Senior Behavior & Motion Planning Engineer for Autonomy

Kodiak; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible PTO

Dog-friendly office

Free catered lunch

Free EV charging

Job summary

Kodiak is seeking a Senior or Staff Software Engineer in Mountain View, CA, to enhance behavior and motion planning systems for autonomous driving. Ideal candidates will possess strong C++ skills and experience in building production-quality autonomy software.

This role involves owning projects from design to deployment and collaborating across teams to ensure effective decision-making in complex driving scenarios. Competitive compensation and excellent benefits package included.

Qualifications

• Experience in behavior planning, motion planning, decision-making, robotics, or autonomous vehicles.
• Strong software engineering skills, preferably in C++.
• Experience building autonomy software in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and improve behavior planning and motion planning features.
• Own planning projects from problem definition to deployment.
• Debug autonomy behavior using logs and metrics.

Skills

Behavior planning

Motion planning

C++

Debugging

Robotics

Collaboration

Job description

Kodiak is seeking a Senior or Staff Software Engineer in Mountain View, CA, to enhance behavior and motion planning systems for autonomous driving. Ideal candidates will possess strong C++ skills and experience in building production-quality autonomy software.

This role involves owning projects from design to deployment and collaborating across teams to ensure effective decision-making in complex driving scenarios. Competitive compensation and excellent benefits package included.