Staff Harness Engineering Manager

Job overview

The Staff Harness Engineering Manager role is listed in San Francisco, CA. The posting identifies the California pay range for the San Francisco/Silicon Valley location as $170,000–$235,000 USD in base salary. Kodiak develops AI-powered autonomous vehicle technology for commercial trucking and the public sector, with a focus on safer and more efficient transportation. This hands-on engineering leader owns harness architecture and technical direction across the vehicle platform, establishing design standards, processes, and supplier relationships. The role aligns electrical, mechanical, integration, and manufacturing teams, leads program lifecycle governance, and mentors and manages harness engineers.

What you'll do

• Own wire harness and subassembly architecture across high-speed, low-voltage, and high-power systems
• establish design standards, review processes, and DFM/DFA practices
• lead make-or-buy and supplier strategy and manufacturing partner relationships
• conduct architecture trade studies
• oversee technical reviews, DVP&R, outsourced cable manufacturing, qualification testing, and release
• lead or oversee root-cause analysis and corrective actions
• define automated harness validation tools and test strategy
• mentor and directly manage harness and electrical engineers
• represent harness engineering in cross-functional and executive design reviews.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

san francisco ca

kodiak

harness engineering

engineering manager

autonomous vehicles

wire harness design

electrical systems

supplier strategy

dfm/dfa

$170,000–$235,000/year

visa sponsorship may be available

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• legal services, identity and fraud protection, hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness insurance
• flexible PTO
• 10 paid holidays
• parental leave
• disability and life insurance
• wellbeing benefits
• 401(k)
• commuter, FSA, dependent care FSA, and HSA options
• incentive programs.

Why this role

Hands-on technical leadership spanning harness architecture, supplier strategy, validation, and team management; the posting says visa sponsorship may be available for eligible candidates.

About the employer

Kodiak is hiring for this role. Industry: Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing. Sector: 33.