Autonomy Controls Engineer - In-Office

EpiSci; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale is seeking a software engineer with expertise in control of autonomous vehicles or mobile robots. You will develop high-performance control modules that meet strict timing constraints for real-world deployment.

You will work in a fast-paced, customer-focused team, applying best practices from autonomy research and hands-on testing on production vehicles, both in simulation and on-road.

Qualifications

• Passion about tackling challenging control problems involving a wide array of vehicles in various environments.
• Bachelor's or Master's in mechanical engineering, computer science or related field with coursework or research in controls.
• 2+ 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 practical solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement controls modules that can be deployed onto 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.
• Diagnose system software and functional driving issues on target platforms, both on-road and in simulation, and drive them to the root cause.
• Perform in-vehicle testing: run autonomous drive missions, collect data, and close the loop from field failures to fixes.
• Verify and validate autonomy functions from test-case design through fault injection in SIL/HIL and in-vehicle environments.
• Collaborate with customers’ engineers and manage customer relationships

Skills

Control of autonomous vehicles

Production software experience

In-vehicle testing

Differential equations

Numerical optimization

Physics intuition

Practical solutions

Safety-critical software

Quadratic programming

Nonlinear optimization

ML for vehicle dynamics

Education

Bachelors or Masters in controls

Job description

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale is seeking a software engineer with expertise in control of autonomous vehicles or mobile robots. You will develop high-performance control modules that meet strict timing constraints for real-world deployment.

You will work in a fast-paced, customer-focused team, applying best practices from autonomy research and hands-on testing on production vehicles, both in simulation and on-road.