Kodiak
Functional Safety Engineer, Hardware
About this role
Kodiak Robotics seeks a Functional Safety Hardware Engineer to develop and manage safety cases for autonomous trucking systems. You'll lead hardware safety analyses, compliance verification, and cross-functional collaboration to bring autonomous vehicles to market following ISO 26262 standards.
What you'll do
- Conduct hardware safety analyses including DFMEAs and fault tree analysis per ISO 26262
- Develop and allocate technical safety requirements to hardware components
- Create test plans, procedures, and verification reports at unit and integration levels
- Support hardware-software interface development and safety measure derivation
- Manage supplier safety activities and compliance assessments
- Travel to test sites as needed (approximately 10%)
What they're looking for
- ISO 26262 functional safety standards (Parts 4, 5, 8, 9)
- DFMEA development for electrical and embedded systems
- Autonomous vehicle verification and validation
- Fault tree analysis and reliability assessment
- SOTIF and UL4600 safety standards knowledge
- Hardware configuration management and QA
- Project task structuring and stakeholder communication
- Systems engineering for safety-critical applications
Benefits
- Competitive compensation ($130k-$190k base) plus equity and annual bonuses
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellness coverage
- Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave
- Dog-friendly office with free catered lunch, stocked kitchen, and EV charging
- 401(k), FSA, HSA, commuter benefits, and referral/patent bonuses
- Mental health and lifestyle benefits including One Medical and Gympass
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Kodiak
Kodiak builds autonomous trucking systems and software that enable self-driving vehicles for commercial transportation. The company is hiring engineers across verification & validation, vehicle integration, behavior planning, sensor hardware, and manufacturing quality to develop and deploy its autonomous driving technology.
View all jobs at KodiakLikely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience with ISO 26262 implementation, particularly Part 5. How have you applied it to autonomous vehicle or safety-critical hardware development?
- Describe your approach to performing DFMEAs for electrical and embedded components. What methods do you use to identify dependent failure modes?