Software Engineer - Multi-Agent UAV Autonomy (Defense)
Applied IntuitionResponsibilities
- 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 to address differences between simulated and real flight behavior.
- Collaborate with U.S.-based product and engineering teams on shared roadmaps.
- Contribute to system-level design and architecture for scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems.
- Lead technical deep dives with Korean defense customers and translate operational requirements into product specifications and roadmap input.
- Guide customers in using the tools to develop multi-agent unmanned systems.
- Mentor engineers and share autonomy domain knowledge across 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 developing and flying real unmanned aircraft or researching and engineering multi-agent optimization and control algorithms.
- Programming proficiency in Python, C++, or similar languages.
- Experience working on complex, multidisciplinary projects in collaborative teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- 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 experience in both unmanned aerial systems development and multi-agent optimization and control.
- Preferred familiarity with PX4, ArduPilot, ground control systems, data links, ATR, drone swarming, path planning, aerospace control systems, simulation platforms, ML training infrastructure, developer tooling, and closed-network or air-gapped defense deployments.
- Professional fluency in Korean is preferred.
Benefits
- Lunch and dinner allowance.
- Equity in the form of RSUs.
- English/Korean language allowance.
- Fitness and learning allowance.
- Full-time employees primarily work on-site in the Seoul office five days per week, with occasional flexibility for remote work or schedule adjustments.
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.