Kodiak Robotics
Staff, Hardware Electrical Engineer
$190K–$230K
Mountain View, CA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 23, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 10+ years of hardware development experience, ideally within the automotive, aerospace or a related industry; 10+ years of experience with the listed hardware areas.
- Education
- BS or MS, or equivalent experience in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship may be provided for eligible candidates, if applicable.
About the job
Designs, validates, debugs, and releases electrical PCBs and subsystems for autonomous vehicles, ensuring reliability and compliance with automotive safety goals.
What you'll do
- Own the PCB design lifecycle, including schematics, layout, simulation, testing, documentation, and product release.
- Lead electrical-system risk analysis, root-cause investigations, validation, and cross-functional design decisions.
- Develop ISO 26262 methodologies and work with software, mechanical, manufacturing, and supplier teams.
What they ask for
- BS or MS, or equivalent experience in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering.
- 10+ years of hardware development experience.
- 10+ years of experience with PCBAs, High Speed PCB Design, Harnesses, Power Distribution Units, Power Supplies, and automotive subcomponents.
- Experience debugging low-level hardware buses (I2C, CAN, SPI, and Ethernet) and high-speed communications (PCIe and DDR).
Pay
$190,000 — $230,000 USD base salary
Tools
PCBAs, I2C, CAN, SPI, Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, ISO 26262
AI focus
The role designs electrical hardware for autonomous vehicles. The company also uses a third-party AI tool, Endorsed, for initial application screening; human recruiters make final hiring decisions.
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