Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer - Field Support

Kodiak; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Flexible PTO

Dog-friendly office

Free catered lunch

Job summary

A leading autonomous technology firm in Mountain View is seeking a Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer for field support. This role involves troubleshooting and resolving complex issues across multiple domains while ensuring system uptime. The ideal candidate has a hands-on background in debugging hardware and software systems within robotics or autonomous vehicles. The position offers a competitive salary range of $180,000 to $210,000, alongside excellent benefits, including flexible PTO and health plans.

Qualifications

• Proven experience debugging and assembling complex hardware/software systems.
• Deep familiarity with automotive and embedded electronics.
• Ability to independently solve complex technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Respond rapidly to field failures and technical support requests.
• Travel frequently to customer and deployment sites.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions to eliminate repeat failures.

Skills

Strong bias toward action

Hands on experience with hardware/software systems

Strong troubleshooting ability across domains

Comfort operating in Linux environments

Experience with scripting or programming languages

Tools

Python

C++

Bash

Job description

Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer - Field Support

Mountain View, CA

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector. The company delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology. In 2024, Kodiak became the first known company to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi-truck to a customer. Kodiak is also leveraging its commercial self-driving software to develop, test and deploy autonomous capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.

In this role, you will:

• Respond rapidly to field failures and technical support requests to maintain system uptime
• Travel frequently to customer and deployment sites to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues (min. 30% travel expected)
• Lead cross-functional root cause analysis (RCA) across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software domains
• Drive corrective and preventive actions to eliminate repeat failures
• Support implementation of design changes through prototyping, validation testing, and integration at customer sites
• Source and define technical requirements for field-facing hardware and integration designs based on real-world failure data and operational needs
• Improve diagnostic strategies and tooling to detect and isolate failure modes more rapidly, and recommend reliability enhancements based on operational performance data
• Perform preventative, corrective, and predictive maintenance on autonomous platforms
• Provide direct design feedback to product and hardware engineering teams grounded in hands-on field experience
• Create and review documentation including schematics, drawings, build instructions, and troubleshooting guides

What you\'ll bring:

• Strong bias toward action. You take ownership of ambiguous problems, move quickly to contain issues, and deliver results without waiting for perfect clarity.
• Hands on. You are just as comfortable with a wrench as a keyboard. Proven experience debugging and assembling complex hardware/software systems, ideally in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or similarly advanced systems.
• Systems thinker. Strong troubleshooting ability across electrical, mechanical, and software domains. Deep familiarity with automotive and embedded electronics, including communication protocols such as Ethernet, CAN, LIN, and 100BASE-T1.
• Design-minded. Track record of contributing to hardware or systems design reviews with practical, implementation-focused feedback. You translate field observations and failure trends into actionable design requirements.
• Comfort operating in Linux environments and using terminal-based diagnostic tools.
• Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python, C++, C, Bash, or ROS.
• Ability to independently solve complex, novel technical problems with minimal guidance.
• Great communicator. Strong written and verbal skills across diverse audiences — you can explain a firmware bug to a customer and write a clear troubleshooting guide for the field team.

What we offer:

• 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
• 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

The pay range listed below reflects the base salary in our SF/Silicon Valley location, across several internal levels. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors including: work location, experience, relevant training, education, skill level and performance during interview. Total compensation at Kodiak includes base pay, equity, bonus and a competitive benefits package

$180,000 - $210,000 USD

Kodiak is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.