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Tech Lead Manager, Motion Planning

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

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead motion planning and prediction for driverless trucks on public roads.
  • Own roadmap for behavior planning, trajectory generation and prediction.
  • Shape autonomy performance across highways and unstructured environments.

What they offer

  • Competitive compensation including equity and annual bonuses
  • Medical, dental and vision plans including infertility benefits
  • Legal services, identity protection and supplemental insurance
  • Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays and parental leave

Ideal candidate

An experienced robotics leader who thrives on technical ownership and mentoring teams through ambiguity to deliver safe, driverless autonomy on public roads.

Requirements

  • Experience managing or mentoring engineers, with record of growing and retaining strong teams
  • 6+ years developing production-level robotics software
  • Strong facility with modern C++ and ability to guide design and review code
  • Expertise in motion planning including computational geometry, graph theory, numerical optimization or machine learning
  • Track record of leading teams to deliver complex autonomous systems
  • Leadership to guide team through ambiguous, real-world challenges
visa sponsorship
May provide visa sponsorship for eligible candidates
hiring process
Initial screening assisted by AI tool Endorsed, with final hiring 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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