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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Controls

Gatik
Mountain View, California
Full Time
Posted August 19, 2025
$180k - $250k
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Job Description

The role involves designing, developing, and testing real-time software for autonomous vehicle control and optimization, collaborating with research and engineering teams to enable safe, reliable, and efficient autonomous middle-mile freight transportation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and support real-time mission-critical software for autonomous vehicle control and optimization.
  • Collaborate with research and control teams to develop, test, and validate control and optimization algorithms in simulation and in-vehicle testing.
  • Support rapid prototyping of new methodologies through simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
  • Participate in tuning, calibration, and in-vehicle testing of autonomous systems.
  • Assist in visualization and analysis of test data to improve system performance.
  • Integrate software with planning, localization, and testing teams to ensure secure and scalable deployment.

Requirements

  • A MSc or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or Computer Science with a background in controls and optimization.
  • Deep understanding of optimal control, Model Predictive Control (MPC), and Kalman filtering.
  • At least 5 years of production-level experience in C and C++ high and low level coding and Matlab Simulink.
  • Experience using optimization techniques and tools solvers to create robust and performant controllers.
  • Solid background in mathematics and linear algebra, and vehicle dynamics modeling and controls.
  • At least 2 years of experience in the Autonomous Vehicles (AV) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) industries.
  • Experience using source control, containerization, bash scripting, ROS2, CAN, Python, and Linux.

Benefits & Perks

Salary Range: 180,000-250,000 USD
Work schedule: Onsite 5 days a week
Work environment perks: Collaborative, diverse, inclusive culture emphasizing respect and agility
Additional benefits: Opportunities for growth and success within a resilient and sustainable supply chain, contribution to innovative autonomous vehicle technology

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