# Fleet Reliability Engineer

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $110k – $150k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Lidar, Radar, Cameras, Can, Can Fd, Lin, Automotive Ethernet, Vector, Pcan, Ecus, Jira, Confluence
**Posted:** 2026-04-21

> Maintains and enhances reliability of vehicle fleets by optimizing hardware/software like sensor suites and compute systems, performing root cause analysis, implementing fixes, and developing testing procedures for AV components. Requires 5+ years in automotive hardware/software and BS/MS in relevant engineering field.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Improve reliability of vehicle fleet uptime by performing root cause analysis on trending vehicle issues
- Implement long term fixes through designing fleet scalable solutions
- Create, implement, and maintain robust testing procedures, diagnostic tools, and operational metrics to maximize fleet uptime, safety, and overall vehicle stability
- Track down why systems fail or underperform out on the road, and use those findings to help build stronger, more reliable vehicles
- Work cross functionally with engineering and operations teams for escalations and collaboration on reliability improvements to fleets with demo and testing performance

## Requirements
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or similar
- 5+ years experience working with automotive hardware and software
- Experience with hardware reliability and testing
- Experience with AV components (LiDAR, RADAR, Cameras, etc.)

## Nice to Have
- Knowledge of automotive communication (CAN/CAN FD, LIN, Automotive Ethernet)
- Knowledge/Experience with common CAN/CAN FD tools (Vector, PCAN View/Explorer)
- Experience flashing software/firmware updates on hardware (ECUs, etc.)
- Experience with software tools/services like Slack, Jira, and Confluence

## Compensation
- Base salary range: $110,000 - $150,000 USD annually

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