Kodiak
Hardware Quality Industrialization Engineer
About this role
Kodiak Robotics seeks an experienced Hardware Quality Industrialization Engineer to establish and lead the quality function for their autonomous vehicle manufacturing operations. As a founding team member, you'll develop data-driven quality processes, manage supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvements across hardware production.
What you'll do
- Build repeatable quality processes collaborating with engineering, supply chain, operations, and external manufacturing partners
- Evaluate and audit suppliers to ensure compliance with Kodiak standards and quality controls
- Analyze field returns and drive root cause analysis to identify design improvements
- Own corrective actions and quality improvements across manufacturing partners
- Establish test parameters, pass/fail criteria, and overall test strategy with internal teams
- Manage compliance and certification requirements for external suppliers
What they're looking for
- Supplier quality management and evaluation
- Statistical quality control and analysis
- Problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5 Whys, fishbone diagrams)
- Root cause analysis and corrective action management
- Automotive or aerospace quality standards knowledge
- Supply chain coordination and priority management
- Test strategy and acceptance criteria development
- Documentation and process standardization
Benefits
- Competitive compensation with equity and annual bonuses
- Comprehensive health coverage (Kaiser, Cigna, MetLife) with infertility benefits
- Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave
- Office perks including dog-friendly workplace, catered lunch, and free EV charging
- Disability and life insurance coverage
- Wellbeing benefits program
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Kodiak
Kodiak builds autonomous trucking systems and software that enable self-driving vehicles for commercial transportation. The company is hiring engineers across verification & validation, vehicle integration, behavior planning, sensor hardware, and manufacturing quality to develop and deploy its autonomous driving technology.
View all jobs at KodiakLikely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience establishing quality processes at a supplier or manufacturing partner—what were your key metrics for success?
- Describe a complex supplier quality issue you resolved using root cause analysis; what tools did you use and what was the outcome?