Kodiak Robotics
Hardware Technical Program Manager
$125K–$190K
Mountain View, CA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of Technical Program Management experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, or a similar technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship may be provided for eligible candidates.
About the job
Leads cross-functional technical programs for Kodiak’s hardware platform, coordinating development, integration, manufacturing readiness, schedules, risks, and delivery across product lines.
What you'll do
- Create execution roadmaps and track feature dependencies across engineering teams; define and communicate schedules, milestones, and resource allocation.
- Manage hardware platform development and integration, coordinating cross-functional deliverables and resolving program issues, risks, and barriers.
- Develop tools and processes to improve manufacturing productivity and support stakeholder decisions by communicating risks and tradeoffs.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of Technical Program Management experience.
- Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, or a similar technical field.
- Experience managing fast-paced initiatives with multiple stakeholders, complex schedules, and priority decisions.
- Expertise in project management tools such as Linear, JIRA, Smartsheet or LucidChart.
Nice to have
- Automotive or trucking industry experience; hardware programs on autonomous vehicles are a bonus.
- Startup experience managing hardware projects toward manufacturing at scale.
Pay
$125,000 — $190,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Linear, JIRA, Smartsheet, LucidChart
AI focus
The position develops autonomous vehicle hardware platforms. The company also uses the third-party AI tool Endorsed to assist with initial application screening; hiring decisions are made by humans.
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