Kodiak Robotics

Field Integration Engineer

Kodiak Robotics$90K — $120K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of hands-on experience in debugging and assembling hardware/software systems in advanced tech like autonomous vehicles or robotics.
  • Experience in direct customer engagement with a focus on delivering technical solutions.
  • Strong communication skills for relaying complex technical information to various audiences.
  • Expertise in automotive electronics and familiarity with communication protocols such as CAN and Ethernet.
  • Proven critical thinking abilities with a knack for solving complex problems independently.

Responsibilities

  • Investigate and analyze failure causes across multi-disciplinary teams to drive improvements.
  • Validate and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence of hardware failures.
  • Perform inspections and functional tests on new hardware before shipment.
  • Gather customer feedback and issues to facilitate product enhancement discussions.
  • Generate and review technical documentation such as schematics and build instructions.
  • Improve diagnostic processes for quicker failure detection.

Benefits

  • Extensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options including infertility treatment support.
  • Additional legal services, identity and fraud protection, and various insurances (hospital indemnity, accident, critical illness).
  • Flexible paid time off and 10 designated holidays, along with generous parental leave.
  • Long and short-term disability insurance and life insurance coverage.
  • Comprehensive wellbeing benefits including mental health support and fitness programs.
  • 401(k) plan with Fidelity and various flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings accounts (HSA).
  • Incentives for employee referrals and patents.
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Field Integration Engineer to lead failure analysis, hardware validation, and continuous improvement efforts across our integrated systems. In this role, you will work closely with Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Firmware, and Technician teams to drive root-cause investigations, validate corrective actions, and ensure new and serviced hardware meet high quality and functional standards. You will also contribute to improving diagnostic capabilities, refining documentation, and sharing customer feedback with product teams to enhance system performance and reliability. In the role, you will: • Drive root-cause analysis of the failure, working across electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and technician teams as needed • Validate corrective actions to avoid future failures • Conduct thorough inspections and checkouts of new hardware and RMAs to ensure they meet quality and functional standards before shipment. • Assist in collecting customer feedback and issues to share with product teams for continuous improvement. • Create and review documentation such as drawings, schematics, build instructions, and incoming hardware quality tests/checks • Assist with improved diagnostics to more rapidly detect failure modes What you'll bring: • Proven hands-on experience debugging and assembling hardware/software systems - specifically in the autonomous vehicle, robotics or similar advanced systems space • Experience working with customers directly delivering technical solutions • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences • You are confident with automotive electronics and are familiar with communication protocols and tools such as Ethernet, CAN, LIN, 100BASE-T1. • Proven ability to independently solve complex, novel problems with minimal guidance through critical thinking and resourcefulness. Bonus Points: • Demonstrated expertise with autonomy-specific sensors, including cameras, LiDAR, radar, and INS systems. • Skills in prototyping electronics, wire harnesses, and custom hardware components • Experience hardware design tool such as CAD, SolidWorks, Soldering, etc • Experience in programming/scripting languages (C++, python, C, ROS, bash), operating system such as Ubuntu/Linux/Windows System (REPEAT) • Failure analysis experience a plus 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 • 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 Kodiak Robotics

Kodiak Robotics is a startup that is developing autonomous trucks for long-haul freight transportation. The company was founded in 2018 by Don Burnette and Paz Eshel, both former employees of the self-driving truck company Otto. Kodiak's trucks use a combination of sensors, cameras, and software to navigate highways and other roads without a human driver. The company has raised $40 million in funding from investors including Battery Ventures and CRV. Kodiak is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has a testing facility in North Texas.
Learn more about Kodiak Robotics
Size
101 employees
Market Cap
$347.1 million
Industry
Net Income
-$133.1 million
Founded
2016
NASDAQ

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