Software Engineer

About the role

We are looking for an Autonomous Vehicles Software Engineer with strong robotics and software expertise to design and develop the software architecture of an initial AV stack. This engineer will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of this new project in the defense space.

Learn more:

• Expanding Applied Intuition’s National Security & Defense Advisory Board
• Army Selects Applied Intuition to Accelerate Autonomy Development for Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV)
• Applied Intuition Hosts Congressional Delegation at Silicon Valley HQ

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Map autonomous customer use cases and ODD into specific system capabilities and functional requirements
• Enable design decisions on software architecture based on industry best practices in autonomous technology development
• Work with domain experts to support implementation of key components of the required system from perception through controls
• Work with customer teams to ensure that the platform under development can be deployed on target hardware
• Guide autonomous platform verification and validation strategies to ensure system quality

We're looking for someone who has:

• MS or PhD in robotics or a closely related field
• 3+ years of experience in autonomous vehicle system design including familiarity with different technologies and tradeoffs involved in selecting options
• 3+ years of experience developing and shipping AV software
• 2+ years of experience using simulation tools to support AV development

Nice to have:

• Expertise in methods and tools for engineering design, verification and validation, or a similar related areas
• Deep expertise with specific modules of systems (eg. perception) to effectively contribute towards building that capability
• Experience integrating common vendors of AV technology
• Knowledge of common production considerations including middleware and performance constraints
• Exposure to hardware systems and design tradeoffs required to deploy software on customer platforms

The salary range for this position is $65,000 USD to $400,000 USD annually. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company's compensation practices.