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.
We are looking for a Functional Safety Hardware Engineer to join us and drive the development and management of our autonomous vehicle safety cases as we bring the Kodiak Autonomy System to market. We first published our Safety Report in 2019 and have based our development on systems engineering, the ISO26262 process and SOTIF principles.
In this role, you will:
- Perform hardware safety analyses (e.g. dependent failure modes and effects analysis (DFMEAs) to comply with ISO 26262. Hardware to be analyzed includes primarily electrical and embedded components as well as systems with supplier-designed components.
- Perform fault tree analysis (FTAs) and assess reliability.
- Participate in developing technical safety requirements to be used in the Kodiak Autonomy System in various approved Operational Design Domains.
- Allocate technical safety requirements to the hardware components.
- Participate in hardware safety unit design and implementation.
- Develop test plans, test procedures, verification reports at the hardware unit and hardware integration levels. Support system level testing from a hardware safety perspective.
- Support hardware-software interface development and derive safety measures.
- Support supplier management activities.
- Collaborate with Kodiak internal and external stakeholders to review and assess work products for compliance with ISO 26262.
- 10% travel to test sites possible
What you’ll bring:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in hardware, electrical, mechanical or other related engineering and/or a Bachelor’s degree with professional experience in a high tech environment
- Experience with Part 4, 5, 8 and 9 of ISO 26262. Special emphasis on implementation of Part 5 for autonomous vehicles
- Experience with developing work products for safety critical systems, especially DFMEAs for electrical and embedded components.
- Experience with system and hardware level verification and validation of autonomous vehicles
- Experience with functional safety standards such as ISO26262, SOTIF, and UL4600.
- Good communication skills with a collaborative approach
- Ability to structure project tasks and drive evidence development a