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Software Quality Simulation Specialist

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Kodiak Robotics

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United States , Mountain View

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Salary:

135000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

We are seeking a hands-on Simulation Operations Specialist to join the Software Quality team. In this role, you will drive improvements across large-scale simulation sets, enhance simulation workflows and tools, and help advance safe and reliable autonomous trucking technology.

Job Responsibility:

  • Know the robot better than almost anyone else
  • Develop test plans and create simulations to test the behavior of our autonomous trucks
  • Actively run daily simulation operations, including scenario execution, triage, and reporting
  • Improve efficiency in test planning, scenario execution, and results tracking across large-scale simulation suites
  • Partner with engineering teams to ensure simulation scenarios accurately reflect real-world conditions
  • Work closely with systems engineers on structured test design and execution, ensuring comprehensive coverage of safety-critical and edge-case scenarios
  • Share actionable insights from simulation results with autonomy software engineers to accelerate software development and validation
  • Collaborate with infrastructure and tools teams to enhance automation, debugging, and scaling of simulations

Requirements:

  • 2+ years of experience in autonomous vehicle or robotics industry
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field
  • 2+ years of experience in simulation, QA, or test automation, ideally in robotics or autonomous systems
  • 1-2 years experience in python or C++ programming
  • Hands-on experience with simulation workflows or large-scale simulation testing environments
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to dive into technical details
  • Passion for autonomous technology and improving safety and efficiency through simulation
  • Familiarity with structured test planning and execution
  • experience working with systems engineers preferred
  • Great communicator with experience writing clear, concise, and detailed communication
  • Love of robots

Nice to have:

Experience with Applied Intuition tools

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
  • 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.)

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 14, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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