Senior Software Engineer, Perception

Gatik AI, Inc.

CA$180,000 - CA$260,000 / year

Santa Clara, CA Full-timeOn-siteProficient

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Description

Who we are

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 role

We are looking for talented Staff Engineers with expertise in classical and modern computer vision techniques to lead or actively contribute to the architecture, design, implementation, and delivery of a multi-modal perception system. The ideal candidate will be a software expert who has overseen a process from the R&D phase through product shipment and has a passion for leading teams and developing real-world solutions.

This role is onsite at our Santa Clara, CA office.

What you'll do

Design and implement key components of perception system such as object detection, object tracking, and multi-sensor fusion
Build software infrastructure to enable learning algorithms to leverage large scale image/LIDAR data
Design and write highly optimized pipelines for data pre-processing, model training, data post-processing, inferencing etc.
Train perception models, evaluate their performance, investigate and fix performance bottlenecks
Develop scalable training and evaluation tools and infrastructure
Collaborate with other engineers to conduct system integration and tests

What we're looking for

Masters’ or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or related field
7+ years of related experience
2+ years of professional experience working on Computer Vision using C++ and OpenCV
Expert knowledge of modern C++ (C++11 or later) and Python
Experience in deploying perception algorithms into real-world environments
Familiar with NVIDIA software libraries such as CUDA or TensorRT
Experience building testing and evaluation platforms
Familiarity with deep learning applied to computer vision problems
Experience working on Computer Vision problems in at least two of the following subjects: Feature detection & matching, Image Filtering, Object Tracking, 3D Estimation, 3D Reconstruction, SLAM
Proficiency in modern container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
In-depth understanding of software performance and optimization
Strong math fundamentals and a good grasp of 3D geometry and vector math
Worked with one or more neural network frameworks, such as Tensorflow or PyTorch

Salary Range - $180,000- $260,000

More about Gatik

Founded 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.

Visit us at Gatik for more company information and Careers at Gatik for more open roles.

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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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About this role

Gatik is building the perception systems that power fully autonomous freight trucks already operating commercially across North America. As a Senior Software Engineer in Perception, you'd own critical components of the multi-modal perception stack—object detection, tracking, and sensor fusion—working from research through deployment on real vehicles. This is hands-on technical leadership: designing optimized pipelines for training and inference at scale, collaborating on system integration, and solving the concrete performance challenges that arise when computer vision runs on moving trucks in varied environments.

The role demands deep expertise across classical and modern computer vision, with particular strength in C++ and Python, CUDA/TensorRT optimization, and hands-on experience deploying perception algorithms in production. You'll need at least seven years in related work, a graduate degree in a relevant field, and proven capability in at least two specialized areas—whether feature detection, object tracking, 3D reconstruction, or SLAM. Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and modern deep learning frameworks is expected, along with the mathematical foundation to reason about 3D geometry and vector operations.

This is an in-office role in Santa Clara with a salary range of $180,000 to $260,000. It suits engineers who have shipped real-world computer vision systems before and want to apply that experience to a problem with immediate commercial impact and clear safety constraints.

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