Applied Intuition
Robotics · Autonomous-vehicle software
Robotics · Autonomous-vehicle software
Applied Intuition currently has 63 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Applied Perception Engineering Lead (2), Autonomy Integration Software Engineer, C++ Software Engineer (Autonomous Systems), C++ Software Engineer - Autonomy/Physical AI, Data & ML Pipeline Software Engineer. Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Applied Intuition's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (32%), data (19%), serving infrastructure (14%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Applied Intuition is hiring AI talent in: United States (58 roles), South Korea (2 roles), United Kingdom (1 role).
Job postings at Applied Intuition most frequently reference: model serving, multimodal, inference infra, agent orchestration, vision.
In the past 30 days, Applied Intuition has posted 10 new AI-related roles. That is a +25% change versus the prior 30 days (8 → 10).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Product Manager - DroneStack Product Manager for DroneStack team, which builds autonomous software and hardware for swarms of unmanned aircraft. The role involves owning product strategy, conducting primary research with military operators, driving the transition from program-driven deliveries to scalable products, shaping product design, and setting technical direction. Requires experience shipping products end-to-end, strong research instincts, comfort with deep technical systems, and clear communication. | Ship | 5 |
| Autonomy Software Engineer - Acuity Framework Software Engineer role focused on developing core framework software for collaborative autonomy behaviors in multi-domain environments, integrating with domain-specific platforms, and supporting multidisciplinary engineering efforts. The role heavily utilizes agentic coding tools and AI assistants for development acceleration and code quality improvement, with a focus on real-time performance optimization. |
| — |
| 5 |
| Senior Counsel, Privacy & AI Governance This role focuses on leading global privacy and AI governance efforts, advising Product, Engineering, Data Science, Security, and Go-to-Market teams on privacy, data protection, and responsible AI issues. It involves developing policies and frameworks for responsible AI development and deployment, including compliance with emerging regulations like the EU AI Act. The role also requires managing engagements with regulators and standards bodies, and building data governance infrastructure. | — | 5 |
| Solutions Architect - Modeling & Simulation (Defense) Solutions Architect for a defense tech company, focusing on modeling and simulation. The role involves designing solution architectures, translating technical capabilities for government customers, and providing technical feedback to engineering. Requires deep understanding of DoD technical environments and a security clearance. AI/ML is mentioned as a technical breadth area but not the core focus. | — | 5 |
| Solutions Architect - Maritime Defense Solutions Architect role focused on designing and presenting technical solutions for defense customers, bridging customer needs with engineering capabilities. Requires strong technical understanding of software architecture, data infrastructure, AI/ML, and edge computing within DoD environments. | — | 5 |
| Mapping Operations Lead Lead a team responsible for the day-to-day operations of mapping for autonomous vehicles, focusing on data collection, map production, validation, simulation, and field operations. This role involves managing production schedules, triaging issues, and coordinating between mapping specialists, software engineering, and field operations to ensure high-quality HD map data that directly impacts AV stack performance. | — | 5 |
| Technical Lead, Mining Autonomy Platform Tech Lead for the Mining Autonomy Platform, focusing on the foundational platform for autonomous mining vehicles. This role involves low-level vehicle controls, system identification, and building the software platform for health monitoring, diagnostics, telemetry, networking, and deployment. It spans 0->1 bring-up and building for production scale, integrating shared capabilities for mining environments and upholding engineering standards for reliability and safety. | ShipServe | 5 |
| Product Security Engineer This role focuses on embedding security into the product design and development lifecycle for an AI company. The engineer will analyze architectures, conduct security assessments using AI-assisted testing, mature vulnerability management, provide secure coding guidance, collaborate with incident response, and mature SAST/DAST tooling. The role requires experience in security engineering, programming languages, security tools, AI implementation for security, cloud security, and CI/CD pipeline security. | — | 5 |
| Software Engineer - Motion Planning (Fallback Stack) Software Engineer role focused on designing and implementing classical motion planning systems for autonomous vehicles, emphasizing deterministic behavior and large-scale evaluation. The role involves building safety-critical planning systems that operate reliably under degraded conditions, using simulation and real-world data for evaluation and tuning. | — | 5 |
| Software Engineer - Systems Engineering AI Tooling Software Engineer role focused on building internal platforms and AI workflows for autonomous vehicle development and validation. The role involves designing, developing, and productionizing scalable backend systems and tooling to connect requirements, modeling, validation, and test data, ensuring end-to-end traceability and supporting safety-critical development processes. | Agent | 5 |
