Software Engineer - Robotics
Applied IntuitionResponsibilities
- Develop and adapt mission behavior, navigation, and decision-making logic for diverse defense platforms and missions.
- Design and implement modular, reusable autonomy capabilities across vehicle types and programs.
- Integrate and deploy autonomy solutions onto embedded Linux and other hardware platforms, including sensor interfacing and data collection.
- Perform system-level setup, testing, and validation in software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
- Support live flight testing of autonomy software on Group 1-5 unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Troubleshoot complex software and integration issues to maintain reliability and performance across the stack.
- Collaborate with third-party UAS vendors and cross-functional teams to deploy autonomy software on OEM and Applied hardware.
- Demo and troubleshoot deployed solutions with customers in real time.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related engineering field.
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience with robotic systems spanning hardware, software, and integration.
- Experience with modern C++.
- Experience developing autonomy behavior and decision-making logic, such as behavior trees or state machines, and/or navigation algorithms for robotic or autonomous systems.
- Experience integrating robotics or autonomy products with Pixhawk autopilots, including ArduPilot and/or PX4.
- Experience with communication buses and protocols including UART/RS232, RS422, RS485, SPI/QSPI, I2C, and Ethernet.
- Experience developing in Docker and containerized deployment environments using Linux-based operating systems such as RHEL or Ubuntu.
- Familiarity with real-time, edge-computing, and safety-critical systems operating in SIL, HIL, test, and operational environments.
- Excellent communication skills and a customer-oriented project delivery mindset.
- Ability to hold UK Security Clearance; current or previous clearance is preferred.
- General willingness to travel for company business and customer-site work.
Benefits
- Primarily in-office work five days per week for full-time employees, with occasional remote-work flexibility.
- Willingness to travel between company offices and customer sites is expected.
- Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodations available for applicants with disabilities and veterans.
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.