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Senior Software Engineer, Behavior & Motion Planning

Kodiak AI · Mountain View, CA · San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Roboticsonsitesenior$185k–$245k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own behavior and motion planning features end-to-end for driverless trucks.
  • Help launch driverless long-haul service between Dallas and Houston.
  • Improve safe, comfortable decisions in complex real-world driving scenarios.

What they offer

  • Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
  • Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave
  • Dog-friendly Mountain View office with free catered lunch and EV charging
  • Fidelity 401(k), FSA, HSA and commuter benefits
  • Wellbeing benefits including Headspace, Calm, One Medical and Gympass

Ideal candidate

Autonomy engineer who loves owning planning behavior end-to-end and sweating safety-comfort tradeoffs. Collaborative systems thinker who enjoys debugging real-world driving and mentoring others across the stack.

Requirements

  • Experience in behavior planning, motion planning, decision-making, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or related areas
  • Strong software engineering skills, preferably in C++
  • Experience building autonomy software in industrial, production, or near-production environments
  • Ability to debug complex robotics or autonomy behavior using logs, metrics, and simulation
  • Strong system-level judgment around safety, comfort, and deployment readiness
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills
visa sponsorship
May provide visa sponsorship for eligible candidates
hiring process
Initial screening assisted by Endorsed AI tool, with final decisions made by human recruitment team

Lab profile

About Kodiak AI

Develops vehicle-agnostic autonomous driving system for long-haul trucking, industrial, and defense.

What they build

  • Kodiak Driver
  • Driver-as-a-Service

Known for

  • Vehicle-agnostic autonomous driving system
  • AI-powered software with modular hardware
  • Driverless commercial operations
  • Operates in long-haul, industrial and defense

Key facts

  • Founded in 2018
  • Publicly traded (Nasdaq: KDK)
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