| GTM Systems Architect This role focuses on designing and implementing the go-to-market (GTM) tech stack, including integrations between Salesforce and other GTM tools. It involves defining data governance, identifying and implementing AI-driven solutions to automate workflows and operational bottlenecks, and partnering with internal stakeholders to select and onboard new tools. The role requires a strong understanding of GTM systems, Salesforce, and quote-to-cash processes. | — | 5 |
| Planning - Technical Lead Lead and mentor a team developing motion planning modules for autonomous vehicles, integrating ML components, perception outputs, and map data for dynamic path planning. Requires C++ and experience with production software teams in planning algorithms. | Agent | 5 |
| Application Engineer - Technical Customer Lead This role is for a Technical Customer Lead who will own account strategy for major enterprise customers, manage executive relationships, and work closely with customers to understand their development needs and propose effective use of Applied's autonomy products. The role requires strong software expertise, domain knowledge, and an execution-driven mindset to ensure customer success and drive problems to resolution. While the company works in physical AI and autonomy, this specific role focuses on customer engagement and product application rather than direct AI/ML model development. | — | 5 |
| Software Engineer - Performance Optimization Software Engineer focused on optimizing application-layer software for embedded systems in autonomous driving. The role involves analyzing and optimizing compute usage, profiling performance on embedded targets, and collaborating with ML runtime optimization engineers to ensure efficient model inference execution within tight compute budgets and real-world operating conditions. | Serve | 5 |
| Software Engineer - Kafka This role focuses on building the foundational data and machine learning platform for a physical AI company. Responsibilities include data ingestion, processing, storage, labeling infrastructure, and ML infrastructure, handling petabytes of multimodal sensor data. The goal is to support AI research and autonomy stack development, enabling efficient dataset discovery, labeling, and quality assessment. | Data | 5 |
| Immigration Program Specialist This role focuses on managing and scaling a global immigration and mobility program, leveraging AI tools to improve efficiency, speed, and quality of case management and communication. The specialist will own immigration strategy, build mobility programs, drive operational excellence, and design scalable systems for employee and manager support. | — | 5 |
| Data Quality Specialist This role focuses on ensuring the quality and integrity of data collected from autonomous vehicles, which is essential for training and improving self-driving systems. Responsibilities include reviewing and validating data, developing automation scripts for verification, identifying data issues, assisting with data annotation, and collaborating with engineering teams to enhance data collection and verification processes. | — | 5 |
| Systems Engineer, Perception - Autonomy Trucking Systems Engineer role focused on defining, managing, and evaluating perception subsystem requirements for autonomous trucking. Involves working with various teams (SW, HW) and developing V&V pipelines. Requires experience in automotive systems engineering, perception, and sensor modalities, with preferred coding expertise in Python. | — | 5 |
| Software Engineer - Validation Toolset Software Engineer focused on building and deploying high-quality automotive validation products. The role involves driving the end-to-end product lifecycle, including data ingestion, KPI visualization, coverage analysis, and ML-based failure finding for autonomous systems. It requires close interaction with external and internal customers and hands-on support across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem deployments. | Agent | 5 |
| System Safety Engineer, Autonomy Trucking This role focuses on defining and managing the safety architecture and requirements for autonomy software and hardware for L4 SDS product lines in the automotive industry. It involves performing safety analyses (FMEA, FTA, STPA), working with verification and validation, and promoting a safety culture. While it deals with autonomous systems and ML safety, the core function is system safety engineering rather than direct AI/ML model development. | — | 5 |
| Application Engineer - Postsales Application Engineer - Postsales role focused on supporting customers using Applied Intuition's AI products for autonomy initiatives. Responsibilities include office hours, Level 1 support, bug reporting, and feature requests, ensuring customers maximize product value. Requires Python/C++/Linux proficiency and debugging skills, with experience in QA and customer interaction preferred. | — | 5 |
| Software Engineer - Calibration Software Engineer focused on building and maintaining a calibration pipeline for autonomous vehicles, ensuring multi-sensor, multi-modal world representation for navigation. This role involves implementing calibration processes, managing sensor data lifecycles, and enabling sensor fusion across various sensor types (Camera, Lidar, Radar, IMU, GNSS). | Agent | 5 |
| Marketing Manager Marketing Manager role at an AI company focused on physical AI. Responsibilities include shaping brand understanding, leading marketing programs, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and analyzing campaign performance. Requires tech marketing experience, multi-channel campaign execution, and interest in AI tools. | — | 5 |
