About the role
We are seeking passionate Senior/Staff Software Engineers who have strong fundamentals in software development practices and are experts in C++ in a production-oriented environment. The ideal candidate is a highly experienced C++ developer with a passion for building scalable, high-performance software platforms that enable perception and autonomy capabilities for the world's first safe, reliable, and efficient network of autonomous vehicles.
You will partner with research and software engineers to productionize, integrate, optimize, test, and validate perception and autonomy features for our autonomous fleet.
This role will be onsite at our Santa Clara, CA office.
What you'll do
Design, implement, integrate, and support real-time, mission-critical software for Gatik’s autonomy stack
Build and evolve platform capabilities that enable perception and autonomy algorithms to run reliably and efficiently in production
Work with research engineers to translate algorithms and prototypes into maintainable, testable, production-quality software
Architect and implement solutions to complex integration challenges across sensors, perception components, compute platforms, and the broader autonomy stack
Optimize real-time software pipelines for latency, compute, memory usage, and system performance
Guide and mentor autonomy researchers and algorithm developers to ensure their components run efficiently with optimal compute and memory usage
Develop tools and frameworks for validation, benchmarking, debugging, and performance analysis of autonomy software
Collaborate with Infrastructure and DevOps teams for efficient, secure, and scalable software delivery to Gatik’s autonomous fleet
Conduct code and design reviews and help drive strong software architecture and SDLC practices
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field
Master’s or PhD preferred
7+ years of relevant industry experience in a production environment
Expert software development skills in C++ and experience with build systems such as Conan, CMake, or Bazel
Strong system integration and software architecture experience
Experience building real-time, high-performance software on embedded or compute-constrained systems
Experience building software platforms, frameworks, or infrastructure supporting perception, robotics, or other complex systems
Strong understanding of performance optimization, multithreading, memory management, and debugging
Experience with software development, testing, validation, and production deployment
Bonus Qualifications
Experience with perception systems, sensor processing, sensor fusion, 3D reconstruction, or tracking
Working knowledge of Planning and Prediction modules within an AV stack
Experience with ROS2 and PyTorch
Experience integrating and deploying AI/ML models
Experience with hardware/software integration and embedded compute platforms
Experience building benchmarking, simulation, or validation infrastructure
Salary Range - $180,000- $260,000
More about Gatik
Founded in 2017, Gatik has grown into a commercial force in autonomous freight, operating trucks daily in live customer networks across the United States and Canada. We're headquartered in Santa Clara, California, but our impact is felt on the roads and in the supply chains that keep essential goods moving for some of the biggest companies in North America.
Our trucks do some of the most demanding work in freight, running high-frequency, time-sensitive routes between distribution centers and stores, where reliability matters every single day. For our customers, that means more capacity, better service and products arriving where they need to be, when they need to be there.
Behind it all is AI-first technology built from the ground up for autonomous trucking, capable of navigating highways and surface streets and tackling the complexity of real-world logistics at scale.
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Notable News
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Recent media coverage
TechCrunch: Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal
Reuters: Gatik secures $200 million in funding as autonomous freight market accelerates
Bloomberg: Driverless Trucks Can Save Lives on America's Roads
PepsiCo website: PepsiCo and Gatik announce multi-year agreement to deploy autonomous freight in North America
Wall Street Journal: Driverless Trucks Are Here - and They’re Delivering Bags of Doritos
CBS News: Pepsi deploys self-driving delivery trucks
Bloomberg: Autonomous Trucking Firm Gatik Inks Contracts Worth $600 Million
Forbes: Hundreds’ Of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For U.S. Roads
CNBC-TV18: No more test runs: Gatik says driverless trucks are now a real, money-making business
Forbes: Gatik And Loblaw Announce Largest Commercial Deployment Of AV Trucks
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.
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