Senior/Staff Test & Validation Engineer, Sensors and Components

at  Gatik AI Inc

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 a Senior/Staff Test & Validation Engineer - Sensors and Components. In this role, you will develop tests and validation plans for Radars based upon the requirements provided. Additionally you will design 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 teams to ensure that your tests and test-plans meet the needs of the project goals and provide valuable feedback to the design process. You will run tests internally as well as working with external vendors for the testing and validation of our state-of-the-art autonomy components and systems.
This role is onsite at least four 4 days a week at our Mountain View, CA office!

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Define use cases and requirements for the autonomous-driving sensor suite, primarily radar, but including cameras, lidar, and near-range sensors
• Develop and execute hands-on sensor tests to improve perception performance and production readiness
• Manage relationships with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and external partners.
• Work with the perception team to identify, understand, and solve sensor (camera, lidar, radar) performance issues
• Create test and validation plans for AV hardware components and subsystem
• Gather data to support component testing and validation plan creation
• Design custom test profiles as needed utilizing our field measurement and requirements
• Perform tests internally and manage outsourced testing activities as needed
• Collect measurements, interpret data and generate test reports to provide feedback to the cross-functional teams
• Design, assemble, operate and maintain test equipment and infrastructure
• Run 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