Staff Software Engineer, Mission Planning Driverless Trucks

Kodiak AI; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with equity &

Bonuses

Health plans (medical, dental, vision)

Flexible PTO

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead mission planning, routing, and human-assisted autonomy for driverless trucks in Mountain View, CA. You will shape the motion planning stack and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

This role demands 6+ years of robotics software experience, strong C++, and proven leadership delivering complex autonomous systems. You will mentor engineers and drive architecture, interfaces, and performance improvements.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing production-level robotics software.
• Strong facility with modern C++.
• Expertise in motion planning, graph theory, distributed computing, and related domains.
• Delivery of complex autonomous systems.
• Leadership to solve ambiguous, real-world challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of mission planning, routing, and autonomy for driverless trucks.
• Develop architecture and long-term roadmap for motion planning.
• Identify metrics to drive product excellence in the engineering teams.
• Study product opportunities to delight customers and improve autonomy.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards across the org.
• Integrate onboard and offboard driving logic.

Skills

C++

Motion planning

Graph theory

Distributed computing

Robotics software development

Leadership

Job description

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead mission planning, routing, and human-assisted autonomy for driverless trucks in Mountain View, CA. You will shape the motion planning stack and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

This role demands 6+ years of robotics software experience, strong C++, and proven leadership delivering complex autonomous systems. You will mentor engineers and drive architecture, interfaces, and performance improvements.