Staff Software Engineer, Behavior Planning

Job overview

The Staff Software Engineer, Behavior Planning role is onsite in Mountain View, CA. Compensation is $240,000–$265,000 per year for the California pay range. Kodiak develops autonomous technology for commercial trucking and public-sector applications. The engineer owns behavior and motion planning features from design through deployment and analysis. The work helps autonomous vehicles make safe, comfortable, and effective decisions in complex driving scenarios, while coordinating with teams across the autonomy stack.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, and improve behavior and motion planning features
• own planning projects from problem definition through deployment
• debug autonomy behavior using logs, simulation, metrics, and real-world data
• define success metrics and validation plans
• write production-quality C++
• participate in design and code reviews
• mentor engineers
• collaborate with Prediction, Controls, Perception, ML, Simulation, Systems, and Safety teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff software engineer

behavior planning

mountain view ca

kodiak

autonomous driving

motion planning

c++

robotics

simulation

safety

$240k–$265k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• equity and annual bonuses
• flexible PTO
• 10 paid holidays
• parental leave
• disability and life insurance
• wellbeing benefits
• 401(k)
• commuter, FSA, dependent care FSA, and HSA options.

Why this role

The posting lists equity, annual bonuses, flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, parental leave, and a broad set of health and wellbeing benefits.

About the employer

Kodiak is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.