Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector.

The company delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology. In 2024, Kodiak became the first known company to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi-truck to a customer. S.

Department of Defense.

Requirements

from first principles for safe and mission-critical autonomous behavior across both commercial and defense applications. An ideal candidate will have a background in developing algorithms for autonomy or robotics in aerospace, defense, or automotive domains. This will be used to support our safety claims about safe perception, motion planning, and control for autonomous robots deployed in both commercial freight and defense logistics environments.

for safe perception, localization, prediction, motion planning, and/or control algorithms. Identify edge cases that could help us expose weaknesses in our system prior to encountering them in on-road environments. Provide analysis to support complex autonomy system design trade-offs to inform system design decisions affecting safety and performance.

Support development of simulation scenarios, structured track testing, on-road road testing, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.

What We Offer

: Competitive

Compensation

package including equity and annual bonuses Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility

Benefits

) MetLife Legal Services, Identity Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA Office

Perks

: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance We

Senior Autonomy Systems Software Engineer