Senior Onboard Infrastructure

# Senior Onboard Infrastructure Kodiak Robotics Mountain View, CAFull-time $155,000 – $215,000 / year Upload your resume once and Scout applies for you Apply with Scout Share this job:

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You’ll build software and integrations that connect Kodiak’s autonomy hardware with vehicle platforms, helping bring new autonomous trucks into operation. The work spans modern C++, vehicle communication, real-time systems, and testing and optimizing system performance on customer vehicles.
* Permanent* On-site
* 5+ years
* Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a relat### Skills and expertise modern C++LinuxCANembedded systems real-time operating systems

Bazelcontrol systems ISO 26262### Key responsibilities
* Integrate autonomy hardware with vehicle platforms and test vehicle actuation systems.
* Develop core infrastructure and libraries in modern C++ for Kodiak’s real-time truck systems.
* Build reliable compute and network systems, then measure and optimize autonomous-system performance.## How this job compares

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Medium. The role uses AI tools and works with AI systems as a regular part of the job. The role regularly integrates AI and autonomy hardware into vehicles and tests autonomous systems. Its core focus is onboard software infrastructure and vehicle integration, rather than building or training models.## Full description

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.

In 2024, Kodiak became the first known company to publicly announce delivering a driverless semi-truck to a customer. Kodiak is also leveraging its commercial self-driving software to develop, test and deploy autonomous capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.

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  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,…