Senior Software Engineer Fallback Stack
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Job Location:
Sunnyvale, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 145000 - 245000
Posted on:
12 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Applied Intuition
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
At Applied Intuition you will:
- Define the architecture for the L4 trucking fallback stack including interfaces to perception behavior planning control and the primary autonomy stack.
- Design strategies for degraded driving minimal risk maneuvers and transitions to remote assistance.
- Specify and review algorithms that detect autonomy degradation and trigger appropriate fallback behaviors or remote intervention.
- Work closely with behavior planning and perception engineers to align safety logic and trajectories with fallback requirements and ODD constraints.
- Architect and refine interfaces between the vehicle stack and the remote assistance platform for tele-guidance and safe maneuver completion.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship as we build the fallback stack team influencing decisions across trucking and future SDS programs.
Were looking for someone who has:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Robotics Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- 6 years of experience building autonomy software for L4 autonomous driving systems.
- Strong programming skills in C.
- Experience designing or implementing fallback or degraded driving behaviors in an autonomous driving stack.
- Hands-on experience integrating multiple autonomy subsystems into a cohesive system architecture.
Nice to have:
- Experience on L4 trucking or robotaxi programs especially around degraded driving fallback behavior or safety-critical autonomy.
- Experience with remote operations tele-guidance or remote assistance systems for autonomous vehicles or robots.
- Depth in perception behavior/decision-making or motion planning for edge cases fallback scenarios or human-intervention handoffs.
- Familiarity with automotive safety and autonomy standards (for example ISO 26262 ISO 21448 UL 4600) or similar frameworks.
- Experience defining and validating metrics and scenarios for autonomy performance and safety near operational limits.
- Prior experience helping to build a new autonomy capability or team from scratch.
Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary equity and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units comprehensive health dental vision life and disability insurance coverage 401k retirement benefits with employer match learning and wellness stipends and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment.
Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience credentials & certifications educational attainment skill level requirements interview performance and the level and scope of the position.
Please reference the job postings subtitle for where this position will be located. For pay transparency purposes the base salary range for this full-time position in the location listed is: $145000 - $245000 USD annually.
Dont meet every single requirement If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Applied Intuition provides an ADAS and autonomous vehicle (AV) simulation and validation platform for automotive, trucking, construction, and more.
