective solutions
• Comfortable leading strategy & execution in the midst of ambiguity and a dynamic market
• Experience building credibility and strong relationships within engineering and operations teams, and with external stakeholders and customers
• Technical degree or equivalent background in engineering, computer science, or a related field

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.)

As Program Manager, Industrial Operations, you will serve as the operational DRI for industrial operating rhythm and cross-functional execution management. You will run the operating rhythm and drive disciplined execution across cross-functional teams, ensuring delivery commitments are supported by clear plans and consistent follow-through.

This role is execution-focused and embedded in the work. You will partner across Operations, Product, Engineering, and customer stakeholders to bring structure to complex operational environments, reduce friction, and improve delivery consistency. You will surface and elevate risks and tradeoffs early while helping teams move from reactive execution to structured, repeatable operating discipline.

If you thrive in fast-moving environments and enjoy turning ambiguity into clarity and momentum, this role is for you.

What You’ll Do:

Execution & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Serve as the operational DRI for execution, ensuring priorities, timelines, and owners are clearly defined and tracked.
• Run the industrial operating cadence (readiness review, program review, weekly cross-functional execution review) with structured follow-through.
• Support scaling industrial operations by improving execution predictability, reducing recurring issues, and increasing operational readiness as program volume grows.
• Partner closely with Product, Operations and Engineering to improve execution efficiency and follow-through across field-facing work.
• Standardize how field issues are captured, prioritized, and communicated across teams to drive timely resolution.
• Support alignment between operational execution and SLA-related commitments, proactively surfacing gaps and risks.
• Surface and elevate key risks, trade offs, and decision points early, ensuring timely alignment and resolution across stakeholders.

Operational Readiness & Process Improvement

• Spend time in the field to understand workflows firsthand and translate insights into durable improvements.
• Coordinate the reduction in manual workflows and recurring breakdowns by implementing lightweight structure that improves consistency.
• Support rollout of standard work, documentation, and repeatable processes that scale with program growth.
• Support service and fleet readiness by reducing Engineering load.

What We’re Looking For:

• 3 to 5+ years of experience in program management, operations, or technical operations roles.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional execution in dynamic or field-based environments.
• Experience working with hardware and software systems in production environments.

Industry Exposure (Nice to Have)

• Exposure to logistics, trucking, operations, or integration-heavy environments.
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicles, autonomous operations, or the broader AV industry.

Mindset

• Strong execution orientation with disciplined follow-through.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building structure where it does not yet exist.
• Clear communicator who escalates early with context and recommended options.
• Focused on building repeatable systems that improve consistency and scale.

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
• Office perks: free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen
• 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.)

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 you’ll 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.)

We are looking for a Functional Safety Hardware Engineer to join us and drive the development and management of our autonomous vehicle safety cases as we bring the Kodiak Autonomy System to market. We first published our Safety Report in 2019 and have based our development on systems engineering, the ISO26262 process and SOTIF principles. 

In this role, you will:

• Perform hardware safety analyses (e.g. dependent failure modes and effects analysis (DFMEAs) to comply with ISO 26262. Hardware to be analyzed includes primarily electrical and embedded components as well as systems with supplier-designed components. 
• Perform fault tree analysis (FTAs) and assess reliability.
• Participate in developing technical safety requirements to be used in the Kodiak Autonomy System in various approved Operational Design Domains. 
• Allocate technical safety requirements to the hardware components.
• Participate in hardware safety unit design and implementation.
• Develop test plans, test procedures, verification reports at the hardware unit and hardware integration levels. Support system level testing from a hardware safety perspective.
• Support hardware-software interface development and derive safety measures.
• Support supplier management activities.
• Collaborate with Kodiak internal and external stakeholders to review and assess work products for compliance with ISO 26262.
• 10% travel to test sites possible

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in hardware, electrical, mechanical or other related engineering and/or a Bachelor’s degree with professional experience in a high tech environment
• Experience with Part 4, 5, 8 and 9 of ISO 26262. Special emphasis on implementation of Part 5 for autonomous vehicles  
• Experience with developing work products for safety critical systems, especially DFMEAs for electrical and embedded components. 
• Experience with system and hardware level verification and validation of autonomous vehicles
• Experience with functional safety standards such as ISO26262, SOTIF, and UL4600.
• Good communication skills with a collaborative approach
• Ability to structure project tasks and drive evidence development among teams
• Knowledge of hardware configuration management and hardware quality assurance

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.)

