Senior Software Engineer (Controls, MATLAB)

• We are looking for an experienced Controls Software Engineer who is passionate about safety-critical motion control to join our Motion Planning & Controls team
• Be responsible for designing and implementing our feedback, control, and actuation strategies using both established & novel techniques
• Architect, develop, and test reliable, redundant, and safety-critical software that controls fully-loaded trucks driving on the road
• Characterize the vehicle platform (e.g., steering, braking, throttle/engine management, dynamics) to develop models that can be used for precise motion planning, simulation, and controls
• Work on fundamental problems in redundant actuation, degraded operation, and fail-safe control
• Collaborate with other teams at Kodiak (e.g. hardware, embedded systems, and systems engineering) to deliver a robust vehicle control architecture
• Create requirement specifications, implement features, plan testing, and document results

Benefits

• Remote-friendly work environment
• 401k
• Generous PTO policy
• Life insurance
• Assortment of medical (PPO/HMO/HDHP), dental, vision, and FSA plans
• Family-friendly company events
• Dog-friendly office
• Employee-driven fitness classes
• Beautiful, renovated facilities in Mountain View, CA and Lancaster, TX
• Free EV charging
• Trivia and board game nights

• A strong theoretical foundation paired with practical experience in controls, system modeling, and redundant architectures
• Development, testing, and tuning of controllers for mobile autonomous robots, ideally trucks, cars, or flying vehicles
• A focus on end-to-end vehicle safety
• Software development experience writing production-level MATLAB & Simulink
• System identification, modeling, simulation, and characterization of systems with complex dynamics
• Experience with automatic code generation from MATLAB / Simulink to embedded C / C++
• Effective development of production C++
• Expertise with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing
• Written low-level drivers for software/hardware interfacing using protocols such as CAN or ethernet
• Experience with software design and implementation in safety-critical domains (e.g. automotive, aerospace, medical, etc)
• Written efficient code running on resource-constrained embedded systems with a real-time operating system
• Experience with formal verification methods, writing requirements, and systems engineering processes
• Drafted safety goals and requirements with traceability, following the ISO26262 process