- Location
- Mountain View, United States · Onsite
- Compensation
- $155k – $215k
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience level
- SENIOR (5+ years exp)
- Specialization
- Infrastructure, Wellfound
- Source
- Wellfound
We're looking for a Software Engineer focused on onboard vehicle systems to take a key role in designing and implementing our core vehicle integrations. You'll work across domains to bring together embedded devices, AI, and compute hardware into a highly reliable system, and you'll test and deploy autonomous trucks for real customers.
In this role, you will:
- Own the integration between autonomy hardware and vehicle platforms for new products
- Work across domains to test vehicle actuation systems, be the first to make a new vehicle move
- Collaborate with experts across the company to build the Kodiak real-time operating system that powers our trucks
- Design and implement core infrastructure and libraries in modern C++
- Build highly reliable compute and network systems
- Gather metrics to analyze and optimize the performance of Kodiak's autonomous systems
Qualifications:
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years building software connected to hardware
- Proficiency in modern C++
- Experience with automotive communication protocols such as CAN
- Comfort developing and debugging complex software on Linux
Nice to have:
- Knowledge of control systems and how to evaluate them for safety and performance
- Experience with Bazel on large, cross-platform projects
- Experience building on bare-metal or RTOS platforms
- Familiarity with functional safety standards such as ISO 26262
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)
- Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
- Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)