Autonomous Vehicle Controls Engineer (Off‑Road)

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a software engineer focused on control of autonomous vehicles and mobile robots. You will design high-performance control modules for off-road vehicles, tailor solutions by analyzing vehicle dynamics, and translate academic research into practical control strategies.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing on production-grade vehicles, collaboration with customers, and leveraging nonlinear optimization techniques in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Passion about tackling challenging control problems involving a wide array of vehicles in challenging off-road environments.
• 3+ years of experience building production software using modern software practices.
• Hands-on experience testing controls solutions on real, production-grade vehicles.
• Fluency in differential equations, numerical optimization, numerical analysis, and physics.
• Enthusiasm for coming up with practical solutions to cutting-edge challenges in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement controls modules that can be deployed on off-road vehicles for autonomous navigation.
• Characterize the dynamics of our customers’ vehicles to create tailored controls solutions and to reduce the gap between simulation and real-world dynamics.
• Evaluate and utilize academic research to create optimal-control-based solutions using techniques like nonlinear MPC and MPPI control.
• Collaborate with customers’ engineers and manage customer relationships.

Skills

Autonomous vehicle control

Production software

Hands-on testing

Differential equations

Numerical optimization

Numerical analysis

Physics

Fast-paced environment

Education

MSc or PhD in mechanical engineering or computer science

Tools

MISRA/C++ safety guidelines

AUTOSAR standards

OSQP

SCS

CasADi

Job description

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a software engineer focused on control of autonomous vehicles and mobile robots. You will design high-performance control modules for off-road vehicles, tailor solutions by analyzing vehicle dynamics, and translate academic research into practical control strategies.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing on production-grade vehicles, collaboration with customers, and leveraging nonlinear optimization techniques in a fast-paced setting.