Robotics Integration Engineer Tech Lead
Applied Intuition is a physical-AI company that provides software platforms for developing, validating, deploying, and operating intelligent vehicles and machines.
About Applied Intuition
Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition builds physical-AI tooling and infrastructure, a Vehicle OS, and a Self-Driving System for automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture, and robotics applications.
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About the Role
You will own the end-to-end vehicle platform, spanning networking, time synchronization, sensors, drivers, middleware, embedded software, drive-by-wire systems, and low-level controls. You will architect and deliver hardware and software capabilities from prototypes to reliable production deployments on heavy machinery. You will integrate cross-functional work into product-ready platforms, work directly with customers to define requirements and deliver field integrations, and lead engineers by setting technical direction and priorities. You will also build test rigs and validation infrastructure and troubleshoot full-stack system behavior to ensure reliable performance.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in robotics, systems integration, or platform software development
- Demonstrated technical leadership or tech lead experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related area
- Hands-on experience with sensors, drivers, networking, time synchronization, middleware, and embedded systems
- Development experience in C/C++ on Linux, including debugging and testing real-time systems
- Experience with vehicle actuation, low-level controls, drive-by-wire systems, and controller integration
- Understanding of electronic systems and their setup, instrumentation, and debugging
- Ability to coordinate and prioritize work across engineers and cross-functional teams
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end vehicle platform, including networking, time synchronization, sensors, drivers, middleware, embedded software, drive-by-wire, and low-level controls
- Architect and deliver hardware and software platform capabilities from prototypes to production systems
- Integrate cross-functional work into product-ready platforms for customer machines and use cases
- Work directly with customers to identify use cases, define requirements, and drive field deployments
- Lead engineers by setting technical direction, prioritizing workstreams, and managing cross-functional dependencies
- Design and bring up test rigs and validation infrastructure for system testing and verification
- Debug, test, and troubleshoot full-stack interactions to ensure system reliability and performance