Kodiak Robotics is an autonomous trucking company developing self-driving heavy vehicles and commercial logistics operations.
<div class="content-intro"><p>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. Kodiak is also leveraging its commercial self-driving software to develop, test and deploy autonomous capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.</p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The role offers exposure to cutting-edge routing algorithms and unsolved problems, as well as collaboration with Planning, Perception, and Infrastructure colleagues.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Implement routing for driverless operation on public roads</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contribute to the architecture and long-term roadmap for motion planning</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Integrate onboard and offboard driving logic</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Create visualizations and tooling for route policy introspection</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Automate and expedite map updates</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Solve deep technical problems involving route generation, mapping, real-time and cloud computing, and more!</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you’ll bring:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2+ year of experience developing production-level robotics software</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong facility with modern C++</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Expertise in motion planning, graph theory, and related domains</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Facility with complex autonomous systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Excitement to solve ambiguous, real-world challenges</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Bonus points if you have:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Deployed software on driverless autonomous vehicles</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Improved system performance (latency, throughput, reliability) in production environments</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Built on simulation frameworks</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Based decisions on data analysis</span></li> </ul> <p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What we offer:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation) </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12p