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Staff Vehicle Manufacturing Engineer
Kodiak Robotics · Mountain View, CA · Posted 37 days ago
We are looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to act as a technical leader in our Manufacturing group. This position will be key in launching DFM and best practices at Kodiak.
In this role, you will:
- Lead electromechanical manufacturing for ruggedized compute rack assemblies, automotive harnessing, and electromechanical assemblies
- Lead electromechanical DFM and best practices
- Coordinate with Supply Chain and commercial teams to determine and ensure supply of components
- Identify and evaluate suppliers for component builds
- Coordinate documentation requirements with engineering, test and quality teams
- Communicate program progress, milestones, and potential risks to leadership and overall engineering team
- Evaluate and contribute to manufacturing line design and improvements
- Lead all manufacturing troubleshooting activities including root cause analysis, yield improvement, and test/automation
- 7+ years of experience of manufacturing engineering in a complex environment
- Proven track record of managing complex system builds
- Automotive, heavy industry, or aerospace experience
- Hands on manufacturing experience including line bring up, test, fixture design, and automation
- Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills
- Proven track record of taking a system from design to scale production
- Ability to identify, root cause, and lead solutions for issues found on the line and in the field
- Lead DFx efforts in conjunction with our in-house Design teams
- 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
- Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
- 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)
- Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
- Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)
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