
Applied Intuition
Sunnyvale, CA
Physical AI platform for autonomous vehicles and machines
About
Applied Intuition builds software infrastructure including simulation tools, vehicle OS, and autonomy stacks for physical AI in automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture. It enables safe development, testing, and deployment of intelligent machines like self-driving cars, drones, and robots. The platform accelerates adoption of autonomy, powering safer roads, stronger defense, and efficient operations.
Tech stack
C++, Python, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, PyTorch, Go, Git, React, GitLab, GraphQL, TensorFlow, C, AWS, Java
Perks & benefits
Health insurance, 401k match, Free lunch, Learning stipend, Gym membership, Parental leave
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Leads and mentors a software engineering team building reliable, high-performance simulation products, while guiding technical execution, prioritization, and hiring. Requires a bachelor’s degree, programming experience in C++, Python, or Java, people-management experience, and eligibility for a US Government security clearance.
Design, debug, validate, and support production of custom electrical hardware for autonomous and AI-driven vehicles and industrial equipment. The role is intended for a new graduate with an electrical or computer engineering degree and hands-on knowledge of circuit design, electronics, and PCB layout.
Leads federal legislative strategy and government engagement on defense, autonomy, and emerging technology policy. The role requires 7+ years of Capitol Hill, federal government, or issue advocacy experience, strong bipartisan Congressional relationships, and expertise in relevant legislative processes.
Design, analyze, integrate, and validate mechanical hardware for self-driving vehicles, including sensor systems, compute assemblies, fixtures, and vehicle components. The role is intended for 2026 mechanical engineering graduates with hands-on hardware, CAD, and testing experience.
Designs and validates automotive electrical systems through wire harness development, HiL bench integration, firmware bringup, and automated testing. Requires a 2026 engineering or computer science graduate with hands-on lab experience and familiarity with embedded programming and vehicle communication protocols.
Creates and maintains centimeter-precise HD maps for Level 4 autonomous vehicles using lidar, imagery, and 3D geospatial data. The role requires 3+ years of mapping experience, a bachelor’s degree, and familiarity with autonomous-vehicle mapping standards and tools.
Build and operate multi-cloud, multi-cluster infrastructure and platform primitives for large-scale simulations and enterprise AI workloads. The role requires 5+ years in infrastructure, platform, SRE, or DevOps systems, strong Kubernetes and cloud expertise, production programming skills, and Infrastructure as Code experience.
Designs and integrates C++ autonomy software with UAV hardware, autopilots, sensors, and communication systems, supporting SIL/HIL validation and live flight testing. Requires 3+ years of robotics integration experience, U.S. citizenship, and security-clearance eligibility.
The Recruiter will manage full-lifecycle hiring across engineering, sales, and administrative functions while partnering with leaders in Japan and the United States. Fluency in Japanese and English and strong communication skills are required; software recruiting experience is preferred.
Leads validation and characterization of autonomous-vehicle sensors and improves synthetic sensor simulations through machine-learning and physical models. Requires a bachelor’s degree in an engineering-related field, three years of experience, Python, Linux, sensor validation, and sensor-driver expertise.
The Senior Validation Engineer develops and executes automotive system and integration tests using HIL benches, vehicles, and automated Python tooling. The role requires a master’s degree in an engineering discipline and at least one year of automotive test engineering experience.
Supports recruiting operations by coordinating candidate interviews, improving hiring processes, and partnering with recruiters, sourcers, and hiring managers. The role requires a bachelor’s degree, operational experience, strong customer service skills, and a contract work arrangement.
Build security into embedded vehicle platforms through security assessments, secure boot implementation, and HSM integration. This new-grad role requires a relevant computer or electrical engineering degree, foundational cryptography knowledge, and proficiency in C, C++, or Python.
Forward Deployed Engineers deploy customer solutions and build software, infrastructure, robotics, and systems tools for autonomy workflows. The role is suited to a December 2026 CS or engineering graduate with strong C++ or Python skills and customer-facing communication ability.
