2 months ago
Mountain View, CA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$140k - $170k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own, develop, improve, troubleshoot, and maintain manufacturing test software for configuring, verifying, and testing components and subassemblies.
- Translate engineering validation prototypes into robust, production-grade manufacturing test platforms.
- Improve manufacturing test frameworks, execution platforms, test coverage, capacity, and long-term reliability.
- Integrate manufacturing test solutions with MES, PLM, traceability, dashboard, and manufacturing process-flow systems.
- Develop operator-facing manufacturing user-interface improvements and optimize database operations for traceability and queries.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Embedded, Integration, IT, and CyberSecurity teams on test coverage, metrics, APIs, and secure deployment.
- Manage manufacturing test code repositories using GitHub and support multiple software releases across product categories.
Requirements
- Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- At least 3 years of manufacturing test development experience, preferably in autonomous vehicle or automotive industries.
- Proven experience transitioning validation testing into manufacturing test systems.
- Strong proficiency in Python or C# for production, testing, and automation; C++ experience is a bonus.
- Understanding of I2C, UART, USB, UDS, CAN, LIN, Ethernet, and Automotive Ethernet protocols.
- Experience with manufacturing test execution platforms such as ATEasy, NI TestStand, or Keysight Test Exec.
- Experience with PostgreSQL/PGSQL, MySQL, or Microsoft SQL Server for test-data storage and query optimization.
- Experience using DMMs, oscilloscopes, DAQs, power supplies, and electronic loads manually and programmatically.
- Basic understanding of AWS infrastructure services and experience with Ubuntu, Debian, and Windows.
- Ability to read electrical and/or mechanical schematics and diagrams and work independently with complex hardware and subsystems.
- Understanding of software engineering and manufacturing best practices and ability to manage multiple releases.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package including equity and biannual bonuses.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Anthem, and Guardian, including infertility benefits.
- Flexible PTO and generous parental leave.
- Office located in Mountain View, California.
- Dog-friendly office, free catered lunch, stocked kitchen, and free EV charging.
- Long-term disability, short-term disability, and life insurance.
- Wellbeing benefits including Headspace, One Medical, Gympass, and Spring Health.
- Fidelity 401(k), commuter benefits, FSA, dependent care FSA, HSA, referral bonuses, and patent bonuses.
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About Kodiak
Kodiak builds an AI-powered autonomous driving stack for long-haul trucking and government programs. The company hauls freight daily across the southern United States using its technology and is leveraging the same software for U.S. Department of Defense autonomy projects. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Kodiak announced in 2024 that it had delivered a driverless semi-truck to a customer.