Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer Mountain View, CA

Gatik Al, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering company in autonomous logistics as a Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer. This role offers the opportunity to work hands-on with cutting-edge technology in the development of autonomous vehicles. You will be responsible for electrical systems and components, ensuring safety and performance while collaborating with a dynamic team. If you are passionate about innovation and eager to tackle challenges in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in the industry. Be part of a mission-driven team dedicated to transforming supply chain logistics and sustainability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in automotive, transportation, or robotics with high-performance compute and sensor architectures.
• Experience with electrical power circuits, CAN systems, and embedded system design.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical systems for vehicle autonomy, including power and sensor subsystems.
• Troubleshoot and debug electrical circuits and electromechanical systems.
• Identify new technologies to improve electrical system performance.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Troubleshooting

CANbus Design

Embedded Systems

Power Electronics

Sensor Integration

Solidworks EE

Environmental Testing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Multi-meters

Oscilloscopes

Power Supplies

CANalyzer

CANape

Job description

Who we are

Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle mile logistics, delivers goods safely and efficiently using its fleet of light & medium-duty trucks. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 customers including Kroger, Walmart, Tyson Foods, Loblaw, Pitney Bowes, Georgia-Pacific, and KBX; enabling them to optimize their hub-and-spoke supply chain operations, enhance service levels and product flow across multiple locations while reducing labor costs and meeting an unprecedented expectation for faster deliveries. Gatik’s Class 3-7 autonomous box trucks are commercially deployed in multiple markets including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada.

About the Role

We are seeking skilled and highly motivated individuals to join our electrical engineering team to help support the development of autonomous vehicles. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team. As a Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer, you will work on existing and future programs simultaneously. Some of the tasks you will be working on are scouting new technologies, providing Electrical Engineering expertise on new and existing AV platforms, troubleshooting problems in manufacturing, testing, or operations. You are excited to get hands-on and to apply your engineering knowledge while being extremely comfortable with hand-tools and rapid prototyping.
This role will be onsite 5 days a week in our Mountain View, CA office.

What You Will Do

• Own electrical systems and components of our vehicle autonomy system, including power, computing, sensor and digital subsystems.
• Support the design of electrical, networking and power architecture for the components with functional safety including redundancies where needed.
• Build and document procedures, improve the hardware platform and ensure system safety and performance.
• Troubleshoot and debug electrical circuits and electromechanical systems.
• Triage vehicle and component status and performance leveraging different signal architectures.
• Identify new technologies and lead benchmarking to improve electrical system performance and optimize electrical architectures.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or a related, equivalent discipline (Masters preferred).
• 5+ years of experience working in an industry like automotive, transportation or robotics with exposure to high performance compute and sensor architectures.
• General thermal and mechanical engineering knowledge with a good understanding of automotive EMI regulations & design requirements.
• Experience in troubleshooting, designing and documenting electrical power circuits.
• Experience interfacing with CAN based systems and logs using tools such as UML, EA, CANalyzer, CANape etc.
• Experience in CANbus design and analysis including reverse engineering the messages.
• Proficient in the use of electrical test equipment (e.g. multi-meters, oscilloscopes, power supplies).
• Experience with battery chargers/balancers and DC (LV) power electronics.
• Experience with embedded system design and working with hardware/sensor integration, such as Lidar/radar/cameras and GPS.
• Experience in designing, documenting, repairing automotive wiring and harnesses.
• Experience with ISO26262 (preferred).
• Experience in Solidworks EE for schematics.
• Experience in environmental testing.

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.