Hardware Quality Industrialization Engineer
Kodiak AI · Mountain View, CA
Roboticsonsitemid-level$130k–$170k
At a glance
Highlights
- Founding quality hire building repeatable processes from the ground up.
- Analyze field returns to drive design improvements for driverless trucks.
- Partner with engineering and manufacturers on test strategy and quality.
What they offer
- Competitive compensation with equity and annual bonuses
- Medical, dental and vision plans including infertility benefits
- Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays and generous parental leave
- Dog-friendly Mountain View office with free catered lunch
- 401(k), disability and life insurance plus wellbeing benefits
Ideal candidate
A hands-on quality builder with 3+ years in automotive or aerospace who thrives owning suppliers end-to-end. You love data-driven problem solving, juggling priorities, and shaping processes from scratch.
Requirements
- 3+ years in Quality, Supplier Quality or Supplier Industrialization
- Bachelor's degree minimum, mechanical, mechatronics or hardware preferred
- 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)
- visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship may be available for eligible candidates
- hiring process
- Initial screening assisted by AI tool (Endorsed), with final hiring decisions made by human recruitment team
Lab profile
About Kodiak AI
Develops vehicle-agnostic autonomous driving system for long-haul trucking, industrial, and defense.
What they build
- Kodiak Driver
- Driver-as-a-Service
Known for
- Vehicle-agnostic autonomous driving system
- AI-powered software with modular hardware
- Driverless commercial operations
- Operates in long-haul, industrial and defense
Key facts
- Founded in 2018
- Publicly traded (Nasdaq: KDK)
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