Autonomy Platform Tech Lead - Mining Systems

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, based in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Tech Lead for the Autonomy Platform within the Mining Products team to power large-scale autonomous mining operations. You will own the low-level vehicle controls interface and the software platform, bridging hardware, embedded systems, and software to enable reliable field operation.

You will mentor engineers, define roadmaps with the autonomy product team, and drive 0→1 bring-up of new mining platforms while ensuring safety, reliability, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years in embedded systems, robotics, or autonomous vehicle software development.
• Proven experience leading a technical team or as a tech lead on a complex systems project.
• Hands-on background in robotics actuation — CAN, drive-by-wire, or similar control interfaces.
• Experience building or owning software platform components: health monitoring, telemetry, diagnostics, or deployment systems for production embedded platforms.
• Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded and real-time systems development.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and mentor engineers for the Autonomy Platform team, setting architecture and execution priorities.
• Work with autonomy product team to define roadmap across internal product milestones and customer requirements.
• Own the low-level vehicle controls interface — designing and implementing the autonomy-to-vehicle control layer, including drive-by-wire integration and system identification for new mining platforms.
• Build and maintain the software platform that keeps autonomous vehicles healthy in production: health monitoring, diagnostics, telemetry pipelines, networking, and OTA deployment.
• Drive 0→1 bringup of new mining vehicle platforms, from initial hardware bring-up through software integration and field validation.
• Partner with internal teams to integrate shared capabilities and adapt them for the specific requirements of mining environments.
• Define and uphold engineering standards for reliability, safety, and scalability as the fleet grows toward full production deployment.

Skills

Leadership

Embedded systems

C/C++

Robot diagnostics

System identification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE

Master’s degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

CAN

Drive-by-wire

Job description

Applied Intuition, based in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Tech Lead for the Autonomy Platform within the Mining Products team to power large-scale autonomous mining operations. You will own the low-level vehicle controls interface and the software platform, bridging hardware, embedded systems, and software to enable reliable field operation.

You will mentor engineers, define roadmaps with the autonomy product team, and drive 0→1 bring-up of new mining platforms while ensuring safety, reliability, and