Staff Autonomy Engineer, Perception

• BS or MS with at least 8 years of industry experience, or PhD with at least 5 years, building and deploying state estimation and sensor fusion systems
• Deep domain expertise across sensor fusion, state estimation, Kalman filtering, particle filtering, and multi-object tracking
• Strong experience with deep learning and learned scene estimation — you know when to use classical methods and when learned approaches win
• Exceptional C++ skills and a track record of writing highly maintainable, production-quality code in high-reliability systems
• The ability to define metrics, design rigorous evaluations, and use data to make principled engineering decisions
• A history of technical leadership — you have driven projects from ambiguous problem to shipped solution and raised the level of the teams around you
• Strong written and verbal communication; you write clear design docs and build alignment across disciplines

• Behavior prediction and scene understanding at scale
• Real-time perception systems under latency and compute constraints
• Autonomous vehicle or robotics deployment in unstructured environments
• Experience defining team-level technical roadmaps or leading multi-engineer efforts

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
• Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
• Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
• Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
• Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
• Fidelity 401(k)

• Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)

The pay range listed below reflects the base salary in our SF/Silicon Valley location, across several internal levels.

Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors including: work location, experience, relevant training, education, skill level and performance during interview.

Total compensation at Kodiak includes base pay, equity, bonus and a competitive benefits package