Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer, Kodiak Robotics
$170-225k
+ Equity and biannual bonuses
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Self-driving technology for long-haul trucks
Be an early applicant
Self-driving technology for long-haul trucks
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$170-225k
+ Equity and biannual bonuses
Office located in Mountain View, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
Kodiak Robotics' mission is to carry freight forward—so people, partners, and the planet thrive.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a skilled Senior Hardware Electrical Engineer to join our team
- BS or MS, or equivalent experience in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering
- 8+ years of hardware development experience, ideally within the automotive, aerospace or a related industry
- 5+ years of experience with PCBAs, Harnesses, Power Distribution Units, Power Supplies, and automotive subcomponents
- Deep understanding of failure analysis
- Knowledge of mixed analog and digital circuits
- Experience with implementation and on-vehicle debugging of low level hardware buses such as I2C, CAN, SPI, and Ethernet
- Experience with high speed communication such as PCIe and DDR
- You are just as comfortable getting your hands dirty analyzing a subsystem in the shop as when using a keyboard
- Experience writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation
- Passion about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity
What the job involves
- The successful candidate will be responsible for product-level system verification and validation of electrical designs that are critical to the operation of our autonomous vehicles
- The role will work closely with the hardware engineering team and external certification labs to perform design and DFMEA analysis to ensure our electrical system meets compliance and functional safety requirements
- The role will work collaboratively across software, electrical engineering, and integration teams to build safe, reliable systems
- Analyze and perform DFMEA analysis and testing from our custom PCBA electronics to the full electrical system architecture
- Conduct comprehensive product-level system validation for autonomous vehicle electronics, focusing on the safety validation of various hardware components
- Utilize hardware and electrical engineering knowledge to assess and ensure the proper functioning of our electrical system from our safety ECUs, fault management architectures, power generation, and power distribution systems
- Partner with external certification and accreditation labs to ensure our designs meet automotive and functional safety requirements
- Proactively suggest improvements in test methodologies and procedures to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the validation process
- Collaborate with electrical and firmware engineering teams to validate designs
- Lead root cause analysis and resolve issues in electrical systems
- Define stress test routines required to validate functional sections
- Validate thermal and power performance of circuits
- Develop and implement ISO 26262 methodologies to drive hardware design to meet ASIL goals
- Interface closely with other teams such as Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and with external suppliers
Our take
Global supply chains rely on frictionless long-haul trucking freight networks, but the repetitive and stationary nature of the job has resulted in a lack of willing drivers. Whilst this has been partially resolved through the introduction of self-driving trucks, such systems are notoriously difficult to maintain which ultimately leads to significant downtime.
Kodiak Robotics develops self-driving technology for long-haul trucks, providing wing mirrors built with sensors called Kodiak SensorPods. These sensors provide the technology necessary for the trucks to be driven safely and autonomously and have been designed to be replaced or serviced rapidly to minimize downtime.
Whilst the company’s most significant challenge will present itself as other self-driving truck providers, Kodiak Robotics has taken a unique approach by recognizing the high-maintenance nature of existing self-driving systems, innovating upon this through its easily replaceable SensorPods. Through this approach and several successful rounds of funding, the company aims to fill empty truck driving positions with safer AI drivers, whilst ensuring its technology is quick and simple to maintain.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2023
$75m
CONVERTIBLE
Nov 2021
$125m
SERIES B
Total funding: $240m
Company benefits
- Remote-friendly work environment
- 401k
- Generous PTO policy
- Life insurance
- Assortment of medical (PPO/HMO/HDHP), dental, vision, and FSA plans
- Family-friendly company events
- Dog-friendly office
- Employee-driven fitness classes
- Beautiful, renovated facilities in Mountain View, CA and Lancaster, TX
- Free EV charging
- Trivia and board game nights
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Don Burnette
(CEO)Experience as Co-founder of Otto. Software Technical Lead at Uber from 2016 to 2018.
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