[Hiring] Maintenance Planner @Gatik AI

Role Description

Gatik is looking for a Maintenance Planner to play a pivotal role in maintaining operational excellence, vehicle reliability, and fleet readiness across commercial and R&D operations. In this role, you will:

• Lead maintenance activity prioritization, recall and service campaign management, and vehicle logistics orchestration.
• Report to the Director of Fleet and Maintenance Strategy.
• Partner closely with commercial, R&D, and transport vendor teams to achieve maximum fleet uptime and operational readiness.
• Maintain strict quality control through Work Order (WO) auditing while driving continuous fleet performance and safety.

This role is remote , but travel is necessary to our sites throughout North America.

What You'll Do

• Set and effectively communicate truck repair priorities based on dynamic schedules and operational requirements for commercial and R&D teams.
• Balance competing operational demands to maximize fleet uptime and strategic availability.
• Optimize base vehicle repair and maintenance scheduling with AV maintenance scheduling and upfits to minimize vehicle downtime.
• Coordinate factory recalls and campaign service initiatives across the entire fleet, authorizing and approving campaigns to ensure regulatory compliance and vehicle safety.
• Coordinate truck moves across manufacturers, build sites, up-fitters, and operational markets, maintaining alignment between transport vendors, regional hubs, and internal stakeholders.
• Schedule maintenance, campaigns, recalls, and updates against bay capacity, specialized tooling, and technician availability.
• Audit completed Work Orders (WOs) for compliance with WO Hygiene and Standards policy, providing feedback to continuous improvement workflows.
• Ensure diagnostic logs, fault codes (DTCs), sensor calibration verifications, and post-repair functional test sign-offs are logged in accordance with DOT, FMCSA, and company policy.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in fleet management, logistics, maintenance coordination, or heavy vehicle operations.
• Experience working with DOT and FMCSA inspection requirements is a plus.
• Strong understanding of fleet maintenance management systems, Work Order workflows, and campaign management.
• Experience working with Samsara is a plus.
• Proven capability to manage competing operational needs between R&D and commercial operations.
• Exceptional cross-functional communication and vendor management skills.
• Deep commitment to compliance, auditing standards, and policy enforcement.

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.

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.