Gatik AI
Senior Systems & Safety Engineer – Autonomy
Santa Clara, CA · Senior
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About the role
- Gatik's commercial middle-mile operations require uncompromising system safety across the entire autonomous driving stack.
- You will architect high-availability, fail-operational mechanisms, define system-level safety targets, and ensure every autonomy release satisfies Gatik's driverless safety case.
- This role is onsite 5 days a week at our Santa Clara, CA office!
Responsibilities
- System Safety Concept Development: Define and maintain the Functional Safety Concept (FSC) and Technical Safety Concept (TSC) for Gatik's Level 4 autonomous system in accordance with ISO 26262 (up to ASIL D).
- Hazard Analysis & Risk Assessment (HARA): Lead system-level HARAs, STPA (System-Theoretic Process Analysis), FMEAs, and FTAs (Fault Tree Analysis) across autonomy modules.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Autonomy Software, Middleware, Infrastructure, and Systems teams to embed functional safety into daily agile development processes.
- Define and maintain the Functional Safety Concept (FSC) and Technical Safety Concept (TSC) for Gatik's Level 4 autonomous system in accordance with ISO 26262 (up to ASIL D).
- Lead system-level HARAs, STPA (System-Theoretic Process Analysis), FMEAs, and FTAs (Fault Tree Analysis) across autonomy modules.
Requirements
- Standards Mastery: Deep expertise in ISO 26262, UL 4600, and ISO 21448.
- Strong programming proficiency in C++ and Python for reading codebases, analyzing logs, and writing architectural scripts.
- Experience defining architecture for deterministic, real-time autonomous systems.
- Tooling: Experience with safety and requirements management software (Jama, DOORS, Enterprise Architect, or code-based tracing tools).
Nice to have
- Experience shipping Level 4 driverless commercial operations (trucking or passenger AVs).
- Experience with middleware safety (ROS2 safety layers, Adaptive AUTOSAR, or custom IPC frameworks).
- Expertise in safety arguments using Goal Structuring Notation (GSN).
- More about Gatik
- 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.
- Visit us at Gatik for more company information and Careers at Gatik for more open roles.
- Forbes: Forget robotaxis.
Compensation
- Salary Range - $160,000- $240,000
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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