Winter 2027 Motion Planning Intern (Autonomous Trucks)

Uncover; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 6,000 - 10,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dog-friendly office

Free catered lunch

Mountain View facility

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, & vision benefits

Job summary

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. seeks a Behavior Planning Intern to help develop core decision‑making and motion planning algorithms for autonomous trucks. You will work with a production‑level codebase, deploy code to real trucks, and gain exposure to state‑of‑the‑art AV technology in Mountain View, CA.

Ideal candidates are juniors/seniors or graduate students studying CS, EE, ML, or related fields with strong C++ and Python skills and a solid foundation in kinematics, geometry, and calculus.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree at an accredited university.
• Juniors, Seniors, or graduate students.
• Strong C++ and Python programming skills.
• Solid understanding of motion planning and trajectory optimization.

Responsibilities

• Receive mentorship from robotics engineers and work on decision‑making and motion planning algorithms.
• Advance a state‑of‑the‑art autonomous trucking platform.
• Deploy code on autonomous trucks operating in the real world.
• Gain hands‑on experience with industry‑standard robotics tools and methodologies.
• Strengthen coding skills with a production‑level codebase in C++.
• Collaborate in a dynamic team and design solutions to complex robotics problems.
• Explore opportunities for full‑time roles after the internship.

Skills

C++ programming

Python programming

Kinematics

Linear algebra

Calculus

Optimization

Computational geometry

Motion planning

Decision-making

Trajectory optimization

Education

Computer Science

Electrical Engineering

Machine Learning

Aerospace Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Related field

Job description

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. seeks a Behavior Planning Intern to help develop core decision‑making and motion planning algorithms for autonomous trucks. You will work with a production‑level codebase, deploy code to real trucks, and gain exposure to state‑of‑the‑art AV technology in Mountain View, CA.

Ideal candidates are juniors/seniors or graduate students studying CS, EE, ML, or related fields with strong C++ and Python skills and a solid foundation in kinematics, geometry, and calculus.