New lidar-related roles posted on LinkedIn in the last 24 hours. None name MicroVision, MOVIA or a specific lidar supplier, and MicroVision itself posted nothing new.

Strongest signals

1. General Motors: Senior Advanced Optical Sensor Test & Development Engineer, Warren, MI (Oct 21). Joins GM’s “Advanced Optical Sensor Team (Camera and Lidar)” to test lidar that “will integrate into a targeted vehicle application.” Posted a day after GM said eyes-off driving is expanding to its full-size SUVs and pickups.
2. Caterpillar, four roles around Mossville, IL:
   • Senior Simulation and HIL Integration Engineer, with an “emphasis on LiDAR modeling.”
   • Senior Perception Engineer, Irving, TX, for lidar, radar and camera fusion.
   • Two contractor roles in Mossville: L&T System Engineer, which validates lidar “on construction equipment,” and Ace Technologies Embedded Systems Engineer, LiDAR/Radar. Neither names a client, but Mossville is Caterpillar’s tech center.
3. CNH: Tech Lead, Perception, Agricultural Systems, Tempe, AZ (Oct 22). Camera, lidar, radar and thermal perception for farm machines.

Automotive

• Gatik: Senior Systems & Safety Engineer, Hardware. Functional safety for the trucks’ lidar, radar and cameras.
• General Motors: ADAS Design Release Engineer, Front Camera Module. Camera-focused, with lidar listed as a plus.

Industrial

• Zekelman Industries: Automation Engineer, AGV Systems. Lidar-guided vehicles inside a steel plant.
• Parallel Systems: Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Perception. Lidar and camera fusion on autonomous rail vehicles.

Security and defense

• Anduril: Principal Engineer, cUAS Lead, Omen. Picks ranging sensors (radar, lidar, laser rangefinders) for counter-drone systems.
• Saronic: Mechanical Engineer, Perception Hardware. Lidar, radar and cameras on autonomous boats.
• Textron: Autonomous Vehicle Engineer III. Defense ground autonomy with lidar and sensor fusion.

MVIS relevance (interpretation): GM is doing lidar work for a production vehicle, and off-road and defense demand is steady. These are the segments MicroVision targets with MOVIA, IRIS and HALO. Hiring is a signal, not a supplier award.

Image: GM, Oct 21, 2026 personal autonomy release.

Not advice.