Fall 2026 Intern, Perception

Kodiak • Mountain View, CA

10h • Onsite

About The Position

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.
We are looking for a highly skilled Perception Intern to join us and solve real-world robotics problems.
In this role, you will:
Be responsible for designing perception algorithms and implementing them in robust, efficient, and well-tested C++ code.
Solve real-world perception challenges such as object detection and classification, multi-object tracking, sensor fusion, and scene estimation.
Integrate both novel and well-established techniques such as deep neural networks, decision trees, Kalman and particle filters, or point cloud processing on camera, laser, radar, and ultrasound data.
Collaborate closely with other experts on the team, including the AI, planning, and systems engineering teams.

Requirements

• Strong technical background.
• You are currently pursuing a MS or PhD and have experience designing and implementing perception algorithms; exceptional candidates pursuing a BS considered.
• You are a skilled software engineer with experience in C++ and strong problem-solving skills.
• You are passionate about solving real-world robotics problems, and you have ideally worked on autonomous robots before.
• A team player. You take ownership and work with the team to deliver exceptional results. You are interested in the performance of the entire system across engineering disciplines.
• Ability to build and iterate quickly. You enjoy working fast and smart, and you are comfortable in the earlier stages of developing an algorithm from scratch.
• Hands on. You dig deep into important details such as the sensor driver if it improves the overall system.
• You like working with production machine learning pipelines, from dataset collection and labeling to training and validation.
• Great communicator. You have experience writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation.

Nice To Haves

• Prior knowledge of working with deep neural networks is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for designing perception algorithms and implementing them in robust, efficient, and well-tested C++ code.
• Solve real-world perception challenges such as object detection and classification, multi-object tracking, sensor fusion, and scene estimation.
• Integrate both novel and well-established techniques such as deep neural networks, decision trees, Kalman and particle filters, or point cloud processing on camera, laser, radar, and ultrasound data.
• Collaborate closely with other experts on the team, including the AI, planning, and systems engineering teams.

Benefits

• A fast paced environment where we work with talented, committed and supportive teammates.
• Competitive pay.
• Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits.
• A beautiful facility in Mountain View.
• We love our dogs, so we are a dog friendly office!
• Free catered lunch.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern