Kodiak Robotics is an autonomous trucking company developing self-driving heavy vehicles and commercial logistics operations.
<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are looking for a Functional Safety Software 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. </span></p> <p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Participate in developing technical safety requirements to be used in the Kodiak Autonomy System in various approved Operational Design Domains. </span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead specification of software safety requirements.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Participate in development of software safety architectural design.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Participate in software safety unit design and implementation.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Develop test plans, test procedures, verification reports at the software unit and software integration levels. Support system level testing from a software safety perspective.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Perform software safety analyses (e.g. dependent failure analysis) to comply with ISO 26262.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Support Hardware-Software Interface development and derive safety measures.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with Kodiak internal and external stakeholders to review and assess work products for compliance with ISO 26262.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">10% travel to test sites possible</span></li> </ul> <p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What you’ll bring:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li class="p2" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Bachelor’s degree or higher in software, electrical, mechanical or other related engineering and/or a Bachelor’s degree with professional experience in a high tech environment<br></span></li> <li class="p2" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience with Part 4, 6, 8 and 9 of ISO 26262. Special emphasis on implementation of Part 6 for autonomous vehicles <br></span></li> <li class="p2" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience with developing work products for safety critical systems. <br></span></li> <li class="p2" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience with system and software level verification and validation of autonomous vehicles<br></span></li> <li class="p2" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience with functional safety standards such as ISO26262, SOTIF, and UL4600.<br></span></li> <li class="p2" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Good communication skills with a collaborative approach<br></span></li> <li class="p2" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ability to structure project tasks and drive evidence development among teams<br></span></li> <li class="p2" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Knowledge of software configuration management and software quality assurance<strong><br></strong></span></li> </ul> <p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What we offer:</s