Senior Software Engineer, Controls

The role

You will design, implement, and support real-time mission-critical software for the autonomy stack. You will work with research and control teams to develop and validate control and optimization methods through simulation and in-vehicle testing.

What you will do

• Design, implement, integrate, and support real-time mission-critical software for Gatik’s autonomy stack.
• Work with the research engineers to develop maintainable, testable, and robust software designs.
• Work with the Control team to develop, design, and implement the control and optimization methods in simulation and through in-vehicle testing.
• Support rapid prototyping of new methodologies via SiL and HiL.
• Participate in tuning, calibration, and in-vehicle testing.
• Participate in the visualization and post-processing of test data.
• Collaborate with planning, localization, dbw, and testing teams for efficient, secure, and scalable software integration

Required qualifications

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

Nice to have

• Familiar with dSPACE and vehicle dynamic modeling toolchains.
• Familiar with SiL/HiL setup and automotive-grade simulation tools such as TruckSim and IPG TruckMaker.
• Familiar with CI/CD and pipeline management.

About the company

Gatik is a leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics providing an autonomous transportation-as-a-service solution. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers.