Kodiak Robotics
Staff Software Engineer, Learned & Hybrid Behavior Planning
$240K–$265K
Mountain View, CA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jun 23, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Mountain View, California, United States - Visa sponsorship
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About the job
Lead integration of learned models into Kodiak’s autonomous-driving behavior-planning stack, ensuring components are safe, measurable, debuggable, and deployable.
What you'll do
- Lead planning-side integration of learned models and collaborate with ML teams on model requirements, evaluation, and deployment.
- Design validation, fallback, monitoring, and safety strategies; analyze behavior using simulation, logs, metrics, and real-world data.
- Lead technical designs, mentor engineers, and work across autonomy teams.
What they ask for
- Strong experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or a related autonomy domain.
- Deep technical background in behavior planning, decision-making, or motion planning.
- Strong software engineering skills and proficiency in C++.
- Experience with heuristic or classical planning systems and with integrating or developing learned behavior policies or related models.
Nice to have
- Python proficiency.
Pay
$240,000 — $265,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python
AI focus
Integrate learned models and other ML-driven signals into behavior planning, including behavior classification, actor intent understanding, and data-driven decision-making.
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