Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation.
The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations.
About the roleDevelops modern C++ backend systems for vehicle telemetry, state management, and real-time communication. Designs low-latency, high-reliability protocols and safety-critical workflows. Collaborates across autonomy and platform teams, interfaces with vendors, and conducts on-vehicle testing to optimize performance and reliability.
This role will be onsite at our Santa Clara, CA office.
What you'll do- Design and implement back-end software in modern C++ to support vehicle telemetry, communications, and system state management.
- Architect low-latency, high-reliability communication protocols for real-time data exchange across distributed systems.
- Develop intuitive and safety-critical user workflows to ensure clear and reliable vehicle state transitions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with teams in behavior planning, platform engineering, integration, safety, and operations to align technical solutions with stakeholder needs.
- Perform metric analysis and performance optimization in a dynamic, highly concurrent software stack.
- Interface with global vendors, ensuring alignment of technical goals, deliverables, and integration timelines.
- Participate in on-vehicle testing, conducting functional analysis of new features and collecting data on latency, throughput, and stream quality.
- Master's degree in robotics, computer engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of experience, or Bachelor's degree with 7+ years in autonomous systems or embedded software.
- Strong proficiency in modern C++, with deep expertise in high-concurrency systems for real-time or safety-critical applications.
- Solid understanding of communication protocols, including TCP/IP, UDP, and custom transport layers.
- Strong grasp of operating system fundamentals, including process priority, scheduling, inter-process communication (IPC), and performance optimization on distributed platforms.
- Experience with robotics middleware, particularly ROS 2.
- Exceptional analytical and debugging skills, with a proven ability to work across disciplines and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Bonus: Experience with cellular networks, modem optimization, and telecom systems is a strong plus.
Salary Range - $180,000- $260,000
More about GatikFounded in 2017 by experts in autonomous vehicle technology, Gatik has rapidly expanded its presence to Mountain View, Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas, and Toronto. As the first and only company to achieve fully driverless middle-mile commercial deliveries, Gatik holds a unique and defensible position in the AV industry, with a clear trajectory toward sustainable growth and profitability.
We have delivered complete, proprietary AV technology - an integration of software and hardware - to enable earlier successes for our clients in constrained Level 4 autonomy. By choosing the middle mile – with defined point-to-point delivery, we have simplified some of the more complex AV challenges, enabling us to achieve full autonomy ahead of competitors. Given extensive knowledge of Gatik’s well-defined, fixed route ODDs and hybrid architecture, we are able to hyper-optimize our models with exponentially less data, establish gate-keeping mechanisms to maintain explainability, and ensure continued safety of the system for unmanned operations.
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Notable News- Bloomberg: Autonomous Trucking Firm Gatik Inks Contracts Worth $600 Million
- Forbes: Hundreds’ Of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For U.S. Roads
- Forbes:Gatik And Loblaw Announce Largest Commercial Deployment Of AV Trucks
- Forbes: Forget robotaxis. Upstart Gatik sees middle-mile deliveries as the path to profitable AVs
- Tech Brew: Gatik AI exec unpacks the regulations that could shape the AV industry
- Business Wire: Gatik Paves the Way for Safe Driverless Operations (‘Freight-Only’) at Scale with Industry-First Third-Party Safety Assessment Framework
- Auto Futures: Autonomous Trucking Group Gatik Secures Investment From NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS
- Automotive News: Gatik foresees hundreds of self-driving trucks on road soon, and that's just the beginning
- Forbes: Isuzu And Gatik Go All In To Scale Up Driverless Freight Services
- Bloomberg: Autonomous Vehicle Startup Takes Off by Picking Off Easier Routes
- Reuters: Driverless vehicles on limited routes bump along despite US robotaxi scrutiny
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.
Skills Required
- Master's degree in robotics, computer engineering, or related field with 5+ years experience, or Bachelor's degree with 7+ years in autonomous systems or embedded software.
- Strong proficiency in modern C++.
- Deep expertise in high-concurrency systems for real-time or safety-critical applications.
- Solid understanding of communication protocols, including TCP/IP and UDP, and custom transport layers.
- Strong grasp of operating system fundamentals including process priority, scheduling, inter-process communication (IPC), and performance optimization.
- Experience with robotics middleware, particularly ROS 2.
- Exceptional analytical and debugging skills and ability to work cross-functionally and communicate effectively.
- Experience with cellular networks, modem optimization, and telecom systems.
- Experience participating in on-vehicle testing and collecting performance metrics (latency, throughput, stream quality).
What We Do
Gatik was founded in 2017 by veterans of the autonomous technology industry and has established offices in Palo Alto and Toronto. The company’s mission is to deliver goods safely and efficiently using autonomous vehicles. With its fleet of light to medium-duty trucks, Gatik is leading the way in autonomous middle mile delivery. The company focuses on short-haul, business to business (B2B) logistics for the retail industry, enabling its customers to optimize their hub-and-spoke supply chain operations, enhance inventory pooling across multiple locations, reduce labor costs and meet the unprecedented demand for contactless delivery.
