Kodiak Robotics

Hardware Technical Program Manager

Mountain View, CA

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$190kDetected 7 days ago

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About the role

The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector.
In 2024, Kodiak became the first known company to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi-truck to a customer.
Kodiak is a highly collaborative organization based in Mountain View, CA.

Create technical execution roadmaps across engineering teams to tie features and their dependencies to time, and track dependencies across teams.
Manage and optimize the development and integration efforts specifically for our current hardware platform, ensuring its stability and performance as we scale.
Manage the progress of the build to meet Program objectives and goals, defining schedules, milestones, and resource allocation for successful execution. Communicate schedules, status, and priorities to all levels of the organization.
Prioritize and manage issues, risks, and dependencies and resolve any barriers to moving programs forward.
Support and guide decision making by clearly communicating risks and tradeoffs to stakeholders.
Develop tools and processes to improve manufacturing productivity.
Maintain a strong technical understanding of our autonomous vehicle platforms, hardware lifecycle, safety clearance process, and test operations.
Kodiak is also leveraging its commercial self-driving software to develop, test and deploy autonomous capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.
This role will require presence in our Mountain View office to collaborate, with some travel expected.
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.

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)
Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
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)
Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
Total compensation at Kodiak includes base pay, equity, bonus and a competitive benefits package
Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors including: work location, experience, relevant training, education, skill level and performance during interview.

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 delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology.
We are looking for a Hardware Technical Program Manager to join us and advance the development of all our product lines (Industrial, Over the Road and Defense).
As part of the evaluation process, we provide Endorsed with job requirements and candidate-submitted applications.

equal opportunity employment regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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-rel

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