As an OSS Driver, Commercial (On-Site Support Driver), you will support Kodiak’s live commercial autonomous trucking operations by responding to in-field events, assisting autonomous vehicles, and ensuring rapid recovery when issues arise. You’ll play a critical role in maintaining fleet uptime, safety, and reliability while operating in real-world, customer-facing environments.

This role is highly hands-on and field-based. OSS Drivers work closely with the Command Center, Operations Leads, and Supervisors to execute rescues, perform vehicle movements, and support commercial freight operations on public highways and industrial sites.

If you’re a safety-focused driver who thrives in dynamic environments and takes pride in solving problems in the field, this role is a great fit.

What You’ll Do

• Respond to live commercial operations by dispatching to autonomous trucks requiring on-site support or recovery.
• Safely operate Kodiak vehicles and support assets during rescue, recovery, staging, and repositioning activities.
• Perform driver-in and manual driving operations as directed to maintain safety, uptime, and mission continuity.
• Execute roadside and yard recovery procedures in accordance with safety protocols and SOPs.
• Conduct pre-trip and post-trip inspections of support vehicles and assisted trucks to ensure readiness.
• Maintain continuous rescue readiness by ensuring tools, vehicles, and equipment are mission-ready at all times.
• Communicate timely status updates, locations, and resolution progress to the Command Center and Operations leadership.
• Support customer-facing commercial operations by maintaining professionalism at all sites and interactions.
• Complete required documentation, checklists, and post-event reporting accurately and on time.
• Uphold all safety requirements, PPE standards, CDL regulations, and hours-of-service compliance.

What You'll Bring

• Valid Class A CDL with a clean driving record.
• Minimum 3+ years of recent, verifiable Class A driving experience.
• Must have, or be willing to obtain, doubles and triples endorsements.
• Ability to pass a background check, drug screening, MVR review, DOT physical, and practical road test.
• Comfortable using basic computer systems; training will be provided.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Demonstrates a strong safety-first mindset and professionalism in all driving environments.
• Willing and able to work flexible shifts, including nights and weekends, as operational needs require.
• Role requires frequent sitting and driving.

What we offer:

• A place with big goals that we trust we can achieve.
• A fast paced environment where we work with talented, committed and supportive teammates.
• Equity and competitive pay. Every employee is a stakeholder in Kodiak’s success.
• Generous PTO and parental leave policies.
• $39/hr with a 4 on 4 off rotating schedule
• 100% local driving
• Double time for holiday pay
• Two weeks paid vacation plus one week paid sick time, available your first year
• Cell phone subsidy
• Excellent medical, dental & vision plans
• 90% of monthly healthcare premiums paid for employee and 75% paid for dependents
• 401k plan
• Work with an experienced and agile team to revolutionize transportation.
• Clean, newer vehicles
• Snacks and Drinks provided
• Driver Referral Bonus Plan, $3k per hired referral 
• And much more!

We are recruiting for a Verification and Validation Systems Engineer who will support the system requirements, implementation, and testing of Kodiak’s assisted autonomy system to ensure the product requirements are met and the autonomous vehicle operates safely. 

In this role, you will:

• Define and implement verification and validation methods across multiple test environments, including remote operation centers, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) labs, and on-road vehicle testing for remote operations. 
• Develop and maintain test plans and procedures to evaluate system performance and safety for core remote assistance features as needed for hardware releases, software releases and/or key milestones.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to scope, train, and implement new operational functions aligned with remote feature requirements.
• Analyze remote assistance features, test evidence, and/or evaluate risk exposures to improve safety case arguments.
• Expand the remote assistance test suite to address edge cases, a wide range of operational conditions, and existing coverage gaps. 
• Collaborate with remote operators and trainers to align on desired operational use cases, training points, and safety goals when new features are implemented.
• Analyze test results to identify unexpected behaviors, regressions, and/or failures while also performing root cause triage to isolate system issues and drive resolution.
• Build tools to automate test execution, data extraction, and results reporting, with a focus on repeatability and efficiency.

Support hardware and software releases through V&V test campaigns and release packages with an emphasis on tracking results, evidence reporting, and task completion.

• Develop and assess safety critical features for unmanned autonomous vehicles
• Define and enforce safety critical operational procedures for unmanned autonomous vehicles 
• Support commercial, industrial, and/or defense related projects to ensure safe autonomous operations using various platforms in different operational design domains.

