Senior/Staff HIL (Hardware-in-Loop) Design & Simulation Engineer

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 :

Gatik is hiring for a HiL Design & Simulation Engineer. You will be responsible for development of controls for production settings and practical experience in integrating controls in real-world environments.

You also will be establishing production software development guidelines / pipelines and adopting AV software development best practices.

This role will be onsite in our Mountain View office.

What you'll do :

• Setting up the HiL pipeline implementation on a simulation platform for real-world scenarios.
• Extending HiL systems both towards actuation testing and sensor testing to allow ECU and component testing.
• Establishing an end-to-end cloud simulation pipeline for orchestrating simulation tests.
• Integrating HiL simulation toolchain into existing requirements network.

What we're looking for :

• 5+ years of experience in HiL design in the automotive industry. Autonomous experience preferred.
• Proficiency in HiL, TruckSim / ADP suite, dSPACE, vehicle dynamics, and controls.
• Proficiency in HiL automation tools and requirements-based testing.
• Strong background in Matlab / Simulink.
• Good understanding of safety standards like ISO26262, SOTIF and the placement of HiL testing therein.
• Preliminary knowledge of C, cmake, Python, ROS2, C++, and Gitlab CI / CD.
• Strong background with CAN / CAN FD tools including but not limited to .dbc, Vector, Kvaser.
• Basic knowledge of mechatronics and electromechanics of a vehicle.

More about Gatik :

With headquarters in Mountain View, CA and offices in Canada, Texas and Arkansas. Gatik is establishing new standards of success for the autonomous trucking industry every day.

Visit us at for more company information and Jobs @ Gatik for more open roles. Gatik News :

• Gatik AI Website
• Tyson Foods Takes First Taste Of Autonomous With Gatik
• Forbes Cover featuring Gautam Narang 2023
• The 10 most innovative companies in transportation of 2023
• Gatik and Kroger multi-year commercial collaboration
• America’s Best Startup Employers of 2023 by Forbes
• America’s Best Startup Employers of 2022 by Forbes
• Gatik been named as a 2023 FreightTech 25 winner!
• Gatik named a TIME Best Invention of 2022
• Apeksha Kumavat recognized on the Inc. 2022 Female Founders 100 List

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.