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Hardware Quality Industrialization Engineer

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kodiak logoKodiak · San Francisco Bay Area
$130K–$170K/yrFull-timeOn-site1mo ago
ComplianceRoboticsSAFe
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Requirements

  • 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)

Benefits

Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonusesExcellent 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 InsuranceFlexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policiesOur office is centrally located in Mountain View, CAOffice perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV chargingLong Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life InsuranceWellbeing 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, HSAVarious incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)California Pay Range$130,000 - $170,000 USDWe use a third-paHealth insuranceDental insuranceVision insurance401(k)Paid time offFlexible scheduleEquity / stock optionsPerformance bonusParental leave

Additional Information

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector. The company delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology. In 2024, Kodiak became the first known company to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi-truck to a customer. Kodiak is also leveraging its commercial self-driving software to develop, test and deploy autonomous capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense. 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

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