Staff Autonomy Software Engineer - Behavior & Planning

Kodiak; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental & Vision

Flexible PTO

Bonuses

Equity

Dog-friendly office

Free lunch

EV charging

Job summary

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. in Mountain View, CA is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to own behavior and motion planning end-to-end.

You will design, implement, and validate planning features across the autonomy stack, collaborating with teams across Prediction, Controls, Perception, ML, and Safety to deliver safe and reliable autonomous driving software. The role emphasizes strong C++ engineering, production-quality code, and mentorship of engineers in a production environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in behavior planning, motion planning, or related areas.
• Strong software engineering skills, preferably C++.
• Experience building autonomy software in production environments.
• Ability to debug robotics behavior using logs, metrics, and simulation.
• Strong safety, comfort, and deployment readiness judgment.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and improve behavior planning and motion planning features.
• Own planning projects from definition through deployment.
• Debug autonomy behavior using logs, simulation, metrics, and data.
• Balance safety, comfort, progress, and constraints.
• Collaborate with teams across Prediction, Controls, Perception, ML, Simulation, Systems, and Safety.
• Define success metrics and validation plans for planning features.
• Write production-quality C++ software.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and architecture discussions.
• Mentor junior and senior engineers.

Skills

Behavior planning

Motion planning

Robotics

C++

Autonomous vehicles

Production software

Job description

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. in Mountain View, CA is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to own behavior and motion planning end-to-end.

You will design, implement, and validate planning features across the autonomy stack, collaborating with teams across Prediction, Controls, Perception, ML, and Safety to deliver safe and reliable autonomous driving software. The role emphasizes strong C++ engineering, production-quality code, and mentorship of engineers in a production environment.