Senior Software Engineer - Robotics
Applied IntuitionResponsibilities
- Lead the technical design and architecture of autonomy solutions across one or more platforms and make key trade-off decisions independently.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, provide technical guidance, and review designs and code.
- 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.
- Conduct system-level setup, testing, and validation in SIL and HIL environments.
- Support live flight testing of autonomy software on Group 1–5 unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Troubleshoot complex software and integration issues to ensure 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.
- Demonstrate software to customers and troubleshoot systems in real time during field and customer-site deployments.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related engineering field.
- At least 6 years of hands-on experience working with robotic systems across hardware, software, and integration.
- Experience leading technical design decisions for complex, ambiguous autonomy problems with minimal guidance.
- 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 with modern C++.
- Experience integrating autonomy or robotics 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, containerized deployment environments, and Linux-based operating systems such as RHEL and Ubuntu.
- Familiarity with real-time, edge computing, and safety-critical systems in software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, 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.
- Willingness to travel for company business between offices and to customer sites.
Benefits
- Full-time employees primarily work from the Applied Intuition office 5 days per week, with occasional remote-work flexibility.
- The role includes travel between company offices and to customer sites.
- The position supports work on live flight tests and field deployments with defense customers.
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.