Technical Program Manager driving execution and operational launches for global autonomous trucking programs, coordinating engineering, operations, and OEM customer teams. Requires 5+ years managing advanced software, robotics, or autonomous vehicle programs and launching complex operations.
Leads a team of Forward Deployed Engineers delivering and integrating physical AI systems for defense and government customers. Requires 8+ years of industry experience, recent technical leadership, production deployment experience, broad software and hardware expertise, and U.S. security-clearance eligibility.
Integrates autonomy and robotic software with UAV hardware, sensors, autopilots, and communication systems across SIL, HIL, and live flight-test environments. Requires a relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree, 3+ years of robotics integration experience, C++, Linux, and U.S. citizenship with clearance eligibility.
Own product direction for supply chain systems, data, workflows, supplier management, logistics, and trade compliance. The role requires 7+ years of supply chain systems experience, ERP/MRP expertise, strong system-design reasoning, and the ability to deliver measurable operational impact.
Design and scale hands-on learning programs for Vehicle Operations, translating technical and safety requirements into measurable onboarding, certification, and proficiency experiences. Requires 4+ years in learning or instructional design and the ability to collaborate with engineers, operators, and subject matter experts.
Leads hardware, embedded software, networking, and flight-test integration for autonomous aerial systems. Requires 5+ years in robotics, embedded systems, flight testing, or autonomous vehicles, with strong Linux, networking, scripting, electronics, and troubleshooting skills.
Conduct hands-on maritime testing of autonomous surface vehicles, operating systems aboard vessels, analyzing sortie data, and reporting anomalies to engineering teams. Requires 3+ years of complex-system test or field operations experience, maritime or autonomous-systems exposure, and U.S. security-clearance eligibility.
Develops, deploys, and maintains software for autonomous vehicles, integrating sensors, autopilots, and perception modules with hands-on field testing. Requires 5+ years experience or MS/PhD, C++/Python/Linux proficiency, and robotics knowledge.
Design and scale platform-level systems that create consistent experiences across complex products, platforms, and interaction models. The role requires 6+ years of product, UX, or design systems experience, strong accessibility and systems thinking, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering or design.
Strategic technical business development role supporting European automotive customers from Sunnyvale. The role combines customer discovery, workshops, solution proposals, revenue planning, and cross-functional execution, requiring automotive software experience, C++/Python expertise, and familiarity with European OEMs.
Build high-performance world and scene representation systems for a multi-agent autonomy simulation stack. The role requires strong C++20 systems expertise, computational geometry experience, and a background in game engines, simulation, robotics, or autonomous systems.
Design and integrate automotive electrical harnesses and distribution systems, verify hardware, debug issues, and coordinate with suppliers and cross-functional teams. Requires a relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree and at least four years of automotive wire harness and electrical integration experience.
Develop and own low-level firmware, board bring-up, boot flows, and system enablement for microcontroller and infotainment SoC platforms. The role requires strong embedded C/C++ expertise, RTOS and platform experience, and hands-on hardware debugging.
Build and validate multi-agent UAV autonomy development tools for defense customers, spanning simulation, training, mission planning, and real-aircraft deployment. The role requires 5+ years of engineering or equivalent research experience, hands-on UAS or multi-agent control expertise, and strong English customer communication.
Develops real-time perception, sensor-control, and fusion software for heterogeneous autonomous vehicle platforms, integrating ML algorithms across sensors and embedded systems. Requires advanced engineering education or 5+ years of relevant experience, multi-modal sensing expertise, Linux/Docker proficiency, and U.S. security-clearance eligibility.
Build and Release Engineer responsible for release orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, artifact lifecycle management, and an internal release portal. The role requires strong software development skills, Git expertise, and graduation by December 2026.
Validates over-the-air software updates on automotive ECUs and vehicles through hands-on testing, defect analysis, and Python automation. The role is designed for new graduates with a relevant bachelor's degree, basic Python and Linux skills, and an interest in embedded automotive systems.
The UX Test Engineer will validate software user experiences through manual and automated UI testing, focusing on usability, accessibility, visual consistency, and interface performance. The role suits a new graduate with a relevant bachelor's or master's degree, scripting experience, and strong attention to detail.
