Sr. Manager, Network Design & Optimization

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

Network Design & Optimization (NDO) is a highly cross-functional, strategic, and instrumental function within Gatik. The team is responsible for planning and maintaining networks / routes for Gatik’s Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). The NDO team provides the critical link between business and technical functions within Gatik. The team collaborates across various functions including Commercial, Engineering, Procurement, Operations, and Product. We are looking for an individual to become an integral part of this team.

The individual will be responsible for leveraging their strong quantitative, strategic thinking and creative skills to help Gatik scale Freight-Only Operations and meet rising demands of our customers. The individual will work across functions, and enable the NDO team in meeting its broad mandate.

In this role, your learning, growth and responsibility will be directly influenced by you. We are a small yet highly effective team where ownership, collaboration and communication skills are highly desired. If you are such an individual, we'd love to talk to you.

This role is 5 days a week at our Santa Clara, CA office location.

What you'll do

- Collaborate with a team of business, technical, product and operations individuals to design and optimize Gatik’s Autonomous Networks.

- Drive the implementation and scaling of tools, capabilities, and processes necessary to achieve goals of the NDO team.

- Analyze the network data of customers and prepare optimized networks and corresponding commercial proposals

- Structure complex problems, analyze large amounts of data, and deliver insights and recommendations to the Gatik leadership team.

- Support the B2B sales cycle including data analysis, network design, routing, scheduling and proposal drafting

- Lead end to end projects within Gatik and external stakeholders to collect and compile information in support of business strategy and operations.

- Explain business requirements to technical team members and ensure product development alignment with team vision and goals

- Conduct research and analysis of industry, company, customer, and channel data to support market assessment and identification of key trends / opportunities.

- Communicate analysis and recommendations to stakeholders including external senior executives by preparing presentations and identifying actionable insights

What we're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related science discipline. MBA preferred.

- 5+ years of work experience in a strategic, analytical and/or customer facing role. Consulting, Banking, and/or a start-up experience preferred.

- Hands on experience problem solving and implementing scalable solutions to complex problems within a rapidly changing environment

- Proven ability to analyze data, develop creative solutions, and make sound decisions under pressure.

- Excellent proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Data analytics tools. Data modeling / scripting skills with Python strongly preferred.

- Comfortable using AI tools to automate workflows.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels.

- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing ambiguity, ability to multitask and prioritize conflicting demands.

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 (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-27/autonomous-trucking-firm-gatik-inks-contracts-worth-600-million)

- Forbes: Hundreds’ Of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For U.S. Roads (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2026/01/28/hundreds-of-gatik-robot-delivery-trucks-headed-for-us-roads/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainLI&utm_source=ForbesMainLinkedIn&utm_medium=social)

- Forbes:Gatik And Loblaw Announce Largest Commercial Deployment Of AV Trucks (https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardbishop1/2025/09/23/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 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2023/09/05/forget-robotaxis-upstart-gatik-sees-middle-mile-deliveries-as-the-path-to-profitable-avs/?sh=52b7a7866e61)

- Tech Brew: Gatik AI exec unpacks the regulations that could shape the AV industry (https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2024/09/06/gatik-ai-richard-steiner-regulations-av-industry)

- Business Wire: Gatik Paves the Way for Safe Driverless Operations (‘Freight-Only’) at Scale with Industry-First Third-Party Safety Assessment Framework (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241008155613/en/Gatik-Paves-the-Way-for-Safe-Driverless-Operations-%E2%80%98Freight-Only%E2%80%99-at-Scale-with-Industry-First-Third-Party-Safety-Assessment-Framework)

- Auto Futures: Autonomous Trucking Group Gatik Secures Investment From NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS (https://www.autofutures.tv/news-features/autonomous-trucking-group-gatik-secures-investment-from-nippon-express-holdings/s/e125e5df-220b-42b6-b2df-754f54d602a9)

- Automotive News: Gatik foresees hundreds of self-driving trucks on road soon, and that's just the beginning (https://www.autonews.com/mobility-report/gatik-prepares-launch-self-driving-trucks-scale)

- Forbes: Isuzu And Gatik Go All In To Scale Up Driverless Freight Services (https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardbishop1/2024/05/30/isuzu-and-gatik-go-all-in-to-scale-up-driverless-freight-services/)

- Bloomberg: Autonomous Vehicle Startup Takes Off by Picking Off Easier Routes (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-24/autonomous-vehicle-startup-takes-off-by-picking-off-easier-routes)

- Reuters: Driverless vehicles on limited routes bump along despite US robotaxi scrutiny (https://www.reuters.com/technology/driverless-vehicles-limited-routes-bump-along-despite-us-robotaxi-scrutiny-2023-12-13/)

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.