Routing Engineer, Autonomous Driving & Motion Planning

Kodiak; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Annual bonus

Medical Insurance

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Dog-friendly office

Free lunch

EV charging

Job summary

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer to own the routing engine and contribute to motion planning. You will work with planning, perception, and infrastructure teams to advance autonomous routing on public roads, with mentorship from senior engineers and exposure to cutting‑edge algorithms.

The role emphasizes deep technical challenges in route generation, mapping, and real‑time/cloud systems, with opportunities for growth and impact in a leading robotics company.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience developing production‑level robotics software.
• Expertise in motion planning, graph theory, and related domains.
• Facility with complex autonomous systems.
• Excitement to solve ambiguous, real‑world challenges.

Responsibilities

• Implement routing for driverless operation on public roads.
• Contribute to the architecture and long‑term roadmap for motion planning.
• Integrate onboard and offboard driving logic.
• Create visualizations and tooling for route policy introspection.
• Automate and expedite map updates.
• Solve deep technical problems involving route generation, mapping, real‑time and cloud computing.

Skills

Robotics software development

Motion planning

Autonomous systems

Problem solving

Tools

C++

Job description

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer to own the routing engine and contribute to motion planning. You will work with planning, perception, and infrastructure teams to advance autonomous routing on public roads, with mentorship from senior engineers and exposure to cutting‑edge algorithms.

The role emphasizes deep technical challenges in route generation, mapping, and real‑time/cloud systems, with opportunities for growth and impact in a leading robotics company.