Leads the technical direction and implementation of safety-critical vehicle controls, from actuator control and trajectory tracking through fleet-scale calibration and deployment. The role also mentors the controls team and requires production software experience, vehicle controls expertise, and strong numerical optimization foundations.
Leads the research agenda for humanoid robotics, developing foundation-model and reinforcement-learning methods for dexterous manipulation and deploying them on real robotic systems. Requires a PhD, strong robotics research publications, and senior-level technical leadership.
Develop and deploy guidance, navigation, and control software for autonomous aerial defense systems, from quadrotors to fixed-wing UAVs. The role requires a master’s degree, 6+ years of hands-on GNC experience, C++, control systems, flight testing, and UAS platforms such as PX4 or ArduPilot.
Supports pre-sales and customer adoption for air-domain autonomy solutions, serving as the technical bridge between defense customers and engineering teams. The role requires air-domain experience, customer-facing software and vehicle-systems expertise, programming ability, and UK security clearance.
The Solution Engineer will support pre-sales and customer adoption for land defense solutions, serving as the technical bridge between customers and engineering teams. The role requires land-domain experience, customer-facing software and vehicle-systems expertise, programming ability, and UK security clearance.
Provides technical pre-sales and post-sales support for maritime defense customers across EMEA, leading solution scoping, architecture discussions, demonstrations, deployments, and developer-toolchain adoption. Requires maritime-sector experience, customer-facing software and vehicle-systems expertise, programming ability, and UK security clearance eligibility.
Serves as a technical bridge between defense customers and engineering teams, leading pre- and post-sale architecture discussions, demonstrations, deployments, and integrations. Requires UK security clearance eligibility, 3+ years in defense or a relevant technical domain, customer-facing consulting experience, and programming skills.
Own end-to-end product design for Defense products spanning real-time operator interfaces and enterprise autonomy platforms. The role requires 8+ years of product design experience, strong research and systems-design judgment, engineer collaboration, and U.S. citizenship with eligibility for a security clearance.
Design tools and human-machine interfaces for fleet, mission control, vehicle management, OTA updates, and vehicle OS systems. The role requires 5–7 years of product, tools, or interaction design experience, strong visual and interaction design skills, and the ability to lead ambiguous projects independently.
Designs, brings up, and validates compute, sensor, and interface hardware for autonomous and AI-driven vehicles. The role suits a new graduate with an electrical or computer engineering degree, strong circuit and PCB fundamentals, and hands-on hardware debugging experience.
Leads the Tokyo SDS engineering team, owning technical delivery, architecture, and deployment of autonomous-driving systems for Japanese OEM customers. The role requires 6+ years in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or ADAS, strong production C++, and engineering leadership experience.
Builds end-to-end web applications for national-security and autonomy products, spanning interfaces, APIs, services, and data layers. The role requires 5+ years of production fullstack experience, strong React and TypeScript expertise, and comfort working across languages and containerized Linux environments.
The Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer will design and operate secure cloud, on-premise, and air-gapped infrastructure for UK defence customers. The role requires 5+ years of production infrastructure experience, cloud and IaC expertise, Kubernetes and containerization skills, and eligibility for UK Security Clearance.
Maintains Ashby and connected recruiting systems, supports recruiters and hiring managers, improves operational workflows, and enables reporting and automation. Requires at least two years of recruiting operations or HR systems experience plus hands-on Ashby administration.
The Triage Engineer diagnoses vehicle-system failures, improves fleet uptime, and implements scalable reliability and testing solutions. The role requires a relevant engineering degree, 5+ years of automotive hardware and software experience, and familiarity with autonomous-vehicle sensors and communication systems.
Integrates, deploys, tests, and maintains autonomous mining and construction vehicle systems at customer sites. The role requires a bachelor’s degree, 5+ years of relevant technical experience, and hands-on expertise across vehicle hardware, sensors, manufacturing, diagnostics, and repair.
Leads daily field operations for mining customer deployments, coordinating personnel, vehicles, equipment, vendors, safety activities, and test execution. The role requires at least five years of field operations experience and comfort working in rugged, high-tempo industrial environments.