Kodiak is recruiting a Software Engineer to own Kodiak's routing engine, which traverses our coast-to-coast highway map. The role builds deep motion planning experience, focused on a core aspect of the motion planning stack.
This is an opportunity to collaborate and grow with world-class robotics engineers on Kodiak's Motion Planning team. Senior and Staff engineers will mentor and help scope progressively larger projects and career development opportunities.
The role offers exposure to cutting-edge routing algorithms and unsolved problems, as well as collaboration with Planning, Perception, and Infrastructure colleagues.
In this role, you will:- Implement routing for driverless operation on public roads
- Contribute to the architecture and long-term roadmap for motion planning
- Integrate onboard and offboard driving logic
- Create visualizations and tooling for route policy introspection
- Automate and expedite map updates
- Solve deep technical problems involving route generation, mapping, real-time and cloud computing, and more!
What you'll bring:- 2+ year of experience developing production-level robotics software
- Strong facility with modern C++
- Expertise in motion planning, graph theory, and related domains
- Facility with complex autonomous systems
- Excitement to solve ambiguous, real-world challenges
Bonus points if you have:- Deployed software on driverless autonomous vehicles
- Improved system performance (latency, throughput, reliability) in production environments
- Built on simulation frameworks
- Based decisions on data analysis
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
- Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
- Fidelity 401(k)
- Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
- Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)
The pay range listed below reflects the base salary
in our SF/Silicon Valley location, across several internal levels. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors including: work location, experience, relevant training, education, skill level and performance during interview. Total compensation at Kodiak includes base pay, equity, bonus and a competitive benefits package
California Pay Range
$145,000-$190,000 USD
