<div class="content-intro"><p>Kodiak AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: KDK), founded in 2018, is a leader in Physical AI, developing driverless technology that powers machines that move. Its Kodiak Driver is a vehicle-agnostic autonomous driving system that combines AI-powered software with modular hardware. Today it operates in long-haul trucking, industrial trucking, and defense. In 2024, Kodiak launched commercial Driver-as-a-Service operations with no one in the cab, and plans to launch driverless long-haul service between Dallas and Houston by the end of 2026.<br><br>Kodiak has partnered with many of the biggest names in freight, including Bosch for scaled hardware production, AWS, and leading customers including Atlas Energy Solutions, IKEA, Bridgestone, Werner Enterprises, C.R. England, Roehl Transport, and General Dynamics Land Systems.</p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Calibration, Localization and Mapping (CLAM) team. Someone with deep expertise in multi-sensor calibration for autonomous systems who can ensure our trucks' cameras, lidars, radars, and IMUs are precisely characterized and fused with confidence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Develop and maintain intrinsic and extrinsic calibration algorithms for cameras, lidar, radar, and IMU sensors, and set the technical strategy for these systems.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build online/self-calibration systems that detect and correct sensor drift or misalignment over the life of the vehicle.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Characterize sensor uncertainty and noise models to support downstream localization and perception fusion, anticipating failure modes before they arise in the field.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design and maintain tooling for factory calibration, field recalibration, and post-maintenance verification.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Develop and evangelize metrics and automated checks to validate calibration quality and flag degraded sensors.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Troubleshoot calibration issues found in the field or in simulation, driving root-cause fixes and serving as a technical escalation point for complex or ambiguous calibration problems.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate closely with Localization, Mapping, Perception, and Hardware teams, and guide sensor selection strategy in partnership with Hardware and Sensors teams.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mentor other engineers and represent CLAM in cross-functional design reviews.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you'll bring:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong technical background. BS, MS, or PhD with academic or industry experience in sensor calibration, computer vision, or robotics.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Skilled in C++ with strong software engineering fundamentals, and experience building high-reliability deployed applications. Code is your craft.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with intrinsic and extrinsic calibration techniques (e.g., camera-lidar calibration, hand-eye calibration, target-based and targetless methods).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with optimization techniques used in calibration (e.g., bundle adjustment, nonlinear least squares, factor graphs).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Solid understanding of sensor uncertainty modeling and how calibration errors propagate into localization and perception.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Solid understanding of metrics, data analysis, and scientific evaluation.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A team player. You take ownership and are interested in the performance of the entire system across engineering disciplines.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ability to build and iterate quickly, and comfortable defining and building lasting infrastructure components from scratch.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hands on. Curious. Flexible. Interested in new domains to expand your horizons.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Great communicator. Experience writing clear, concise design documentation to gather feedback across the team.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(Staff-level candidates) Demonstrated ability to set technical direction, influence without direct authority, mentor engineers, and align multiple teams around a shared approach.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Bonus points if you have:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"&