Software Engineer - Multi-Agent UAV Autonomy (Defense)
Applied Intuition4 days ago
Seoul, Korea, SouthSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain autonomy development tools focused on multi-agent mission planning, coordination, and training workflows.
- Build and validate reference multi-agent UAV autonomy from simulation through deployment on real airframes.
- Define simulation, tuning, and validation workflows and help close gaps between simulated and real flight behavior.
- Contribute to system architecture for scalable, reliable, and high-performance tools.
- Collaborate with U.S.-based product and engineering teams on shared roadmaps.
- Lead technical deep dives with Korean defense customers and translate operational requirements into product specifications and roadmap input.
- Guide customers developing multi-agent unmanned systems and mentor engineers on the Korea team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in aerospace engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, robotics, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of professional engineering experience or equivalent research experience in a fast-paced, customer-oriented environment.
- Hands-on experience building and flying unmanned aircraft or researching and engineering multi-agent optimization and control algorithms, including reinforcement learning methods.
- Proficiency in Python, C++, or similar programming languages.
- Experience with complex multidisciplinary projects and collaborative teams.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills for daily collaboration with the U.S. team and documentation.
- Ability to lead customer-facing technical discussions, elicit requirements, challenge assumptions, and explain design trade-offs.
- Preferred qualifications include experience in both core experience areas, familiarity with PX4 or ArduPilot and complete UAV ground-control and data-link systems, and familiarity with ATR, drone swarming, path planning, or aerospace control systems.
- Preferred experience includes simulation platforms, ML training infrastructure, developer tooling, robotics or defense applications, closed-network or air-gapped deployments, and professional Korean fluency.
Benefits
- Lunch and dinner allowance.
- Equity in the form of RSUs.
- English/Korean language allowance.
- Fitness and learning allowance.
- This is an on-site role in Seoul, with full-time employees primarily working from the office five days per week; occasional remote work may be possible.
- The role involves daily collaboration with the U.S. team and direct engagement with Korean defense customers.
About Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition builds software tools, infrastructure, and operating systems for developing, testing, and deploying autonomous and driver-assistance systems across automotive, trucking, defense, construction, mining, and agriculture. It sells enterprise software and services including simulation, sensor data management, HD mapping, and a vehicle OS to OEMs and government customers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, it counts 18 of the top 20 global automakers and the U.S. military among its users.