About the role
Who We Are
Gatik is in the business of autonomous freight, and that business is already on the road.
Every day, Gatik’s autonomous trucks move freight for Fortune 50 retailers, grocers and consumer brands across Texas, Arizona, Arkansas and Canada, connecting distribution centers and stores and keeping goods moving. At the heart of it all is the Gatik Driver™, our proprietary Level 4 autonomous driving system, powered by scalable, interpretable AI and engineered to deliver safe, reliable, high-frequency freight operations.
Gatik’s momentum is real. With more than $600 million in contracted revenue and $200 million raised in our August 2026 Series D round, Gatik has taken one of the toughest challenges in autonomous technology and turned it into a proven commercial business.
And the market is paying attention. In 2026, Gatik earned a place on Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers list, Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies list and the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies. The Gatik Driver™ won an Edison Award for Advancements in Autonomous Driving, and Inc. named our Co-founder and Chief Engineer, Apeksha Kumavat, to its Female Founders 500 list.
There's a lot more road ahead, and some of the brightest, most driven minds in autonomous technology are building the next chapter at Gatik. We're taking on hard engineering problems, pushing the limits of what's possible and building on a commercial foundation that's already proven itself in the real world with some of the biggest companies in the world, like PepsiCo and Loblaw. If you're ambitious, love solving problems that matter and want to see your work make a real difference, you'll find plenty to get excited about here.
About the role
Gatik is hiring a Senior/Staff Vehicle Reliability Engineer. In this role you will develop vehicle and hardware tests and validation plans focusing on reliability and durability based upon the requirements provided. Additionally you will develop test profiles, run and manage these tests, collect and interpret the data and submit test reports summarizing the results. You will work closely with other internal and external teams to ensure that your test-plans and tests meet the needs of the project goals and provide valuable feedback to the development process. You will run tests internally as well as working with external vendors for the testing and validation of our cutting edge autonomy components and systems.
This role is onsite 5 days a week at our Santa Clara, CA office.
What you'll do • Create reliability test and validation plans for AV hardware components and subsystem • Lead and organize DFMEA efforts within the Hardware and Vehicle groups • Instrument & Collect data to support component testing and validation plan creation • Design custom test profiles as needed utilizing field measurements and requirements • Perform tests internally and manage outsourced testing activities as needed • Interpret test data and generate reports to provide feedback to the cross-functional teams • Design, assemble, operate and maintain test equipment and infrastructure • Lead test campaigns for the components or subsystems • Support the creation of reliability and performance benchmarks for custom components • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support testable requirement creation
What we’re looking for • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or a related field • 5+ years of engineering testing & validation experience in the hardware space with a strong focus on designing & managing validation plans • Several years of hands-on experience in the automotive, trucking, aerospace, robotics, or automation industry • Experience defining and managing mechanical and environmental tests for components that are integrated into vehicles or robots • Experience with vehicle communication protocols (CAN/LIN/Automotive ethernet) • Experience with setting up and collecting data with data acquisition systems for testing purposes • Experience in selection & usage of equipment such as as accelerometers, strain gauges, thermocouples, etc • Experience with processing data collected with DAQ (CANbus/LIN/Automotive Ethernet) • Familiarity using measured data to create HALT tests for accelerated testing • Experience with CAD tools
Bonus Qualifications • Experience with sensor technology such as camera, ultrasound, lidar, and radar • Familiarity to automate workflows (macros or data analysis) • Familiarity with MatLab and/or Python
Salary Range - $160,000-$220,000
More about Gatik
Founded in 2017, Gatik has grown into a commercial force in autonomous freight, operating trucks daily in live customer networks across the United States and Canada. We're headquartered in Santa Clara, California, but our impact is felt on the roads and in the supply chains that keep essential goods moving for some of the biggest companies in North America.
Our trucks do some of the most demanding work in freight, running high-frequency, time-sensitive routes between distribution centers and stores, where reliability matters every single day. For our customers, that means more capacity, better service and products arriving where they need to be, when they need to be there.
Behind it all is AI-first technology built from the ground up for autonomous trucking, capable of navigating highways and surface streets and tackling the complexity of real-world logistics at scale.
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Notable News
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Recent media coverage: • TechCrunch: Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal • Reuters: Gatik secures $200 million in funding as autonomous freight market accelerates • Bloomberg: Driverless Trucks Can Save Lives on America's Roads • PepsiCo website: PepsiCo and Gatik announce multi-year agreement to deploy autonomous freight in North America • Wall Street Journal: Driverless Trucks Are Here - and They’re Delivering Bags of Doritos • CBS News: Pepsi deploys self-driving delivery trucks • Bloomberg: Autonomous Trucking Firm Gatik Inks Contracts Worth $600 Million • Forbes: Hundreds’ Of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For U.S. Roads • CNBC-TV18: No more test runs: Gatik says driverless trucks are now a real, money-making business • Forbes: Gatik And Loblaw Announce Largest Commercial Deployment Of AV Trucks
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.
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