Software Engineer – Autonomy Tooling
Applied IntuitionSunnyvale, California, United States$190k – $233kPosted 26 March 2026
Job Description
About Applied Intuition
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 company’s 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 applied.co .
We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that 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.
About the role
Analyze user needs and software requirements, develop solutions, and determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints;
Design, develop, modify software specifications and determine performance standards;
Develop scalable applications and participate in all aspects of software development including design, implementation, and testing;
Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation and architect solutions to any bottlenecks that are encountered;
Work across our entire stack to develop new products, features, and tools for our customers' autonomy development workflows;
Build out infrastructure initiatives, optimize our cloud computer and storage costs, and help design new cloud projects;
Confer with domain experts across a variety of fields such as infrastructure, robotics, and graphics engineers, as well as startup veterans, in order to design software and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces;
Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status; and
Work on world-class solutions to the autonomy industry's leading infrastructure problems.
Create new features for our simulation products.
Work to improve the core backend software of our simulation products, such as ML Sim Agent integration into tooling closed loop evaluation pipeline and ML Sim Agent model's performance improvement.
We're looking for someone who has:
Must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering, or foreign equivalent
At least 2 years of experience as a Software Engineer with an automotive company
At least 2 years of experience using ROS, C++, and Python
The salary range for this position is $189,700 – $232,925 per year USD annually. Please apply on this page https://tinyurl.com/AppliedJob47.
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Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t 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 prohi ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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