| Engineering Manager - Axion Engineering Manager for the Axion product family, which is an all-domain autonomy toolchain for simulation, hardware/software integration, MLOps for ATR models, and mission control UIs. The role involves leading a cross-functional engineering group, driving execution, mentoring engineers, defining technical roadmaps, and ensuring quality for autonomy toolchain capabilities. The work influences architecture, scalability, performance, and field-readiness of products used in contested environments. | — | 1 |
| Senior Electrical Engineer - Compute Hardware This role is for a Senior Electrical Engineer focused on designing compute hardware for electric and autonomous vehicles. Responsibilities include designing electrical schematics, guiding PCB layout, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and validating designs. The role requires significant experience in hardware design, digital interfaces, and lab tools. | — | 0 |
| IT Operations Engineer This role is for an IT Operations Engineer responsible for designing and building scalable IT infrastructure, responding to help desk requests, and providing technical support for computer systems, networks, software, and hardware. It requires experience in system administration, server support, project implementation, and desktop support. | — | 0 |
| Industrial Designer This role is for an Industrial Designer focused on the hardware aspects of physical AI products, specifically for autonomous machines in industries like automotive, defense, and robotics. The designer will develop hardware concepts, build prototypes, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to create user-friendly designs within fast-paced release cycles. | — | 0 |
| Brand Designer This role is for a Brand Designer responsible for creating and maintaining visual assets for a company that provides digital infrastructure for physical AI. The designer will work with marketing, product, and engineering teams to bring the brand to life across various platforms and physical spaces. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer (C++) Software Engineer (C++) role focused on building simulation, tooling, and autonomy infrastructure for physical AI in the defense sector. The role involves designing and implementing high-performance software for a defense data and tooling platform, extending simulation environments, and developing scalable infrastructure for autonomous operations. It requires strong C++ skills, experience with simulation engines, and an interest in autonomy and robotics. | — | 0 |
| Lead Software Engineer (Defense Tech) Lead Software Engineer role focused on integrating and operationalizing Applied Intuition's vehicle intelligence products with defense and government customers. This role involves end-to-end execution of high-stakes projects, bridging customer systems with Applied's solutions, and ensuring mission success in challenging operational environments. Requires strong software engineering background, C++/Python proficiency, and experience with complex system deployment and hardware integration. | — | 0 |
| Technical Business Development Lead, Japan Market (US-based) This role is for a Technical Business Development Lead for the Japan Market, based in the US. The individual will act as a technical anchor, bridging HQ with the Japan market, focusing on automotive autonomy capabilities. Responsibilities include customer engagement, understanding requirements, hosting workshops, developing solutions with Product and Engineering teams, and planning revenue strategy. The role requires experience in automotive software technologies and stakeholder management, with a preference for Japanese language fluency. | — | 0 |
| Global Sourcing Manager - Defense This role is for a Global Sourcing Manager in the Defense sector, focusing on procuring hardware components like GPUs, edge-compute modules, and sensors for autonomous defense platforms. It requires expertise in procurement strategies, supplier relationships, and compliance with defense regulations (FAR, DFARS, DCMA). While the company works with AI and advanced hardware, the role itself is in procurement and supply chain management, not direct AI/ML development. | — | 0 |
| Process Engineer Process Engineer role focused on analyzing and improving operational workflows, throughput, and root cause analysis for vehicle operations across automotive, trucking, construction, and mining programs. The role involves designing measurement frameworks, developing process templates, and driving continuous improvement using Lean/Six Sigma methodologies to scale operations efficiently. | — | 0 |
| Senior Autonomy Engineer - Defense Senior Software Engineer to architect the Acuity Scene System, focusing on game engine technology and large-scale simulation for multi-agent environments in defense. Requires expertise in C++, Entity Component Systems, and 3D/4D spatial systems. | — | 0 |
| Government Affairs Associate This role is for a Government Affairs Associate at Applied Intuition, a company focused on physical AI and autonomy for industries like defense. The associate will drive legislative and executive strategies, shape external messaging, and support engagements with policymakers. Duties include tracking legislation, developing policy positions, and representing the company in meetings. | — | 0 |
| Recruiter, GTM Recruiter role at an AI company focused on hiring marketing talent. | — | 0 |
| Senior Accountant, Project & Cost Accounting Senior Accountant specializing in project accounting, cost accounting, government contracts, and time-and-material billing for a company powering physical AI in defense and commercial programs. | — | 0 |