What you’ll bring:

• Must be a US person as defined as permanent resident or US citizen
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, MechE/EE, System Engineering, Computer Science or a related STEM field. 
• Strong experience in verification and validation, systems integration, and/or autonomy testing for complex systems, preferably for autonomous vehicles. 
• Willingness and ability to travel to test/customer sites up to ~25% of the time, depending on needs for key milestones and sprints. 
• Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to work cross functionally, prioritize multiple projects, and deliver results in a fast paced development environment. 
• Strong hands-on testing experience at a test facility or in unstructured environments.
• Bonus Points:  
  • Proficiency in Python or C++.
  • Experience developing, implementing, and/or training human-in-the-loop remote assistance tools for autonomous vehicles
  • Experience with requirements and test management tools such as JAMA or similar.
  • Experienced in the Systems Engineering V-Model and its application to V&V workflows.
  • Knowledge of safety critical development standards (e.g. ISO 26262) and familiarity with SOTIF and UL4600.

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.)

We are looking for an Engineering Technician to join us in building and maintaining our experimental and operations vehicles.

In this role, you will:

• Be a core member on the Engineering team responsible for building high quality prototype and first article builds of autonomous technology
• Generate work instructions, redlines, and manufacturing/service feedback for the engineering team
• Perform incoming quality inspections for contract manufacturing builds
• Organize and manage prototype test setups/fixtures
• Perform testing on mechanical and electrical components and assemblies
• Perform soldering, mechanical assemblies, and subsystem builds
• Manage BOMs and organize lab inventories
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized working environment throughout builds and engineering tests

What you’ll bring:

• 5+ years of experience working in an R&D or development lab environment in close collaboration with engineering staff. Strong hands-on background. Diverse experience in the automotive, aerospace or related industry is a plus.
• Experience with prototype builds, testing and operating test equipment
• Strong electrical diagnostics experience. You know how to chase down any electrical gremlins and correct them. Extensive knowledge of electrical systems, wiring, and all necessary equipment. Able to read schematics, electrical diagrams, harness diagrams, etc.
• Reliability and consistency. You have a track record of meticulous work. You are comfortable developing and practicing methodical service through the use of checklists, protocols, and work documentation.
• Clear communication. You are comfortable providing feedback to engineers, and sharing insights with the team at large to improve products and processes. You know how to collaborate, and when to get secondary inspection and review for safety-critical decisions.
• Innovative mindset. You like to find ways to improve the system you are working on. You can solve problems and complete tasks even when the path to the solution is not clear at the outset.

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 Systems and Safety Engineering team at Kodiak is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to own the design and execution of Kodiak’s next-generation Autonomy Fault Management System.  This individual will lead the effort end-to-end: from product and system requirement definition, through architecture and implementation, to verification and validation, and safety case integration.  This leader will ensure that the Kodiak Driver handles onboard system faults with the desired, correct, safe response.  This role is central to progressing towards achieving a scalable driverless deployment and will work closely with autonomy hardware, software, and system safety teams.  

This role directly shapes Kodiak’s ability to operate sustainably at commercial scale. Fault management is not only a safety system—it is a primary lever of fleet availability, utilization, and cost per mile. You will own the technical strategies that determine when the system can continue operating safely, when it must degrade, and when it must exit service

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to the end-to-end development of the next generation of Autonomy Fault Management System, leading the collaborative effort across hardware, software, system safety, and operations teams.
• Execute systems and safety engineering execution for fault management across the full V-model lifecycle.  
• Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts, including requirements, traceability, V&V plans, V&V evidence.
• Support the definition of fault management architecture and concept of operations (detection, isolation, response, safe-state behavior).
• Contribute to generating evidence supporting the Fault Management System within the Driverless Safety Case.
• Perform analyses to support detection thresholds, hazard prioritization, and risk evaluation.
• Support system trade studies related to fault coverage, safety, and operational performance.
• Assist in defining strategies for degraded operation and system availability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align implementation with system requirements.

What you’ll bring:

• B.S., M.S., or PhD in engineering or related technical field.
• 2+ years experience within real-time safety-critical applications, preferably in highly automated or autonomous systems (autonomous vehicles, aerospace, nuclear, medical, etc).  
• Experience with fault management, diagnostics, and safe-state behaviors
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Ability to read C/C++ code.
• Experienced in Systems Engineering V-model and application within product life cycle.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical stakeholders spanning multiple technical disciplines.

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.)