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# Software Engineer, Controls (MATLAB) in San Francisco

- **Company:** Energy Jobline
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $190,000.0 - $260,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), Ethernet, Formal Verification, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, MATLAB, Motion Planning, Real-Time Operating Systems, Software Engineering
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.energyjobline.com/job/software-engineer-controls-matlab-san-francisco-31567849

## About the Role

* Software development experience writing production-level MATLAB & Simulink
 * Experience with automatic code from MATLAB / Simulink to embedded C / C++
 * Development, testing, and tuning of controllers for mobile autonomous robots, ideally trucks, cars, or flying vehicles
 * System identification, modeling, simulation, and characterization of systems with complex dynamics
 * A strong theoretical foundation paired with practical experience in controls, system modeling, and redundant architectures
 * A focus on end-to-end vehicle safety
 * 2-4 years of professional, post University experience

Bonus points if you have:

 * Familiarity in development of production C++
 * Understanding of hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing
 * Understanding of 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
 * Drafted safety goals and requirements with traceability, following the ISO26262 process

## Description

We are looking for a Controls Software Engineer who is passionate about safety-critical motion control to join our Motion Planning & Controls team., * Participate in designing and implementing our feedback, control, and actuation strategies using both established & novel techniques

 * Develop, and test reliable, redundant, and safety-critical software that controls fully-loaded trucks driving on the road
 * Engage with 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, embedded systems, and systems engineering) to deliver a robust vehicle control architecture
 * Create requirement specifications, implement features, plan testing, and document results


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