Senior Mechanical Engineer

Who we are

Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation. 

The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations. 

About the role

As a Senior or Staff Mechanical Engineer in our Hardware Integration team you will be responsible for engineering support structures for the sensor stack, aesthetic covers, and establishing the processes needed to do this at a low & medium volume production scale today and prepare for high volume production in the future. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering high quality vehicle builds following best engineering practices & standards. Your area of expertise is design of mechanical structural assemblies & integration of electronic components, preferably in the automotive industry. You are excited about generating new design ideas in CAD and are comfortable with hand-tools and rapid prototyping fabrication to test out your design.

This role requires working onsite 5 days a week from our Santa Clara, CA headquarters.

What you'll do

• Lead the engineering efforts for the mechanical design & analysis from ideation to drawing release
• Take ownership of subsystems or complex component assemblies on and off the vehicles
• Perform FE analyses on your design to validate it against the use case (static, natural frequency,etc).
• Champion the DFM, DFA & DFS efforts during the design cycle.
• Closely collaborate with validation team in creation & execution of the test plan
• Perform detailed calculations of selected components eg. bolted/ welded/ bonded joints, seals, etc.
• Perform tolerance stack-up analysis for your design and use appropriate GD&T strategy.
• Work on cooling solutions for sensors & other electronic components.
• Own the BOM for your design & work cross functionally with procurement & manufacturing for downstream processes.
• Build and bring-up prototype vehicles following best engineering practices & standards.
• Lead, mentor and grow the mechanical engineering discipline by creating standards & processes.

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years of experience designing & analyzing complex mechanical structures and integration of hardware.
• An engineering degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics or an equivalent field.
• Delivered multiple parts, subsystem(s) or system(s) to production successfully
• Experience in automotive or transportation sector, dealing with larger assemblies and parts
• Excellent skills for 3D CAD design & 2D drafting per ASME Y14.5  (NX preferred)
• Experience in FE analysis (vibration experience bonus)
• Experience working in an engineering process environment eg. using PDM & PLM, creating ECOs, generating BOMs, CM etc.
• Expertise in creating Aluminum & steel designs, with a focus on sheet metal fabrication, welded design, extrusions & machined design.
• Expertise in  tolerance stacking, especially linear & simple 2D stacks.
• Working knowledge of ISO 26262 & its relevance to integration of E&E components.
• Expertise in component selection and specification (seals, fasteners, materials, coatings etc.)
• Hands-on Engineer that is able and willing to use hand tools including drills, brake presses, oscillating saws, grinders, rotary tools etc. if required

Bonus

• Experience in design of heat sinks, heat exchangers, thermal design & CFD
• Experience working with sensors like Lidars, Radars, Camera, GNSS etc
• Experience working with sensor cleaning & sensor protection solutions
• Working knowledge of a scripting language like python, go, perl, etc.
• Working knowledge of optics, have worked with cameras & lidars in the past
• Working knowledge of harness routing, have experience working with harness engineers
• Understanding of E&E basics like power draw, high data rate cables, connectors, etc.

Salary Range - $170,000- $220,000

More about Gatik

Founded in 2017 by experts in autonomous vehicle technology, Gatik has rapidly expanded its presence to Mountain View, Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas, and Toronto. As the first and only company to achieve fully driverless middle-mile commercial deliveries, Gatik holds a unique and defensible position in the AV industry, with a clear trajectory toward sustainable growth and profitability.

We have delivered complete, proprietary AV technology - an integration of software and hardware - to enable earlier successes for our clients in constrained Level 4 autonomy.  By choosing the middle mile – with defined point-to-point delivery, we have simplified some of the more complex AV challenges, enabling us to achieve full autonomy ahead of competitors. Given extensive knowledge of Gatik’s well-defined, fixed route ODDs and hybrid architecture, we are able to hyper-optimize our models with exponentially less data, establish gate-keeping mechanisms to maintain explainability, and ensure continued safety of the system for unmanned operations.

Visit us at Gatik for more company information and Careers at Gatik for more open roles.

Notable News

• Bloomberg: Autonomous Trucking Firm Gatik Inks Contracts Worth $600 Million
• Forbes: Hundreds’ Of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For U.S. Roads
• Forbes:Gatik And Loblaw Announce Largest Commercial Deployment Of AV Trucks
• Forbes: Forget robotaxis. Upstart Gatik sees middle-mile deliveries as the path to profitable AVs
• Tech Brew: Gatik AI exec unpacks the regulations that could shape the AV industry
• Business Wire: Gatik Paves the Way for Safe Driverless Operations (‘Freight-Only’) at Scale with Industry-First Third-Party Safety Assessment Framework
• Auto Futures: Autonomous Trucking Group Gatik Secures Investment From NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS
• Automotive News: Gatik foresees hundreds of self-driving trucks on road soon, and that's just the beginning
• Forbes: Isuzu And Gatik Go All In To Scale Up Driverless Freight Services
• Bloomberg: Autonomous Vehicle Startup Takes Off by Picking Off Easier Routes
• Reuters: Driverless vehicles on limited routes bump along despite US robotaxi scrutiny

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.

E-Verify Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Gatik participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program