Applied Intuition
Robotic Software Engineer, Perception
About this role
Applied Intuition seeks a Robotic Software Engineer specializing in perception to develop and deploy real-time AI/ML sensor algorithms for autonomous vehicles across defense and commercial domains. You'll integrate multi-sensor systems (EO, IR, radar, lidar, acoustics) into heterogeneous platforms, optimize sensor fusion, and support field demonstrations with DoD customers.
What you'll do
- Develop and integrate AI/ML perception algorithms onto embedded Linux systems using Python, PyTorch, and C++
- Design autonomous sensor controllers that fuse data from multiple modalities (EO, IR, radar, lidar, acoustics, RF)
- Deploy containerized solutions and conduct hardware-in-the-loop testing with performance profiling
- Collaborate with sensor, tracking, and autonomy teams to enable multi-platform autonomous swarms
- Support DoD customer engagement during field testing, demonstrations, and requirement gathering
- Conduct post-processing simulation analysis and implement improvements based on test data and feedback
What they're looking for
- Machine learning deployment (PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, C++)
- Multi-sensor perception and sensor physics
- Sensor fusion and tracking algorithms (Kalman filters)
- Linux and Docker containerization
- Signal processing for EO, IR, radar, lidar, acoustics
- Hardware-in-the-loop testing and embedded systems integration
- Large-scale dataset handling and remote software development
- Real-time system optimization and profiling
Benefits
- Work on cutting-edge physical AI for autonomous vehicles
- Access to state-of-the-art multi-sensor platforms across land, air, sea domains
- Collaborate with top 18 global automakers and U.S. military
- Flexible work arrangement with primary office presence in Poway, CA
- Cross-functional team environment in a well-funded ($15B) company
- Hands-on field demonstration and customer interaction opportunities
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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 integrating multiple sensor modalities into a single perception system—what was the biggest challenge with sensor fusion you faced?
- Walk us through your process for deploying a trained ML model to an embedded Linux device using ONNX or C++, including optimization considerations.