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Kodiak

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle
Location
Mountain ViewCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Sep 25, 2026
Salary
$200,000–$260,000 a year
Full-time

Senior Autonomy Software Engineer, Mapping

Job description

Kodiak AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: KDK), founded in 2018, is a leader in Physical AI, developing driverless technology that powers machines that move. Its Kodiak Driver is a vehicle-agnostic autonomous driving system that combines AI-powered software with modular hardware. Today it operates in long-haul trucking, industrial trucking, and defense. In 2024, Kodiak launched commercial Driver-as-a-Service operations with no one in the cab, and plans to launch driverless long-haul service between Dallas and Houston by the end of 2026.

We are looking for a Staff Engineer on our Calibration, Localization and Mapping (CLAM) team — a technical leader with deep expertise in state estimation, inertial…

Job responsibilities

  • Set the technical strategy and architecture for our onboard navigation and pose estimation systems.
  • Lead the design and development of advanced sensor fusion and pose estimation approaches across IMU, camera, and lidar sensors, anticipating failure modes before they arise in the field.
  • Drive the direction of visual and lidar odometry algorithms, including evaluating build-vs-adopt tradeoffs for new techniques.
  • Define and evangelize navigation metrics and evaluation methodology used across the org to assess algorithm and system performance.
  • Serve as a technical escalation point for complex, ambiguous, or cross-cutting localization problems.
  • Evaluate sensor performance and optimize sensor selection.
  • Verify correct sensor calibrations, settings, and uncertainty characterizations.
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