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Senior Mechanical Engineer at Valid8 Financial, Inc.

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Job Description

Overview

Kodama Systems is a technology company transforming the forestry industry with teleoperation and supervised autonomy. With our retrofit control systems, machines can be driven from anywhere off project sites, improving safety, reducing costs, and addressing labor challenges across the $100B timber industry. Backed by leading investors and industry partners, Kodama's solutions offer timberland owners and logging contractors scalable, cost effective tools for forest management and wildfire mitigation. For more information, visit .

The Position

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Kodama you will own the design of custom hardware to outfit various forestry equipment for teleoperation and autonomy. You'll lean on past experience and work with our operations team to help debug complex robotic systems deployed in remote locations across North America. Kodama is a remote first early stage startup, so you will have a high degree of ownership and autonomy over the work you do.

Location

Remote

Travel

Up to 15% of your time going to company retreats and project sites

Ideal Candidates Will Have
  • Experience owning multiple mechanical designs from concept through deployment using the following processes:
  • Sheet metal
  • Weldments
  • Machined parts
  • Designed electrical enclosures
  • Previously worked at a startup
  • Around 5 years of post undergraduate experience
Bonus Experience
  • LIDAR
  • Generous stock options. We're an early-stage company and we want you to benefit from being an early contributor.
  • Flexible time off. Work hard and take time off when you need it.
  • Stay healthy. Full health insurance benefits for you and your family.
  • 401K savings plan

Note - please attach a resume in either .pdf or .doc format. Due to the volume of inquiries, not all applicants will receive a response.

Typical senior pay: $130k for Mechanical Engineers nationally

National salary averages
Expected senior-level
$130k
Entry
Mid
Senior
Expected
$69k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $161k

Slight candidate advantage

High demand and responsive wages. Negotiate confidently on all fronts.

Hiring leverage
Lean candidate
Wage leverage
Moderate
Mobility
Moderate

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: All experience levels

Where to negotiate

Base salary
Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

Use competing offers and timing to your advantage.

Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
Growth, flat pay
🚀 Compound
Growth + pay upside
⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
High turnover market

Many openings, but pay doesn't scale as much with experience.

+9%
10yr growth
A bachelor's degree is typically expected.
Typical: Bachelor's degree

Openings come from turnover, not new growth. Differentiate to advance.

Labor data: BLS 2024