Senior, Electrical Harness Engineer

Kodiak•Mountain View, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. is seeking a Sr Electrical Harness Engineer to join their team in Mountain View, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for product-level design and validation of electrical wire harnesses and subassemblies that are critical to the operation of their autonomous vehicles. This role requires knowledge in designing harness schematics, harness diagrams, harness manufacturing, and generating system interconnect diagrams. The role will work collaboratively across electrical, mechanical, and integration engineering teams to build safe, reliable systems.

Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
5+ years of hardware development experience, ideally within the automotive, aerospace or a related industry
Deep understanding electrical harness designs
Troubleshooting skillset
Familiarity with IPC quality standards
Experience with implementation and on-vehicle debugging of low level hardware buses such as CAN and Ethernet
Hands on. You are just as comfortable getting your hands dirty analyzing a subsystem in the shop as when using a keyboard.
Great communicator. You have experience writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation
Passion. You are passionate about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity

Responsibilities

Be a core member on the Electrical Engineering team responsible for designing high quality harnesses assemblies for a system that includes high speed, low voltage, and high power requirements
Design and validate custom automotive harnesses that are critical to the operation of our autonomous vehicle
Responsible for working with our external partners for harness manufacturing
Develop wire harness schematics and harness diagrams
Responsible for harness BOM, component selection, and harness
Familiar with automated tools for harness validation
Own full lifecycle of harness design, including technical reviews, trade studies, outsource cable manufacturing, test, and product release
Lead root cause analysis and resolve issues in electrical systems
Interface closely with other teams such as Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and with external suppliers

Benefits

Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
Fidelity 401(k)
Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)