Software Engineer - Systems Engineering AI Tooling

About this role

Applied Intuition seeks a Systems Engineering Tools & Traceability Engineer to build scalable backend platforms and AI workflows that connect requirements, modeling, validation, and test data for autonomous vehicle development. You'll work at the intersection of infrastructure, systems engineering, and safety-critical development to support production-grade engineering processes across vehicle programs.

What you'll do

• Design and develop scalable internal tools and AI workflows for autonomous vehicle system engineering and validation
• Integrate data across requirements management, modeling, and validation tools to enable end-to-end traceability
• Build backend services and APIs to unify distributed engineering artifacts into a cohesive platform
• Own and evolve the core traceability data model with versioning, baselining, and change impact analysis
• Develop dashboards and KPIs to measure requirement coverage and validation progress
• Collaborate with systems engineering, safety, and autonomy teams to ensure tooling supports compliance

What they're looking for

• Python programming
• Backend software development
• REST or GraphQL API design
• Data modeling and schema design
• CI/CD pipelines
• Systems thinking and cross-functional problem-solving
• Java or C/C++ familiarity
• Requirements management or system modeling tools (nice to have)

Benefits

• Equity (options and/or restricted stock units)
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k retirement benefits with employer match
• Learning and wellness stipends
• Paid time off
• In-office role with flexibility for occasional remote work