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# Software Engineer, Localization

- **Company:** Kodiak Robotics
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $240,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Computer Vision, C++ (Programming Language), Inertial Navigation Systems, Sensor Fusion, Software Engineering, GNSS
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-software-engineer-localization-kodiak-8736271

## About the Role

* Strong technical background. BS, MS or PhD with academic or industry experience in building navigation, localization, and odometry systems.
 * Skilled in C++ and strong problem-solving skills.
 * Strong software engineering skills and experience building high-reliability deployed applications . You write well-designed, highly maintainable code. Code is your craft.
 * Experience with transforming raw sensor data from GNSS, IMU, wheel speed, etc into 6-DOF pose using common approaches like Kalman Filtering or factor graphs.
 * Experience with computer vision, visual odometry, and/or odometry from point clouds
 * Solid understanding of metrics, data analysis, and scientific evaluation.
 * A team player. You take ownership and work with the team to deliver exceptional results. You are interested in the performance of the entire system across engineering disciplines.
 * Ability to build and iterate quickly. You enjoy working fast and smart, and you are comfortable in defining and building lasting infrastructure components from scratch.
 * Hands on. Curious. Flexible. Interested in new domains to expand your horizons and provide a complete system wide solution.
 * Great communicator. You have experience writing clear, concise design documentation to gather feedback from across the team to find the best solution.

## Description

We are looking for a Localization Engineer. A problem solver with solid expertise in state estimation, inertial navigation, and sensed odometry.

In this role, you will:

 * Develop and integrate onboard navigation and pose estimation algorithms.
 * Optimize sensor fusion and pose estimation using IMU, camera, and lidar sensors.
 * Develop visual and lidar odometry algorithms.
 * Develop navigation metrics for evaluating offboard and onboard performance of algorithms and systems in the autonomous trucking domain.
 * Troubleshoot, problem solve, innovate, create, and collaborate.
 * Evaluate sensor performance and optimize sensor selection.
 * Verify correct sensor calibrations, settings, and uncertainty characterizations.


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