Staff Autonomy Engineer, Perception

Highlights

• Define technical direction for learned scene estimation in Kodiak Driver.
• Build perception for driverless long-haul service between Dallas and Houston.
• Improve multi-target tracking for reliability in hardest real-world conditions.

What they offer

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent medical, dental and vision plans including infertility benefits
• Legal services, identity and fraud protection, hospital indemnity, accident and critical illness insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays and generous parental leave

Ideal candidate

Seasoned perception leader passionate about robots understanding the world at scale. You thrive taking ambiguous problems to shipped, safe systems and raising the bar through mentorship and rigorous, data-driven engineering.

Requirements

• BS/MS with 8+ years or PhD with 5+ years building and deploying state estimation and sensor fusion systems
• Deep expertise in sensor fusion, state estimation, Kalman filtering, particle filtering and multi-object tracking
• Experience with deep learning and learned scene estimation, balancing classical and learned approaches
• Exceptional C++ skills with track record of production-quality code in high-reliability systems
• Ability to define metrics, design rigorous evaluations and use data for engineering decisions
• History of technical leadership driving ambiguous problems to shipped solutions and mentoring teams
• Strong written and verbal communication with clear design docs and cross-disciplinary alignment