# Staff Autonomy Software Engineer, Localization at Kodiak

- Company: Kodiak
- What the company does: Backed by Battery, Lightspeed and CRV.
- Company website: http://www.kodiak.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-20
- Apply by: 2026-11-04
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kodiak/jobs/4412485009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kodiak-staff-autonomy-software-engineer-localization/

## About the role

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology stack purpose-built for commercial trucking and the public sector. The company delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology.

## What they're looking for

- 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
- Evaluate sensor performance and optimize sensor selection

Tags: Mapping & Localization