Senior Software Engineer Maps Infrastructure
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build and operate distributed simulation and HD mapping workflows for autonomous systems. You will create map infrastructure, storage formats, geometric query systems, and tools for map creation, ingestion, validation, visualization, and lifecycle management. You will investigate map-related failures, work with customers on requirements and roadmaps, and advise them on simulation and mapping tools.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, or a related engineering field
- 2+ years of HD mapping experience for autonomous vehicles
- 3+ years of programming and systems experience
- C++
- Python
- Go
- JavaScript
- SQL
- Linux
- Git
- Scalable distributed systems
- CI/CD
- Version control
- Jira
- Lane-level geometry
- Routing
- HD map structures
Responsibilities
- Manage distributed simulation workflows for large-scale testing of robotic control, planning, and perception systems
- Architect scalable HD mapping workflows integrated with autonomy stacks
- Build infrastructure and tools for HD map creation, ingestion, and lifecycle management
- Define and own the map storage format, including data pipelines, storage, CRUD operations, and SDKs
- Develop a scalable real-time geometric query system for three-dimensional spatial queries
- Support tools that digitize road networks and semantic attributes from geospatial inputs
- Validate map changes for accuracy, completeness, and consistency
- Troubleshoot map-related simulation and on-road disengagement failures
- Gather requirements, plan features, and create roadmaps with engineers and customers
- Advise customers on simulation and mapping tools
Benefits
- Equity