Lead Hardware Quality & Supplier Industrialization Engineer

Omaze; Lancaster (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Healthcare coverage

Flexible PTO

401(k) plan

On-site in Lancaster, TX

Job summary

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. in Lancaster, TX, is seeking a Hardware Quality Industrialization Engineer to establish and grow our quality function for autonomous vehicle hardware.

You will partner with engineering, supplier quality, and manufacturing to implement data driven quality controls and drive supplier excellence. You will evaluate suppliers, analyze field returns, and lead root cause actions, while defining test strategies and owning key supply verticals like PCBA and harnessing.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in Quality, Supplier Quality or Supplier Industrialization Experience.
• Experience in Aerospace, Automotive or Autonomous Vehicles.
• Strong track record of supplier evaluation and management.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across the company.
• Strong experience in statistical quality control analysis and problem solving tools (8D, 5 whys, fishbone diagram).

Responsibilities

• Work with engineering, supply chain and manufacturing partners to build data driven quality processes.
• Evaluate new and existing suppliers to ensure they meet Kodiak standards.
• Analyze field returns to drive design improvements.
• Lead root cause analysis and drive corrective actions with stakeholders.
• Define test parameters, pass/fail limits and overall test strategy.
• Own supply verticals based on product type and ensure compliance.

Skills

Quality engineering

Supplier quality

Problem solving

Statistical analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. in Lancaster, TX, is seeking a Hardware Quality Industrialization Engineer to establish and grow our quality function for autonomous vehicle hardware.

You will partner with engineering, supplier quality, and manufacturing to implement data driven quality controls and drive supplier excellence. You will evaluate suppliers, analyze field returns, and lead root cause actions, while defining test strategies and owning key supply verticals like PCBA and harnessing.