Kodiak

Engineer

• Develop, review, and maintain safety cases for the Kodiak Autonomy System in various approved Operational Design Domains (ODDs)
• Evaluate ODD scenarios and safety use cases
• Verify that safety use cases align with automotive safety integrity level (ASIL) allocations and mitigation strategies
• Assess hazard analysis and risk assessment outputs for correctness and completeness
• Review system, hardware, and software safety requirements for clarity, completeness, and compliance
• Ensure requirements are testable, traceable, and aligned with relevant standards
• Audit system and software architectural design specifications
• Verify redundancy, failover, and fault management strategies
• Assess freedom‑from‑interference, timing, and resource partitioning
• Conduct confirmation audits of software and hardware safety processes
• Audit safety verification results across multiple levels of integration
• Validate evidence packages for completeness, consistency, and standards alignment
• Act as a liaison with third‑party safety auditors
• Engage with federal/state regulators for relevant autonomy policies
• Prepare audit reports, compliance matrices, and similar safety case evidence
• 10% travel is possible

Autonomy Systems Safety Engineer

Program Manager

• Lead planning, coordination, and delivery of end-to-end Defense-focused autonomy programs across Kodiak’s software, hardware, and systems teams
• Translate DoD mission needs, and product requirements into program objectives, and technical roadmaps
• Work closely with engineering leads, product managers, and external government stakeholders to define milestones, manage dependencies, and deliver high-confidence program execution
• Build and maintain detailed program schedules with a strong focus on government reporting, risk management, and integrated testing milestones
• Support government customer engagements, including documentation, reviews, and demonstration planning
• Drive alignment between defense program timelines and commercial engineering roadmaps to maximize reuse and efficiency
• Facilitate cross-functional communication across internal and external teams, including software, hardware, safety, operations, and government partners
• Develop and track program metrics and delivery milestones, including performance reporting for Defense customers and internal leadership
• Champion program management best practices across the team, with an eye toward scalable processes, efficiency, and accountability

Autonomy Systems Safety Engineer

Program Manager, Defense