Engineering Technician
Public autonomous-vehicle technology company providing the Kodiak Driver, an AI-powered, modular autonomy platform for driverless commercial trucking and public-sector ground applications.
Funding history
About Kodiak AI, Inc.
Kodiak AI commercializes driverless ground-autonomy technology. Its vehicle-agnostic Kodiak Driver combines AI software, modular hardware, SensorPods, remote support, and offboard services; it serves trucking, industrial, defense, and public-sector use cases.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build prototype and first-article autonomous-technology vehicles, create work instructions and engineering feedback, inspect contract-manufactured builds, test electrical and mechanical assemblies, and manage fixtures, BOMs, and inventory. You will maintain a safe, organized workspace.
Requirements
- 5+ years of R&D or development lab experience
- Hands-on automotive, aerospace, or related industry experience
- Prototype build, testing, and test equipment experience
- Electrical diagnostics experience
- Knowledge of electrical systems, wiring, schematics, electrical diagrams, and harness diagrams
- Experience using checklists, protocols, and work documentation
- Communication and engineering feedback skills
Responsibilities
- Build high-quality prototype and first-article autonomous technology builds
- Generate work instructions, redlines, and manufacturing or service feedback
- Perform incoming quality inspections for contract manufacturing builds
- Organize and manage prototype test setups and fixtures
- Test mechanical and electrical components and assemblies
- Perform soldering, mechanical assemblies, and subsystem builds
- Manage BOMs and lab inventories
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized workspace
Benefits
- Equity and annual bonuses
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Legal, identity and fraud protection, hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness insurance
- PTO, 10 paid holidays, and parental leave
- Dog-friendly office, catered lunch, stocked kitchen, and EV charging
- Long-term disability, short-term disability, and life insurance
- Wellbeing benefits including Headspace, Calm, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health, and Rula
- 401(k)
- Commuter benefits, FSA, dependent care FSA, and HSA
- Referral and patent bonuses
- Visa sponsorship for eligible candidates if applicable