Staff Product Manager - Autonomy Hardware

What the role actually is

Kodiak is hiring a staff product manager to define product strategy for the autonomy hardware stack behind its Level 4 autonomous trucks. The listing frames the role as a product owner for hardware decisions that affect deployment, operations, and commercialization.

This is not a narrow component-management job. It asks for someone who can connect sensors, compute, vehicle integration, customer needs, and operational constraints into a roadmap that helps autonomous trucks ship and scale.

What you would work on

• Set product vision and roadmap direction for Kodiak's autonomy hardware stack
• Translate deployment and customer needs into hardware and platform priorities
• Work across engineering, operations, commercialization, and external partners
• Make tradeoffs across cost, reliability, performance, maintainability, and scale
• Communicate technical product decisions to executive and cross-functional audiences

What they are asking for

• Product management experience with complex hardware, autonomy, robotics, or vehicle platforms
• Ability to reason about sensors, compute, platform constraints, and deployment needs
• Strong cross-functional leadership across engineering and commercial teams
• Clear communication with technical and executive stakeholders
• Technical degree or comparable experience in engineering, computer science, or a related area

Why this one is worth a look

Autonomy hardware is a product surface in its own right: sensor choices, compute margins, reliability, and serviceability all shape what the autonomous system can promise. This role is worth watching because it puts product judgment at the point where robotics hardware meets real deployment economics.