Senior Onboard Infrastructure

Kodiak • Mountain View, CA

1d • 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're looking for a Software Engineer focused on onboard vehicle systems to take a key role in designing and implementing our core vehicle integrations. You'll work across domains to bring together embedded devices, AI, and compute hardware into a highly reliable system, and you'll test and deploy autonomous trucks for real customers.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years building software connected to hardware
• Proficiency in modern C++
• Experience with automotive communication protocols such as CAN
• Comfort developing and debugging complex software on Linux

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of control systems and how to evaluate them for safety and performance
• Experience with Bazel on large, cross-platform projects
• Experience building on bare-metal or RTOS platforms
• Familiarity with functional safety standards such as ISO 26262

Responsibilities

• Own the integration between autonomy hardware and vehicle platforms for new products
• Work across domains to test vehicle actuation systems, be the first to make a new vehicle move
• Collaborate with experts across the company to build the Kodiak real-time operating system that powers our trucks
• Design and implement core infrastructure and libraries in modern C++
• Build highly reliable compute and network systems
• Gather metrics to analyze and optimize the performance of Kodiak's autonomous systems

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
• 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, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
• Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior