9 days ago
Mountain View, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$155k - $215k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own integrations between autonomy hardware and vehicle platforms for new products.
- Test vehicle actuation systems and help make new vehicle platforms operational.
- Collaborate on Kodiak’s real-time operating system for autonomous trucks.
- Design and implement core infrastructure and libraries in modern C++.
- Build reliable compute and network systems.
- Gather metrics to analyze and optimize autonomous-system performance.
- Test and deploy autonomous trucks for real customers.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience building software connected to hardware.
- Proficiency in modern C++.
- Experience with automotive communication protocols such as CAN.
- Experience developing and debugging complex software on Linux.
- Knowledge of control systems and safety/performance evaluation is preferred.
- Experience with Bazel on large, cross-platform projects is preferred.
- Experience building on bare-metal or RTOS platforms is preferred.
- Familiarity with functional safety standards such as ISO 26262 is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife, including infertility benefits.
- Legal services, identity and fraud protection, hospital indemnity, accident, critical illness, disability, and life insurance benefits.
- Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and parental leave.
- Mountain View, California office with dog-friendly facilities, catered lunch, stocked kitchen, and free EV charging.
- Wellbeing benefits including Headspace, Calm, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health, and Rula.
- Fidelity 401(k), commuter benefits, FSA, dependent care FSA, and HSA.
- Referral and patent bonus programs.
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.