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Gatik

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle
Location
Santa ClaraCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Aug 18, 2025
Salary
$180,000–$250,000 a year
Full-time

Senior Software Engineer, Localization

Job description

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.

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Job responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and optimize sensor-based localization and odometry algorithms to improve the positioning accuracy of autonomous vehicles.
  • Implement algorithms for sensor fusion, utilizing data from IMU, GPS, Lidar, and other sensors to create a robust, reliable localization pipeline.
  • Develop and integrate real-time SLAM techniques for both structured and unstructured environments.
  • Collaborate closely with perception, mapping, and control teams to ensure the seamless integration of localization outputs within the autonomous driving stack.
  • Conduct rigorous testing and validation in both simulation environments and real-world scenarios, focusing on challenging conditions like urban and unstructured environments.
  • Analyze and debug complex issues in localization, implementing improvements based on both field test data and user feedback.
  • Research state-of-the-art techniques in lidar and camera-based localization, keeping the localization stack up-to-date with advancements in sensor processing and computational efficiency.
  • Contribute to performance benchmarking, tuning, and continuous improvement efforts to meet real-time constraints and increase system robustness.

Job requirements

  • M.S. or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 6+ years industry experience writing C++ software in a production environment - architecture design, unit testing, code review, algorithm performance trade-offs, etc.
  • 2+ years of experience in the AV/ADAS industries.
  • Experience in developing localization algorithms for autonomous vehicles or robotic systems, with a strong focus on GPS-IMU sensor fusion and SLAM.
  • Proficiency in C++ and Python, with hands-on experience in ROS/ROS2.
  • Experience with pose estimation, SLAM, probabilistic filtering, Kalman filtering, and non-linear optimization.
  • Practical experience in processing large-scale and real-world data sets.
  • Experience implementing mathematical principles effectively in software
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