Staff Software Engineer, Learned & Hybrid Behavior Planning
Kodiak · Mountain View
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- Company
- Kodiak
- Location
- Mountain View
- Salary
- $240,000 — $265,000
- Posted
- June 23, 2026
About this job
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help shape how learned models are integrated into behavior planning for autonomous driving. In this role, you will sit at the intersection of Planning and Machine Learning, working closely with ML engineers and autonomy teams to bring learned components into a production autonomy stack. This is a high-impact role for someone who understands both the practical constraints of real-world planning systems and the opportunities enabled by modern learned models. You will help shape how ML improves autonomy behavior while ensuring that new capabilities are safe, measurable, debuggable, and deployable. What You’ll Do Lead Planning-side integration of learned models into the behavior planning stack.…
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