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Senior Perception Engineer

United States, Mountain View 180000.00 - 220000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted January 03, 2026
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We are seeking a highly skilled Perception Engineer to join our Autonomy Software Engineering team. In this role, you will use your expertise in state estimation & multi object tracking to shape the perception stack as we scale, incorporating and developing state of the art algorithms and techniques. You’ll leverage advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and techniques to deploy and scale safe autonomous perception systems.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead efforts to advance learned scene estimation solutions in the Kodiak Driver
  • Use principled approaches for fusing information from multiple modalities (camera, radar, lidar, thermal, and IMU) to improve perception performance
  • Improve multi-target tracking performance including track initiation, measurement to track association, and track state maintenance
  • Develop novel algorithms to incorporate noisy measurements to construct a solid foundational understanding of the world
  • Develop tooling, metrics, and visualization to advance sensor fusion performance
  • Embody innovation and collaboration

Requirements

  • Strong technical background. BS or MS with at least 5 years industry experience, or PhD with at least 3 years of academic or industry experience, in building state estimation and sensor fusion systems
  • Domain Expertise in sensor fusion, state estimation, Kalman filtering, particle filtering, multi-object tracking, deep learning, learned scene estimation, behavior prediction
  • Skilled in C++ with strong problem-solving skills
  • Strong software engineering skills and experience building high-reliability deployed applications
  • Solid understanding of metrics, data analysis, and scientific evaluation
  • A team player
  • Ability to build and iterate quickly
  • Hands on, Curious, Flexible, Interested in new domains
  • Great communicator with experience writing clear, concise design documentation

What we offer

  • Competitive compensation package including equity and biannual bonuses
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Anthem, and Guardian (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
  • Flexible PTO and generous parental leave policies
  • 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, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health
  • Fidelity 401(k)
  • Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
  • Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)
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