Software Engineering Manager Firmware

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

The Firmware team within Vehicle OS architect the foundation of tomorrows intelligent vehicles. The team develops critical embedded systems powering Applied Intuitions revolutionary Vehicle OS platform transforming how global automakers build software-defined vehicles. Engineers work with real-time operating systems board support packages and hardware abstraction layers to enable next-generation automotive experiences and intelligent vehicle software platforms.

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Firmware team within the Vehicle OS this role you will drive architecture development and integration of foundational embedded systems enabling the next generation of automotive experiences. You will work closely with engineers specializing in real-time operating systems board support packages hardware abstraction layers and embedded Linux for safety-critical vehicle systems. Your technical leadership will directly impact how modern vehicles sense process and respond to the world.

• Lead mentor and grow a team of firmware and embedded software engineers

• Architect and develop robust low-level software for the Vehicle OS platform

• Oversee development and maintenance of embedded C/C codebases code reviews and system-level debugging

• Collaborate across hardware and software engineering teams to design bring up and validate new platforms

• Ensure successful delivery of cutting-edge RTOS Linux kernel and hardware abstraction layers for automotive devices

• Partner closely with and cross-functional leaders to execute on new features and platform initiatives

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or equivalent from a top program (Stanford Berkeley CMU Waterloo or similar)

• 8 years of experience architecting and shipping production embedded/firmware software

• Experience shipping complex firmware or embedded software in production ideally for automotive or consumer electronics

• Strong background in embedded C/C RTOS implementation Linux kernel and low-level driver/HAL development

• Hands-on hardware integration and debugging experience

• Experience with platform bring-up sensors integration and HW/SW co-design

• Proven ability to manage mentor and grow technical teams

• Automotive software stack (ADAS QNX OTA updates)

• Cross-platform and vendor component integration

• Experience working with complex SoC mixing application and real time cores subsystems

• Familiarity with device bring-up OTA and full system integration

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.

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Required Experience:

Manager