Software Engineer Autonomy

Applied Intuition Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive defense trucking construction mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure operating systems and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers as well as the United States military and its allies trust the companys solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale California with offices in Washington D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach Florida; Ann Arbor Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at .

We are an in-office company and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

About the role
As a Software Engineer on the Autonomy team you will be at the heart of our autonomy stack. We are building the software stack that drives multi-ton trucks autonomously on highways. As an Onboard Software Engineer you will own the real-time systems that run directly on the vehicle compute platform - from sensor data ingestion and perception pipelines to motion planning execution and safety arbitration. Your code ships on trucks not just in simulation.

This is a deeply cross-functional role. You will collaborate daily with autonomy domain experts hardware engineers safety leads and validation teams to turn algorithms into production-grade software that operates safely and reliably at highway speeds.


At Applied Intuition you will:

• Design implement and optimize real-time onboard software modules including perception sensor fusion path planning execution vehicle control and safety monitoring.

• Maintain and improve the middleware layer connecting sensor hardware (lidar radar cameras GPS/IMU) to autonomy algorithm consumers.

• Own latency and throughput performance across the onboard compute stack profiling and tuning for deterministic behavior under resource constraints.

• Implement ASIL-relevant architecture patterns including fault detection isolation and recovery mechanisms.

• Build diagnostics logging and observability tooling to support post-drive analysis and rapid root-cause investigations.

• Write thorough unit integration and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) tests; contribute to CI/CD pipelines for onboard compute targets.

• Collaborate with the autonomy team to productionize research algorithms translating prototype SW into efficient C deployments.

Were looking for someone who has:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• 2 years of professional experience in software development.

• Exceptional proficiency in C and experience with modern C standards.

• Experience working in a Linux environment.

• Knowledge of data serialization formats (e.g. Protobuf JSON).

Nice to have:

• Experience with robotics middleware like ROS or DDS.

• Background in AV perception prediction or planning systems.

• Familiarity with vehicle data buses (e.g. CAN Ethernet).

• Experience with multi-threaded and concurrent programming.

• Experience in a startup or fast-paced environment.

Dont meet every single requirement If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently the parties agree that as applicable they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a) 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that as applicable they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471 Appendix A to Subpart A) relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.

FOR US-BASED ROLES: Applied Intuition is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive application and interview experience to applicants who are disabled veterans and other applicants with disabilities or medical conditions. Reasonable accommodations are available requesting an accommodation will not affect your candidacy in any way and you are not required to disclose the nature of your disability or medical condition in order to make a request.
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