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Senior Autonomy Software Engineer, Calibration

Kodiak AI· Mapping & Localization
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Mountain View, CA$190k - $220kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior engineer role within the CLAM team focused on multi-sensor calibration for autonomous trucks, ensuring precise characterization and fusion of cameras, LiDAR, radar, and IMUs, and developing online calibration, tooling, and validation processes.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain intrinsic and extrinsic calibration algorithms for cameras, lidar, radar, and IMU sensors, and set the technical strategy for these systems.
  • Build online/self-calibration systems that detect and correct sensor drift or misalignment over the life of the vehicle.
  • Characterize sensor uncertainty and noise models to support downstream localization and perception fusion, anticipating failure modes before they arise in the field.
  • Design and maintain tooling for factory calibration, field recalibration, and post-maintenance verification.
  • Develop and evangelize metrics and automated checks to validate calibration quality and flag degraded sensors.
  • 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.
  • Collaborate closely with Localization, Mapping, Perception, and Hardware teams, and guide sensor selection strategy in partnership with Hardware and Sensors teams.
  • Mentor other engineers and represent CLAM in cross-functional design reviews.

Qualifications

  • Strong technical background. BS, MS, or PhD with academic or industry experience in sensor calibration, computer vision, or robotics.
  • Skilled in C++ with strong software engineering fundamentals, and experience building high-reliability deployed applications. Code is your craft.
  • Experience with intrinsic and extrinsic calibration techniques (e.g., camera-lidar calibration, hand-eye calibration, target-based and targetless methods).
  • Experience with optimization techniques used in calibration (e.g., bundle adjustment, nonlinear least squares, factor graphs).
  • Solid understanding of sensor uncertainty modeling and how calibration errors propagate into localization and perception.
  • Solid understanding of metrics, data analysis, and scientific evaluation.
  • A team player. You take ownership and are interested in the performance of the entire system across engineering disciplines.
  • Ability to build and iterate quickly, and comfortable defining and building lasting infrastructure components from scratch.
  • Hands on. Curious. Flexible. Interested in new domains to expand your horizons.
  • Great communicator. Experience writing clear, concise design documentation to gather feedback across the team.
  • (Staff-level candidates) Demonstrated ability to set technical direction, influence without direct authority, mentor engineers, and align multiple teams around a shared approach.

Skills

Required:Sensor calibrationC++ programmingOptimization techniques for calibrationSensor uncertainty modelingData analysis and scientific evaluationCross-functional collaborationDesign documentation

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
  • MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
  • Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
  • Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
  • Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
  • Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
  • Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
  • Fidelity 401(k)
  • Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
  • Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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