Kodiak Robotics
Senior Autonomy Software Engineer, Calibration
$190K–$220K
Mountain View, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 10, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Mountain View, California, United States - Education
- BS, MS, or PhD with academic or industry experience in sensor calibration, computer vision, or robotics.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship may be provided for eligible candidates.
About the job
Develops and guides multi-sensor calibration systems, tools, and validation for autonomous trucks, collaborating across autonomy and hardware teams.
What you'll do
- Develop intrinsic, extrinsic, and self-calibration algorithms for vehicle sensors; set technical strategy.
- Build calibration tooling and quality metrics, and troubleshoot calibration issues across field and simulation.
- Collaborate with related teams, guide sensor selection, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or PhD with academic or industry experience in sensor calibration, computer vision, or robotics.
- Proficiency in C++ and experience building high-reliability deployed applications.
- Experience with intrinsic and extrinsic calibration techniques and calibration optimization methods.
- Understanding of sensor uncertainty, error propagation, metrics, data analysis, and scientific evaluation.
Nice to have
- Experience building automated calibration pipelines or in-field self-calibration systems.
- Hands-on vehicle-fleet sensor calibration or experience with point cloud registration or multi-modal sensor fusion.
Pay
$190,000 — $220,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++, camera, lidar, radar, IMU
AI focus
The role develops calibration systems for autonomous vehicles. The company also uses the third-party AI tool Endorsed to assist with initial application screening; humans make final hiring decisions.
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