Autonomy Controls Engineer

Frontdoor Defense; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer focused on high-performance control software for autonomous vehicles and mobile robots in Sunnyvale, CA. The role emphasizes developing controls modules with strong timing constraints, collaborating with customers, and applying best practices in autonomy engineering.

You will work in an in-office environment with some flexibility, contribute to end-to-end control strategies, and participate in validation from simulation to real-world testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's in mechanical engineering, CS or related field.
• 2+ years of experience building production software.
• Hands-on experience testing controls on real vehicles.
• Fluency in differential equations, numerical optimization, numerical analysis, and physics.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement controls modules for autonomous vehicles.
• Characterize vehicle dynamics to tailor controls solutions.
• Evaluate academic research for optimal-control-based solutions (MPC, MPPI).
• Diagnose system software and drive issues to root cause on target platforms (on-road and sim).
• Perform in-vehicle testing and data collection to close the loop on failures.
• Verify and validate autonomy functions from test-case design through fault injection in SIL/HIL and in-vehicle environments.
• Contribute to safety requirements and DFMEA-style analyses for safety-critical functions.
• Collaborate with customers' engineers and manage relationships.

Skills

Passion for control problems

Differential equations

Numerical optimization

End-to-end strategy

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in mechanical engineering or computer science

Tools

Modern C++

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer focused on high-performance control software for autonomous vehicles and mobile robots in Sunnyvale, CA. The role emphasizes developing controls modules with strong timing constraints, collaborating with customers, and applying best practices in autonomy engineering.

You will work in an in-office environment with some flexibility, contribute to end-to-end control strategies, and participate in validation from simulation to real-world testing.