Hardware Technical Program Manager

Kodiak•Mountain View, CA
•$125,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. is seeking a Technical Program Manager to join their team and advance the development of all product lines, including Industrial, Over the Road, and Defense. The company, founded in 2018, is a leader in autonomous ground transportation, utilizing an AI-powered technology stack for commercial trucking and the public sector. Kodiak is committed to a safer and more efficient future, having achieved significant milestones such as being the first to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi-truck to a customer. This role is based in Mountain View, CA, requiring in-office presence for collaboration, with some travel expected.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience of Technical Program Management experience
  • Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, or a similar technical field.
  • Experience managing fast paced initiatives, often with multiple stakeholders, complex schedules, and priority calls that need to be made.
  • Strong bias for action
  • Experience in the automotive or trucking industry with bonus points for Hardware Programs on autonomous vehicles.
  • Experience in a startup environment, managing hardware projects towards manufacturing at scale.
  • Expertise in project management tools such as Linear, JIRA, Smartsheet or LucidChart.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You know how to facilitate tradeoffs between engineering and product requirements, but always maintain high safety standards.
  • Passion. You are passionate about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity.

Nice To Haves

  • Hardware Programs on autonomous vehicles

Responsibilities

  • Create technical execution roadmaps across engineering teams to tie features and their dependencies to time, and track dependencies across teams.
  • Manage and optimize the development and integration efforts specifically for our current hardware platform, ensuring its stability and performance as we scale.
  • Manage the progress of the build to meet Program objectives and goals, defining schedules, milestones, and resource allocation for successful execution.
  • Communicate schedules, status, and priorities to all levels of the organization.
  • Work closely with the Hardware, Software, systems, and operations teams to ensure cross functional deliverables are delivered on time and on quality.
  • Prioritize and manage issues, risks, and dependencies and resolve any barriers to moving programs forward.
  • Support and guide decision making by clearly communicating risks and tradeoffs to stakeholders.
  • Develop tools and processes to improve manufacturing productivity.
  • Maintain a strong technical understanding of our autonomous vehicle platforms, hardware lifecycle, safety clearance process, and test operations.

Benefits

  • equity
  • bonus
  • competitive benefits package
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