Applied Intuition
Drone Stack - Software Engineer
About this role
Applied Intuition seeks a Robotic Software Engineer to design and integrate autonomy systems for defense and commercial drone platforms. You'll deploy algorithms across simulation and live flight environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver hardware-software solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles.
What you'll do
- Integrate and deploy autonomy software onto embedded Linux platforms and UAV hardware, including sensors and autopilot systems
- Develop modular autonomy capabilities for defense applications across diverse vehicle platforms
- Conduct system-level testing and validation in SIL, HIL, and live flight test environments
- Troubleshoot complex integration issues to ensure reliability and performance of autonomous systems
- Support live flight testing of autonomy software on Group 1-5 unmanned aerial vehicles
- Collaborate with DoD experts and OEM vendors on autonomy software integration
What they're looking for
- C++ programming
- Pixhawk autopilot integration (ArduPilot/PX4)
- Communication protocols (UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet)
- Linux operating systems and Docker containerization
- Git and version control systems
- Hardware-software integration and robotics systems
- Real-time and edge computing systems
- System testing and validation methodologies
Benefits
- Work with cutting-edge physical AI and autonomous systems technology
- Collaborate with top global automakers and U.S. military clients
- Flexible work arrangement with 5-day in-office expectation in Washington D.C.
- Opportunity to support live UAV flight testing and demonstrations
- Access to modern development tools and containerized environments
- Fast-growing $15 billion company with global presence
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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
- Walk us through a time you integrated autonomy software with a flight autopilot like Pixhawk/PX4. What challenges did you encounter and how did you resolve them?
- Describe your experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing. How have you used these to validate robotic systems?