Winter 2027 Intern Mission Planning
Kodiak AI is an active public company providing AI-powered autonomous ground-vehicle technology, principally through the Kodiak Driver for commercial trucking, industrial trucking, and defense applications.
Funding history
About Kodiak AI, Inc.
Kodiak Driver combines AI-powered software and modular, vehicle-agnostic hardware to enable driverless vehicle operations. Kodiak commercializes the technology through a Driver-as-a-Service model and serves trucking, industrial, and defense customers.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop mission, routing, and fault-management algorithms for autonomous trucks. You will deploy production C++ code, apply commands from human operations specialists, improve construction-zone routing, implement safety-critical fault-management policies, and solve robotics problems.
Requirements
- Pursue a degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- Be a junior, senior, or graduate student
- Demonstrate strong C++ programming skills
- Demonstrate knowledge of kinematics, linear algebra, and calculus
- Solve basic graph-search problems
Responsibilities
- Develop core mission, routing, and fault-management algorithms
- Deploy code on autonomous trucks
- Apply commands from human operations specialists to the fleet
- Improve routing through construction zones
- Implement safety-critical fault-management policies
- Design and implement solutions to complex robotics problems
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Dog-friendly office
- Free catered lunch