| Commercial Counsel Commercial Counsel role at an AI company, focusing on drafting and negotiating complex commercial and procurement contracts, supporting Sales, Product, and Engineering, and managing IP, Product, and Compliance activities. Requires 5+ years of experience in complex commercial agreements and a JD degree. | — | 0 |
| Creative Director, Brand Creative Director, Brand for Applied Intuition, a company focused on physical AI infrastructure for moving machines across various industries. The role involves evolving and executing the brand language across digital and physical touchpoints, managing the brand design team, and collaborating with cross-functional partners. | — | 0 |
| Engineering Manager - Robotic Systems and Test Engineering Manager for Product Integration and Test team, focusing on turning individual components into a cohesive autonomous product for physical AI applications in automotive, defense, and other industries. Responsibilities include technical guidance, mentoring, integration, testing (SIL, HIL, real-world), and configuration management for autonomy solutions on hardware platforms like USVs and UAVs. | — | 0 |
| International Trade Compliance Manager This role is for an International Trade Compliance Manager to support dual-use Defense and Commercial business lines. The individual will be responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing controls to comply with U.S. and international export control regulations, working cross-functionally with various teams. The company sells products subject to ITAR and EAR to commercial clients, the U.S. military, and its allies. | — | 0 |
| Electrical Systems Integration Engineer This role focuses on designing automotive-grade wire harnesses and electrical distribution systems, coordinating with engineering teams and suppliers to meet program milestones and quality standards. It involves creating CAD models, developing BOMs, and managing vendor relationships for harness manufacturing. | — | 0 |
| Training and Development Lead This role is responsible for building and leading the end-to-end training and development function for operations teams globally. It involves competency analysis, designing learning journeys, creating and deploying curriculum, managing an LMS, developing certification frameworks, evaluating training effectiveness, and managing a team. The ideal candidate has experience in the autonomous vehicle industry or a similar safety-critical domain. | — | 0 |
| Software Quality Assurance Engineer This role focuses on establishing and maintaining the Quality Assurance process for the Self-Driving System (SDS) organization, ensuring compliance with Automotive SPICE and ISO 9001:2015 standards. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to define, deploy, and improve processes, conduct audits, manage non-conformances, and define quality KPIs. While the company works with physical AI and autonomous systems, this specific role is centered on quality assurance processes rather than direct AI/ML model development. | — | 0 |
| Corporate Development & Investor Relations Manager This role is in Corporate Development & Investor Relations, focusing on M&A, capital markets strategy, and investor engagement. The individual will lead M&A processes, build financial models, manage investor relations, draft investor-facing materials, and support pre-IPO readiness. A key responsibility includes building internal tools, automations, and AI-assisted workflows to enhance operational efficiency. The role requires strong financial modeling, deal execution experience, and demonstrated AI fluency in building internal tools, not just using off-the-shelf products. Experience in deep-tech business models is a plus. | — | 0 |
| Solution Engineering Manager This role is for a Solutions Engineering Manager at Applied Intuition, a company focused on physical AI and vehicle intelligence. The manager will lead a team of solutions engineers, acting as the first technical point of contact for strategic global customers, guiding architectural conversations, and driving the presales process from discovery to deal closure. The role requires expertise in pre-sales, a background in development/design engineering, and experience with automotive software development workflows. | — | 0 |
| Pipeline Technical Artist This role focuses on developing and automating content pipelines for Unreal Engine and Houdini, involving C++ and Python scripting. The goal is to create an automated system for ingesting customer data, running various systems, and generating final packages for clients, with applications in robotics and autonomous systems. | — | 0 |
| Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting Senior Accountant role focused on financial reporting, GAAP compliance, and supporting audits for a company in the physical AI sector. Requires experience with public company reporting requirements and technical accounting research. | — | 0 |
| Systems Engineer, Vehicle OS This role is for a Systems Engineer focused on robotics and autonomous systems, specifically for a new Vehicle OS product. The engineer will be responsible for defining and managing system and software requirements, ensuring compliance with industry standards like ASPICE, and working with development teams to guide technical implementation. The role involves using tools like Cameo and Polarion for requirements and architecture management, with a focus on end-to-end traceability and validation. | — | 0 |
| Product Designer, HMI Product Designer for Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) for future vehicles, focusing on embedded software applications and companion devices. The role involves leading the end-to-end design lifecycle, collaborating with OEMs, product managers, and engineers, and shipping new features in fast release cycles. | — | 0 |