Winter 2027 Intern Motion 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 decision-making and motion-planning algorithms for autonomous trucks. You will deploy production C++ and Python code, improve highway-merge and lane-change strategies, refine low-speed industrial behavior, and solve complex 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++ and Python programming skills
- Demonstrate knowledge of kinematics, linear algebra, and calculus
- Solve basic optimization and computational-geometry problems
- Understand motion planning, decision-making, and trajectory optimization for autonomous systems
Responsibilities
- Develop core decision-making and motion-planning algorithms
- Deploy code on autonomous trucks
- Improve strategies for complex highway merges
- Optimize lane-change behaviors
- Refine low-speed behavior in industrial operations
- Design and implement solutions to complex robotics problems
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Dog-friendly office
- Free catered lunch