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Kodiak

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle
Location
Mountain ViewCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Product
Posted
Jul 23, 2026
Salary
$180,000–$240,000 a year
Full-time

Staff Product Manager - Autonomy Hardware

Job description

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.

Job responsibilities

  • Set Strategic Direction: Own the long-term product vision for the Kodiak Driver hardware ecosystem — sensors, compute, and vehicle integration — translating market signals, customer insights, and technical constraints…
  • Drive Architecture-Level Decisions: Lead requirements development across the full hardware stack, making principled trade-offs that balance capability, cost, and deployment readiness.
  • Elevate Cross-Functional Execution: Partner deeply with engineering, operations, supply chain, systems engineering, and perception teams to align development efforts with strategic priorities.
  • Define How We Ship: Own the full product lifecycle end-to-end, from requirements through deployment and iteration.
  • Influence at the Executive Level: Provide clear, high-signal communication to leadership, engineering, and customers on autonomy software maturity, ODD readiness, and roadmap progress.
  • Grow the Craft: Mentor and raise the standard for product management at Kodiak. Establish frameworks, processes, and norms that make the whole PM team more effective. Be the model for what great looks like.
  • Travel: 10-25% to visit commercial deployment sites and hardware partner locations.
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