Software Engineer Calibration Platform
Sunnyvale, CA - USA
Job Summary
Applied Intuition Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive defense trucking construction mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure operating systems and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers as well as the United States military and its allies trust the companys solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale California with offices in Washington D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach Florida; Ann Arbor Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at .
We are an in-office company and our expectation is that full-time 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. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions
Our Localization Calibration and Mapping team delivers high-integrity solutions that let autonomous systems navigate with precision in real-time safety-critical environments across consumer automotive trucking mining and construction. As a new team focused on platformization we offer a rare opportunity to own core work leveraged across the entire organization.
Youll build the self-service platform that turns sensor calibration from an expert-dependent process into production infrastructure: cloud workflow orchestration automated data-health gates and tooling every autonomy program can run for itself. Youll get there by living in the current system first onboarding new vehicle types so what you build is shaped by real-world data and telemetry. We encourage engineers to take ownership of technical and product decisions and to interact closely with users to collect feedback.
Own calibration across a growing multi-platform fleet: onboard new vehicle types root-cause production failures and convert what you learn into reusable workflows
Drive cross-team work that raises the reliability of the entire calibration path partner with build hardware and infrastructure teams to trace failures to their source
Build and operate cloud workflow orchestration for calibration at fleet scale from data collection through evaluation and deployment
Design automated data-health gates that catch bad IMU/INS GNSS/RTK lidar and camera data before it reaches the calibration path
Ship production-quality tooling that non-expert internal users can run themselves
Debug across the cloud/vehicle boundary tracing root causes through orchestration and application logs one day verifying how a sensor is actually wired the next
A track record of driving technical work across team boundaries: comfortable raising problems with the teams that own them building agreement on systemic fixes and following through without formal authority
4 years building and operating production software systems with strong Python and modern C
Demonstrated ownership of a pipeline platform or internal tool that other teams depended on
Hands-on depth with a cloud workflow orchestration framework (Flyte preferred; Airflow Argo etc.) plus CI/CD containerization and data pipelines over large binary or log data
Strength in debugging systems from logs when the surface symptom is misleading
Enough sensor and robotics data literacy to reason about validity: what good IMU/INS GNSS/RTK lidar and camera data looks like and how to design a check that catches bad data
Experience with physical systems sensors or hardware-in-the-loop
Automates recurring failures out of existence
Data or platform infrastructure experience at a robotics AV drone or industrial autonomy company
Familiarity with robotics log formats and time synchronization (ROS/MCAP PTP sensor timestamp alignment)
Prior exposure to sensor calibration extrinsics/intrinsics or geometric transforms
Experience building self-service tooling for non-expert internal users
Significant contributions to design documents; experience mentoring engineers
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.
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.
FOR US-BASED ROLES: Applied Intuition is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive application and interview experience to applicants who are disabled veterans and other applicants with disabilities or medical conditions. Reasonable accommodations are available requesting an accommodation will not affect your candidacy in any way and you are not required to disclose the nature of your disability or medical condition in order to make a request. If you require an accommodation please contact . We will work with you!
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About Company
Applied Intuition powers physical AI, automating machines across automotive, defense, trucking, mining, construction, & agriculture.