Gatik AI

Gatik AI

Senior/ Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning

Santa Clara, CA · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
C++ExpressSupply ChainLogisticsRoboticsCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Our planning team calculates safe paths for the autonomous vehicle to follow using mapping data, localization data, waypoints, and predicted actors around the vehicle.
  • Your contribution will improve planning for emergency situations and planning for complicated maneuvers such as loading dock access and variable lane changes.
  • This role is onsite 5 days a week at our Santa Clara, CA office!

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and optimize the motion planning stack for autonomous vehicles, enabling safe, comfortable, and efficient driving in diverse real-world environments.
  • Develop lattice-based planners, sampling-based planners, and optimization-based methods for generating dynamically feasible, collision-free trajectories.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with behavior planning, control, and mapping teams to ensure robust and consistent planning behavior.
  • Optimize and maintain C++-based infrastructure for trajectory generation, evaluation, and deployment in real-time onboard systems.

Requirements

  • Ph.D. with 3+ years or Master's with 5+ years of experience in robotics, motion planning, or autonomous systems.
  • Strong proficiency in C++, with experience in production-quality code for real-time or safety-critical systems.
  • Experience with simulation tools and debugging motion planner behavior in realistic driving environments.
  • Deep expertise in at least two of the following: lattice-based planning, trajectory optimization, model predictive control, or search-based planning.

Skills

  • Gatik Paves the Way for Safe Driverless Operations ('Freight-Only') at Scale with Industry-First Third-Party Safety Assessment Framework

Compensation

  • Salary Range - $180,000- $260,000

Benefits

  • Knowledge of diffusion models and/or Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models is a strong plus.

Company info

  • 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.
  • 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.
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