2 months ago
Mountain View, CA, USAIntern
Base Salary
$10k - $10k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop core decision-making, behavior-planning, and motion-planning algorithms for autonomous trucks.
- Improve strategies for highway merges, lane changes, and low-speed industrial operations.
- Design and implement solutions to complex robotics problems.
- Work with a production-level codebase focused on modern C++.
- Deploy code on autonomous trucks operating in real-world environments.
- Solve problems involving motion planning, decision-making, trajectory optimization, optimization, and computational geometry.
- Collaborate with and receive mentorship from robotics engineers.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a degree at an accredited university in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Must be a junior, senior, or graduate student.
- Strong C++ and Python programming skills.
- Strong knowledge of kinematics, linear algebra, and calculus.
- Ability to solve basic optimization and computational geometry problems.
- Solid understanding of motion planning, decision-making, and trajectory optimization for autonomous systems.
Benefits
- 12–16-week internship beginning in January 2027, with a flexible end date.
- Mountain View, California location.
- Competitive pay, medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Mentorship from experienced robotics engineers and potential full-time opportunities.
- Dog-friendly office with free catered lunch.
- Interns are responsible for arranging their own housing.
About Kodiak
Kodiak builds an AI-powered autonomous driving stack for long-haul trucking and government programs. The company hauls freight daily across the southern United States using its technology and is leveraging the same software for U.S. Department of Defense autonomy projects. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Kodiak announced in 2024 that it had delivered a driverless semi-truck to a customer.