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Kodiak AI, Inc.

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Senior Software Engineer Behavior and Motion Planning

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You will design, implement, validate, deploy, and analyze behavior and motion-planning features for autonomous driving. You will debug autonomy behavior using logs, simulation, metrics, and real-world data; define validation plans; write production C++ software; participate in design and architecture reviews; and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and improve behavior-planning and motion-planning features
  • Own planning projects from problem definition through deployment
  • Debug autonomy behavior using logs, simulation, metrics, and real-world data
  • Improve planning decisions across safety, comfort, progress, and operational constraints
  • Define success metrics and validation plans
  • Write production-quality C++ software
  • Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and architecture discussions
  • Mentor engineers

Requirements

  • Experience in behavior planning, motion planning, decision-making, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or related areas
  • Strong software engineering skills
  • Experience building autonomy software in industrial, production, or near-production environments
  • Ability to debug complex robotics or autonomy behavior using logs, metrics, and simulation
  • System-level judgment regarding safety, comfort, and deployment readiness
  • Collaboration and communication skills

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Annual bonuses
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Infertility benefits
  • Legal services
  • Identity and fraud protection
  • Hospital indemnity insurance
  • Accident insurance
  • Critical illness insurance
  • Flexible PTO
  • 10 paid holidays
  • Parental leave
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Headspace
  • Calm
  • One Medical
  • Gympass
  • Spring Health
  • Rula
  • 401(k)
  • Commuter benefits
  • FSA
  • Dependent Care FSA
  • HSA
  • Free catered lunch
  • Free EV charging

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