Senior Software Engineer – Onboard Vehicle Systems

Job overview

The Senior Software Engineer – Onboard Vehicle Systems role is onsite in Mountain View, CA, with a stated California base salary range of $155,000–$215,000 per year. Kodiak develops autonomous driving technology for long-haul, industrial, and defense trucking applications.

What you'll do

• Own integration between autonomy hardware and vehicle platforms for new products
• test vehicle actuation systems
• collaborate on the Kodiak real-time operating system
• design and implement core infrastructure and libraries in modern C++
• build reliable compute and network systems
• gather metrics to analyze and optimize autonomous-system performance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

software engineer

onboard vehicle systems

mountain view ca

kodiak

autonomous vehicles

autonomous trucking

modern c++

embedded systems

vehicle integration

can protocol

linux

real-time operating system

$155k–$215k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Equity and annual bonuses
• medical, dental, and vision plans
• flexible PTO
• 10 paid holidays
• parental leave
• disability and life insurance
• wellbeing benefits
• 401(k)
• commuter, FSA, dependent care FSA, and HSA benefits
• office perks including catered lunch and EV charging.

Why this role

Requires 5+ years building software connected to hardware, modern C++ proficiency, automotive communication protocol experience such as CAN, and Linux development and debugging experience. The posting notes possible visa sponsorship for eligible candidates where applicable.

About the employer

Kodiak is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.