March 16
🔄 Hybrid – Bay Area
• 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)
• 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++ • 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
• 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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