Applied Intuition
Autonomy Integration Engineer - Drone Stack
About this role
Applied Intuition seeks an Autonomy Integration Engineer to lead drone system bring-up from benchtop to flight operations, bridging hardware, embedded software, and field testing. You'll split time between the lab and airfield, configuring Linux systems, deploying containerized software, troubleshooting networks, and developing integration tooling for autonomous aerial platforms.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end hardware and software integration for unmanned aerial systems through prototyping and flight test campaigns
- Deploy and configure edge software stacks using Docker, Linux tools, and shell scripts across onboard computers and peripherals
- Troubleshoot vehicle networks, sensor interfaces, and payload links using command-line diagnostics and test equipment
- Develop Python and C++ scripts for data analysis, system validation, and real-time subsystem verification
- Fabricate custom wiring harnesses, perform precision soldering, and define system architecture
- Configure IP routing, network interfaces, and communications between flight controllers, radios, and ground stations
What they're looking for
- Linux command-line administration and containerization (Docker)
- Embedded systems integration and robotics
- Python and C++ scripting for automation and testing
- Hardware diagnostics (oscilloscopes, multimeters, soldering)
- Serial and vehicle bus protocols (UART, CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C)
- IP networking and mesh network configuration
- Flight test engineering and autonomous vehicle systems
- Technical leadership and cross-team collaboration
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Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition builds autonomous vehicle and defense systems software, including motion planning algorithms, simulation infrastructure, and autonomy integration platforms for aerial and ground platforms. The company is hiring for security engineers, robotics/autonomy software engineers, hardware-in-the-loop specialists, and IT operations professionals to support its growing physical AI operations.
- Website
- appliedintuition.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience bringing up an autonomous system from benchtop to field operations—what were the major integration challenges?
- Walk us through how you would diagnose a communication failure between a flight controller and companion computer in the field using only CLI tools.