# Staff, Harness Engineering Manager at Kodiak

- Company: Kodiak
- What the company does: Backed by Battery, Lightspeed and CRV.
- Company website: http://www.kodiak.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-15
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kodiak/jobs/4388120009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kodiak-staff-harness-engineering-manager/

## About the role

We're seeking a Lead Harness Engineer/Manager to lead harness architecture and strategy for our autonomous vehicle platform. This is a hands on role who owns the technical direction for harness design across the full vehicle system — high speed, low voltage, and high power — and sets the standards, processes, and supplier relationships that the harness engineering function runs on.

## What they're looking for

- Own the technical strategy and architecture for wire harness and subassembly design across the vehicle platform, balancing high speed, low voltage, and high power requirements
- Set and enforce design standards, review processes, and DFM/DFA practices for harness schematics, diagrams, and system interconnect diagrams
- Drive make/buy and supplier strategy for harness manufacturing, own key external manufacturing partner relationships and scale-up readiness
- Lead trade studies on harness architecture (topology, routing, connector strategy, EMI/signal integrity tradeoffs) with system-level cost, weight, and reliability impact
- Own full program lifecycle governance: technical reviews, DVP&R, outsourced cable manufacturing, qualification testing, and release
- Lead or oversee root cause analysis on complex/escalated electrical system issues, drive corrective and preventive action across teams

Tags: Electrical