Senior AV Software Engineer - Real-Time Control

Booster; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Gatik seeks passionate Software Engineers with strong fundamentals in software development and expertise in C/C++ and Matlab/Simulink for production environments. The role focuses on AV control and optimization, partnering with researchers and software engineers to design, test, and validate the autonomous fleet’s control features.

This onsite position requires collaboration across teams and hands-on work delivering real-time software for the autonomy stack at our Santa Clara, CA office.

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or Computer Science with a background in controls and optimization.
• 5+ years of production-level experience in C++/C and Matlab/Simulink.
• Experience using optimization techniques and tools/solvers to create robust controllers.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Controls & optimization

C/C++ production experience

Matlab/Simulink

Vehicle dynamics modeling

Mathematical foundations

Education

MSc or PhD in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or CS

Tools

ROS2

CAN

Python

Linux

Containerization

Bash scripting

Git / Source control

Job description

Gatik seeks passionate Software Engineers with strong fundamentals in software development and expertise in C/C++ and Matlab/Simulink for production environments. The role focuses on AV control and optimization, partnering with researchers and software engineers to design, test, and validate the autonomous fleet’s control features.

This onsite position requires collaboration across teams and hands-on work delivering real-time software for the autonomy stack at our Santa Clara, CA office.