Electrical Engineering Technician

In this role, you will help build and test critical hardware products for Kodiak autonomous trucks.  We’re looking for someone to be hands-on with our products as well as an experienced technician who is able to support a diverse set of technical projects. An ideal candidate is someone who is local to the Bay Area and excited to collaborate with a diverse and dedicated team.

In this role, you will:

• Be a core member on the Electrical Engineering team responsible for building high quality harness assemblies.  
• Perform incoming quality inspection for contract manufacturing harness builds
• Organize and manage prototype test setups/fixtures 
• Perform testing on electrical components and assemblies
• Perform soldering, mechanical assemblies, and subsystem builds
• Manage BOMs and organize lab inventories
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized working environment throughout builds and engineering tests.

What you’ll bring:

• 5+ years of experience working in an R&D or development lab environment in close collaboration with engineering staff.
• Experience with prototype builds, testing and operating test equipment
• Experience reading and building harnesses from harness drawings
• Comfortable using soldering iron, multimeter, and crimping tools.  Experience with oscilloscopes would be nice to have.
• Good interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively with other individuals in a team or project setting
• You are self-motivated and able to work with little supervision, consistently take the initiative to get things done, do things before being asked by others.
• Ability to consistently make timely decisions even in the face of complexity; balancing systematic analysis with decisiveness

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and biannual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Anthem, and Guardian (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
• 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, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health
• Fidelity 401(k)
• Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
• Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)