{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"dd5b4f7dc53a8611b389bef3","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/dd5b4f7dc53a8611b389bef3","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/dd5b4f7dc53a8611b389bef3","title":"Hardware Engineering Technician","description":"Kodama Systems · San Francisco Bay Area (up to 50% travel) · Full-time, on-site\nAbout Kodama Kodama Systems builds the technology that makes forestry operations safer, faster, and more scalable. We design teleoperation and autonomy retrofit kits for heavy forestry equipment — starting with skidders — so operators can run machines remotely from a safer, more comfortable environment.\nIt's hard, hands-on engineering in an unforgiving environment, and the systems we build have to survive heat, dust, vibration, shock, and impacts in remote environments.\nThe Role We're hiring a Hardware Engineering Technician to be the hands behind our hardware. You'll build, install, and debug the custom electromechanical systems that turn a piece of heavy equipment into a Kodama machine — in our prototyping lab and out in the field on OEM factory floors and dealer lots.\nThis is a broad, generalist role for someone who's equally comfortable with a soldering iron, a crimp tool, a DIN-rail cabinet, and a cordless drill. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our engineers, and your craftsmanship and field judgment will directly shape whether a prototype becomes a product. Expect frequent travel — up to 50% — to OEM factories and dealer lots where the integration work happens. The role is based in the Bay Area to keep you close to the majority of the engineering team, where designs are built and problems get solved together before they head to the field.\nWhat You'll Do Build custom hardware using a wide range of skills: wire harness fabrication, electrical cabinet and control panel assembly, mechanical fabrication, and soldering.\nInstall and integrate our hardware onto new machines — traveling to OEM factories and dealer lots to fit our systems to equipment as it comes off the line.\nRun the prototyping lab: keep it organized, stocked, and ready, and maintain the tools and equipment the team relies on.\nExecute engineering tests to validate hardware and feed results back to the design team.\nDebug prototype hardware in the lab and in the field — chasing down electrical, mechanical, and integration issues and getting machines running.\nWhat You'll Bring Core skills (must-haves):\nHands-on experience building and debugging electromechanical hardware — you've soldered, crimped, and assembled real systems, not just touched them once in a class.\nComfort with bench debug tools — multimeter and oscilloscope — to troubleshoot from first principles.\nWire harness fabrication: crimping, connectorization (e.g., Deutsch, Molex), and building to a drawing.\nElectrical panel / cabinet assembly, including the ability to read and follow electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.\nMechanical fabrication fundamentals: hand and power tools, drilling, tapping, fastening, and basic shop work.\nWillingness and ability to travel to factories and dealer lots, and to work in field and shop environments. Expect up to 50% travel.\nAble to occasionally lift and carry up to 50 lbs, work on your feet, and work around heavy equipment and outdoor conditions.\nNice to have (we'll teach the rest):\nSoldering proficiency, including through-hole and ideally surface-mount work.\nExperience with heavy equipment, agriculture, automotive, off-road, or other rugged field-deployed systems.\nFamiliarity with low-voltage DC systems (12V/24V/48V), automotive-grade wiring, and CAN bus.\nBasic CAD literacy (we use Onshape) — enough to read drawings and propose fixes.\nComfort with a Linux command line, SSH, and basic embedded/robotics tooling.\nPrior work in a startup or fast-moving prototyping environment.\nWho Thrives Here You're resourceful and self-directed. You take pride in clean wiring and tidy builds, you communicate clearly with engineers, and you genuinely like the mix of bench work and travel. You want your work to matter — and here it ships on real machines doing real work in the field.\nWhy Kodama Work on first-of-their-kind automation systems for commercial forestry.\nSmall, senior team where your hands-on skill is visible and valued.\nReal ownership: you'll see your builds go from bench to forest.\nCompensation range: $75,000–$115,000 per year, depending on experience.\nKodama Systems is an equal opportunity employer. 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We design teleoperation and autonomy retrofit kits for heavy forestry equipment — starting with skidders — so operators can run machines remotely from a safer, more comfortable environment.\nIt's hard, hands-on engineering in an unforgiving environment, and the systems we build have to survive heat, dust, vibration, shock, and impacts in remote environments.\nThe Role We're hiring a Hardware Engineering Technician to be the hands behind our hardware. You'll build, install, and debug the custom electromechanical systems that turn a piece of heavy equipment into a Kodama machine — in our prototyping lab and out in the field on OEM factory floors and dealer lots.\nThis is a broad, generalist role for someone who's equally comfortable with a soldering iron, a crimp tool, a DIN-rail cabinet, and a cordless drill. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our engineers, and your craftsmanship and field judgment will directly shape whether a prototype becomes a product. Expect frequent travel — up to 50% — to OEM factories and dealer lots where the integration work happens. The role is based in the Bay Area to keep you close to the majority of the engineering team, where designs are built and problems get solved together before they head to the field.\nWhat You'll Do Build custom hardware using a wide range of skills: wire harness fabrication, electrical cabinet and control panel assembly, mechanical fabrication, and soldering.\nInstall and integrate our hardware onto new machines — traveling to OEM factories and dealer lots to fit our systems to equipment as it comes off the line.\nRun the prototyping lab: keep it organized, stocked, and ready, and maintain the tools and equipment the team relies on.\nExecute engineering tests to validate hardware and feed results back to the design team.\nDebug prototype hardware in the lab and in the field — chasing down electrical, mechanical, and integration issues and getting machines running.\nWhat You'll Bring Core skills (must-haves):\nHands-on experience building and debugging electromechanical hardware — you've soldered, crimped, and assembled real systems, not just touched them once in a class.\nComfort with bench debug tools — multimeter and oscilloscope — to troubleshoot from first principles.\nWire harness fabrication: crimping, connectorization (e.g., Deutsch, Molex), and building to a drawing.\nElectrical panel / cabinet assembly, including the ability to read and follow electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.\nMechanical fabrication fundamentals: hand and power tools, drilling, tapping, fastening, and basic shop work.\nWillingness and ability to travel to factories and dealer lots, and to work in field and shop environments. Expect up to 50% travel.\nAble to occasionally lift and carry up to 50 lbs, work on your feet, and work around heavy equipment and outdoor conditions.\nNice to have (we'll teach the rest):\nSoldering proficiency, including through-hole and ideally surface-mount work.\nExperience with heavy equipment, agriculture, automotive, off-road, or other rugged field-deployed systems.\nFamiliarity with low-voltage DC systems (12V/24V/48V), automotive-grade wiring, and CAN bus.\nBasic CAD literacy (we use Onshape) — enough to read drawings and propose fixes.\nComfort with a Linux command line, SSH, and basic embedded/robotics tooling.\nPrior work in a startup or fast-moving prototyping environment.\nWho Thrives Here You're resourceful and self-directed. You take pride in clean wiring and tidy builds, you communicate clearly with engineers, and you genuinely like the mix of bench work and travel. 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