Software Engineer - Active Safety

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.

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments.

About the role

We are looking for bright engineers interested in designing elegant solutions to difficult problems in the autonomy space.  Your contributions will focus on building out capabilities of an autonomous vehicle stack, including necessary enablement work on the infrastructure- and vehicle-side. At Applied Intuition, we encourage engineers to take ownership over technical and product decisions, interact closely with users & customers to collect feedback, and contribute to a thoughtful, dynamic team culture.

In addition to your engineering contributions, by working in our dynamic and customer-focused team culture, you will contribute to and learn from best practices in the nascent autonomy industry. We move fast and focus on excellence, for our products and for our business. If you are hands-on and looking for a place to have a multiplying effect on making autonomous systems a reality, Applied Intuition is the place for you! 

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Build & own active safety functionalities, like Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Keep Assist, Intelligent Speed Assist and more
• Make fast and structured progress using our own simulation and data tooling, tracking and improving KPI over a vast set of virtual tests as well as a very large real world data set
• Test your functions hands on in our test vehicles on test track and public road 
• Work closely with our simulation and data tooling experts, expediting function development using our proficient tooling even more  
• Work closely with your team members focusing on parking and L2++, to share common components, tooling and data processes 
• Have direct customer contacts and exposure
• Have an unparalleled opportunity to work at one of the highest paced silicon valley companies, learn & grow with a world class team, and contribute to the growth of our SDS solutions in Europe and for our European customers

We're looking for someone who has:

• 4+ years of experience shipping software for driver assistance and automated driving 
• Proficiency in writing C++ and Python software
• Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter and can quickly become comfortable with new technical concepts and tools
• Experience shipping your ADAS/ AD software and solutions into series production vehicles, including required work on requirements, structured testing and implementing SW at automotive series quality
• Proven ability to take initiative in a fast-paced environment

Nice to have:

• Series project experience with Active Safety functions like AEB, LKA, etc
• Experience with world-wide regulation and standards relevant for driver assistance 
• Experience working hands-on on prototype vehicles
• Experience working with simulation tools 
• Previous experience working in a high-paced environment

Benefits and perks

• Lunch and dinner allowance
• Fitness (600 USD) and learning stipends (1,000 USD) annually 
• Stock options

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.