Kodiak Robotics has appointed Jamie Hoffacker from Lyft to lead its hardware division.
Hoffacker will lead a team responsible for developing capabilities necessary for Kodiak to safely deploy self-driving trucks at scale.
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Kodiak already has self-driving long-haul trucks, with a safety driver, delivering freight for customers between Dallas and Houston on a routine basis.
“Jamie brings an unrivaled wealth of experience in taking self-driving technology from merely the conceptual stage to the real world,” said Kodiak founder and CEO, Don Burnette.
“He will play a critical role in bringing further innovation to Kodiak’s growing fleet of self-driving long-haul trucks.”
Hoffacker was most recently the director of Sense and Electronics at Lyft’s Level 5 Self-Driving Division. Prior to Level 5, where he was one of the founding engineers, Hoffacker spent five years at Google’s Maps division where he designed next generation camera systems and electronics for the company’s mapping applications, including Street View.
Hoffacker’s hiring comes during a period of growth for Kodiak Robotics as the firm has quadrupled the number of its employees during the past year and opened an office in Dallas, along with recently expanding the size of its headquarters in Silicon Valley.
