Who we are:

Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle mile logistics, delivers goods safely and efficiently using its fleet of light & medium-duty trucks. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 customers including Kroger, Walmart, Tyson Foods, Loblaw, Pitney Bowes, Georgia-Pacific, and KBX; enabling them to optimize their hub-and-spoke supply chain operations, enhance service levels and product flow across multiple locations while reducing labor costs and meeting an unprecedented expectation for faster deliveries. Gatik’s Class 3-7 autonomous box trucks are commercially deployed in multiple markets including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada.

About the role:

This role is essential and fundamental to ensure systems operate predictably at all times. The team is also responsible for supporting bring up R&D Production test benches and support manufacturing operations for the vehicle. Gatik is hiring a Sr/Staff Systems Engineer to help speed up our autonomous truck development. As a system engineer, you will oversee the deployment of next-generation compute, sensor, Dbw and data networking systems for autonomous vehicles.

This role is onsite 4 days a week at our Mountain View, CA office!

What you will do:

• Provide comprehensive advance systems expertise in integrating and bringing architecture changes and component revisions, thus ensuring that new configurations work as expected
• Serve as a primary contributor to ensure software system robustness & assist with advance technology SW integration in the vehicle network
• Responsible for writing test cases and executing systems integration tests at different abstraction levels of the system such as Hardware in Loop (HiL), Vehicle in Loop (ViL)
• Triage system software bugs & defects and investigate perceived issues, escalating when appropriate and driving to resolution
• Update and suggest changes to upstream processes and/or code after root cause investigation in collaboration with domain SMEs
• Hands-on vehicle bring up of in-house high compute ECUs and full autonomy sensor suite for data collection and logging
• Build, implement, and run test benches with proprietary or industry-standard tools to evaluate, document and identify problems with hardware-software integration
• Lead and drive debugging of the HW/SW issues to closure. Identify and work with key cross-functional partners to root cause and provide resolution
• Establish and take ownership of end-to-end automation of manual tests and come up with clear KPIs, metrics and quality benchmarks to support statistical validation
• Create new processes and maintain human workflows to achieve scalable and stable autonomous truck production
• Work closely with software developers, systems engineers, and other internal and/or external stakeholders to ensure that design and implementation are in sync

What we are looking for:

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or related field
• Fluency in writing automated test scripts (test routines) in text based languages such as Python
• Strong HW/FW debugging and problem solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Hands-on experience debugging complex systems that involve multiple ECUs with interfaces to various vehicle subsystems
• Experience with designing and deploying test setups on the bench, HiL, and/or the vehicle
• Experience in the automotive, trucking, aerospace, robotics, or automation industry with production at scale
• Experience validating systems in following industry standards and best practices for performance and safety such as ISO, IEC, FMVSS, SAE, AVSC, etc.

More about Gatik:

With headquarters in Mountain View, CA and offices in Canada, Texas and Arkansas. Gatik is establishing new standards of success for the autonomous trucking industry every day. Visit us at Gatik for more company information and Jobs @ Gatik for more open roles.

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• America’s Best Startup Employers of 2023 by Forbes
• America’s Best Startup Employers of 2022 by Forbes
• Gatik been named as a 2023 FreightTech 25 winner!
• Gatik named a TIME Best Invention of 2022
• Apeksha Kumavat recognized on the Inc. 2022 Female Founders 100 List
• Gatik’s Gautam Narang on the importance of knowing your customer
• Gatik CEO Gautam Narang was Named Among the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2022 by Goldman Sachs

Taking care of our team:

At Gatik, we connect people of extraordinary talent and experience to an opportunity to create a more resilient supply chain and contribute to our environment’s sustainability. We are diverse in our backgrounds and perspectives yet united by a bold vision and shared commitment to our values. Our culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect and agility.

We at Gatik strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that together we can do great things. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse team. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.