Staff Software Engineer: Mission Planning & Prediction

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Planning team and advance the Kodiak Driver’s ability to safely and gracefully handle complex real-world driving scenarios.

You will design mission planning and prediction systems for driverless operation on public roads, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Perception, Controls, Systems, and Simulation teams. The position offers competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing production-level robotics software.
• Strong facility with modern C++.
• Expertise in motion planning, trajectory optimization, graph theory, and related domains.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop mission planning and prediction systems for driverless operation on public roads.
• Develop the architecture and long-term roadmap for planning and prediction.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior and senior engineers, raising the bar for engineering excellence across the engineering organization.
• Integrate engineered driving logic and machine-learning models.
• Develop robust models to predict the behavior of other actors, improving both safety and driving performance.
• Partner cross-functionally with Perception, Controls, Systems, and Simulation teams to define interfaces, requirements, and system behavior.
• Solve difficult real-world problems involving lane changing, merging, speed modulation, mission updates, multi-trajectory prediction, and more!

Skills

Robotics software

Modern C++

Motion planning

Trajectory optimization

Leadership

Software architecture

Job description

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Planning team and advance the Kodiak Driver’s ability to safely and gracefully handle complex real-world driving scenarios.

You will design mission planning and prediction systems for driverless operation on public roads, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Perception, Controls, Systems, and Simulation teams. The position offers competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.