Senior Software Engineer, Behavior Prediction- Planning

Mountain View, CAfull timeOn Site

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$170k–$210k

H1B: yes

Kodiak Senior Software Engineer to improve behavior prediction for autonomous driving by advancing prediction models and collaborating with ML teams. Responsible for improving prediction-planning interfaces and defining metrics for prediction quality related to planning behavior.

Responsibilities

Own prediction improvements within the Planning team. Advance prediction models and collaborate closely with ML teams on learned prediction models, model outputs, uncertainty, and failure modes.
Improve prediction-planning interfaces, including confidence, uncertainty, intent representation, and fallback behavior.
Collaborate on projects that improve planning behavior in scenarios where actor intent is uncertain or changing.
Define metrics and evaluation frameworks for prediction quality as it relates to planning behavior. Analyze prediction-related planning failures using logs, simulation, metrics, and scenario-based evaluation.
Lead technical projects and mentor junior engineers.
What you’ll bring:
Strong experience with behavior prediction, trajectory prediction, actor intent modeling, or related autonomous vehicle prediction problems.
Strong software engineering skills with proficiency in C++. Python proficiency is a plus.
Experience working with planning systems and understanding of how prediction impacts planning, safety, comfort, and system behavior.
Ability to analyze complex autonomy failures using logs, metrics, and simulation.
Strong collaboration skills across Perception, Planning, ML, Simulation, and Systems teams.
Strong system-level judgment around prediction uncertainty, safety, and deployment and ability to reason across heuristic, learned, and hybrid prediction approaches.

Qualification

Python proficiency

Required

Strong experience with behavior prediction, trajectory prediction, actor intent modeling, or related autonomous vehicle prediction problems
Strong software engineering skills with proficiency in C++
Experience working with planning systems and understanding of how prediction impacts planning, safety, comfort, and system behavior
Ability to analyze complex autonomy failures using logs, metrics, and simulation
Strong collaboration skills across Perception, Planning, ML, Simulation, and Systems teams