Software Engineer Robotics
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 develop and tune robotics software for locomotion, whole-body control, and manipulation. You will integrate hardware and software subsystems, build and validate simulations, debug physical robots, analyze telemetry, and improve fleet tooling and deployment systems.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience
- 4+ years of professional robotics development experience, including physical hardware
- Proficiency in C++ and Python
- Knowledge of multithreading, memory management, and real-time systems
- Knowledge of kinematics, dynamics, control theory, and state estimation
- Experience with embedded or low-level systems
- Knowledge of CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet, and serial communication protocols
- Experience developing in Linux
- Ability to debug hardware-software interactions
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and tune robotics software for locomotion, whole-body control, and manipulation
- Integrate actuators, sensors, motor controllers, and onboard compute
- Develop and maintain real-time C++ control software
- Build simulation infrastructure and validate behaviors before hardware deployment
- Debug physical robots and analyze telemetry and logs
- Contribute to fleet monitoring, behavior testing, operator interfaces, and CI/CD infrastructure
- Work with teleoperation and data collection systems
Benefits
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401k retirement benefits with employer match
- Learning stipends
- Wellness stipends
- Paid time off