Kodiak

Senior Software Quality Simulation Specialist

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2 months ago
Mountain View, CA, USASenior

Base Salary

$130k - $145k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop test plans and create simulations to test autonomous truck behavior.
  • Run daily simulation operations, including scenario execution, triage, and reporting.
  • Improve efficiency in test planning, scenario execution, and results tracking across large-scale simulation suites.
  • Partner with engineering teams to ensure simulation scenarios reflect real-world conditions.
  • Work with systems engineers on structured test design and execution for safety-critical and edge-case scenarios.
  • Share actionable simulation insights with autonomy software engineers to accelerate software development and validation.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure and tools teams to improve simulation automation, debugging, and scaling.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • At least 2 years of experience in the autonomous vehicle or robotics industry.
  • At least 3 years of experience in simulation, QA, or test automation, ideally in robotics or autonomous systems.
  • Familiarity with Python or C++.
  • Hands-on experience with simulation workflows or large-scale simulation testing environments.
  • Familiarity with structured test planning and execution; experience with systems engineers is preferred.
  • Experience with Applied Intuition tools is a plus.
  • Strong problem-solving, technical-detail, and written communication skills.
  • Passion for autonomous technology and robots.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses.
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans, including infertility benefits, plus legal, identity protection, hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness insurance.
  • Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave.
  • Mountain View, California office with a dog-friendly environment, catered lunch, stocked kitchen, and free EV charging.
  • Long-term disability, short-term disability, and life insurance.
  • Wellbeing benefits including Headspace, Calm, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health, and Rula.
  • Fidelity 401(k), commuter benefits, FSA, dependent care FSA, and HSA.
  • Referral bonuses, patent bonuses, and other incentive programs.
  • Office-based role in Mountain View, California.

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