Software Engineer, Controls (C++)
About The Position
Kodiak Robotics, Inc. is a leader in autonomous ground transportation, committed to a safer and more efficient future. The company has developed an AI-powered technology stack for commercial trucking and the public sector, delivering freight daily across the southern United States. Kodiak is recruiting a Software Engineer passionate about vehicular motion control to join its Controls team. This role offers exposure to Kodiak’s controller, including dynamic control laws, safety limits, monitoring, feedback, and state management. It provides an opportunity to develop expertise in control theory, platform characterization, and software engineering. The role accelerates career development by putting driverless features on the road immediately and providing data-based performance feedback.
Requirements
- 2+ year of experience developing production-level vehicular controls software
- Software development experience writing production-level C++
- A strong background in robotics, controls, and mathematics
- Experience developing, testing, and tuning controllers for autonomous robots, ideally trucks, cars, or flying vehicles
- A focus on vehicle safety
Nice To Haves
- Characterized, modeled, and simulated robotic systems
- Facility with control theory, including stability analysis
- Written low-level drivers for software/hardware interfacing using protocols such as CAN or ethernet
- Developed efficient code running on resource-constrained embedded systems with a real-time operating system
- Experience with software design and implementation in safety-critical domains (e.g. automotive, aerospace, medical, etc)
- Knowledge of formal verification methods, writing requirements, and systems engineering processes
- Proficiency with Python
- Proficiency with MATLAB / Simulink
Responsibilities
- Implement control and actuation strategies
- Develop and test reliable, safety-critical software that controls articulated trucks driving on highways
- Characterize the vehicle platform, including braking, steering, and acceleration
- Develop models for both onboard and simulated motion prediction
- Specify requirements and document their implementation
- Apply degraded operations capabilities for fail-safe driving
- Collaborate with Planning, Hardware, Systems, and Infrastructure colleagues to advance a robust vehicle control architecture
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
- Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
- MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
- Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
- Dog-friendly office
- Free catered lunch
- Fully stocked kitchen
- Free EV charging
- Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
- Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
- Fidelity 401(k)
- Commuter benefits
- FSA
- Dependent Care FSA
- HSA
- Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
