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# Senior Autonomy Software Engineer, Mapping

- **Company:** Kodiak, LLC
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000 - $260,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Computer Vision, C++ (Programming Language), Inertial Navigation Systems, Sensor Fusion, Software Engineering, GNSS
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-autonomy-software-engineer-mapping-mountain-view-ca--f806d838-22ef-4f71-9c2d-242f1b9d3106

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Autonomous Driving Systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Trucking, Automotive Automation, Cargo/Freight, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Calibration, Technical Leadership, Technical Strategy, * Strong technical background. BS, MS or PhD with academic or industry experience in building navigation, localization, and odometry systems.

 * Expert 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.
 * Deep experience transforming raw sensor data from GNSS, IMU, wheel speed, etc. into 6-DOF pose using Kalman Filtering, factor graphs, or comparable state estimation techniques - and judgment on when each approach is appropriate.
 * Experience with computer vision, visual odometry, and/or odometry from point clouds
 * A history of mentoring engineers and elevating the technical practices of a team.
 * 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 Staff Engineer on our Calibration, Localization and Mapping (CLAM) team - a technical leader with deep expertise in state estimation, inertial navigation, and sensed odometry who can set technical direction across the team and organization.

In this role, you will:

 * Set the technical strategy and architecture for our onboard navigation and pose estimation systems.
 * Lead the design and development of advanced sensor fusion and pose estimation approaches across IMU, camera, and lidar sensors, anticipating failure modes before they arise in the field.
 * Drive the direction of visual and lidar odometry algorithms, including evaluating build-vs-adopt tradeoffs for new techniques.
 * Define and evangelize navigation metrics and evaluation methodology used across the org to assess algorithm and system performance.
 * Serve as a technical escalation point for complex, ambiguous, or cross-cutting localization problems.
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 * Evaluate sensor performance and optimize sensor selection.
 * Verify correct sensor calibrations, settings, and uncertainty characterizations.