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Kodiak

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle
Location
Mountain ViewCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Sep 20, 2026
Salary
$200,000–$260,000 a year
Full-time

Staff Autonomy Software Engineer, Localization

Job description

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 navigation, and sensed odometry who can set technical direction across the team and organization.

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector. The company delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology.

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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