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Hardware Quality Industrialization Engineer

Kodiak AI· Manufacturing
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Lancaster, TXFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Hardware Quality Industrialization Engineer at Kodiak AI, focused on building and leading the quality engineering and supplier management function for hardware and manufacturing partnerships.

Responsibilities

  • Work internally within Kodiak with engineering, supply chain, operations and external manufacturing partners to build data driven, repeatable quality processes
  • Evaluate new and existing suppliers to ensure their internal processes and controls meet Kodiak standards
  • Analyze field returns to drive potential design improvements
  • Drive root cause analysis with both internal stakeholders and external partners. Own all corrective actions and improvements at the manufacturer(s) or internally
  • Work with our internal test team to establish test parameters, pass/fail limits and overall test strategy
  • Own our supply vertical(s) based on product type (PCBAs, Harnessing, etc)
  • Work with external partners to ensure they are meeting our compliance and certification requirements

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 5+ years in Quality, Supplier Quality or Supplier Industrialization Experience
  • Bachelor degree minimum, mechanical or mechatronics or hardware preferred
  • 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
  • Strong experience in problem solving tools (8D, 5 whys, fishbone diagram)

Skills

Required:Quality managementSupplier evaluation and managementRoot cause analysisStatistical quality controlProblem solving tools

Benefits

  • 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 Lancaster, Texas
  • 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)
  • Fidelity 401(k)
  • Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
  • Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Kodiak AI

Safely driving an autonomous future.

Our purpose-built autonomous solution, the Kodiak Driver, is the AV industry’s most advanced driverless technology, seamlessly integrating into any driving platform for reliable movement in any environment. Learn how we’re shaping the future of ground transportation.

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