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Staff Software Engineer, Controls

United States, Mountain View 200000.00 - 250000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted January 06, 2026
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Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Controls Software Engineer who is passionate about safety-critical systems to join our Motion Planning & Controls team.

Job Responsibility

  • Be responsible for designing and implementing our feedback, control, and actuation strategies using both established & novel techniques
  • Architect, develop, and test reliable, redundant, and safety-critical software that controls fully-loaded trucks driving on the road
  • Characterize the vehicle platform (e.g., steering, braking, throttle/engine management, dynamics) to develop models that can be used for precise motion planning, simulation, and controls
  • Work on fundamental problems in redundant actuation, degraded operation, and fail-safe control
  • Collaborate with other teams at Kodiak (e.g. hardware, motion planning, and systems engineering) to deliver a robust vehicle control architecture (for example: requirement specifications, test plans, test documentation, and implemented testing at all levels of integration)

Requirements

  • A strong background in robotics, controls, optimization, and mathematics (MS, PhD, or equivalent experience)
  • Developed, tested, and tuned controllers for mobile autonomous robots, ideally trucks, cars, or flying vehicles
  • Performed system identification, modeling, simulation, or other characterization for systems with complex dynamics
  • A strong theoretical foundation paired with practical experience in controls, system modeling, and/or redundant architectures
  • A focus on end-to-end vehicle safety
  • Software development experience writing production-level C or C++

Nice to have

  • Experience with software design and implementation in safety-critical domains (e.g. automotive, aerospace, medical, etc)
  • Written low-level drivers for software/hardware interfacing using protocols such as CAN or ethernet
  • Written efficient code running on resource-constrained embedded systems with a real-time operating system
  • Experience with formal verification methods, writing requirements, and systems engineering processes
  • Comfortable with Python, Matlab/Simulink, or other simulation/analysis tools used in feedback system design

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.)

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