Autonomy Systems Integration Engineer — Travel Required

Decisive Point; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Systems Integration Engineer to own hardware and software decisions that make a vehicle build work—from compute and sensor architecture to harness routing and DBW integration.

You will collaborate across hardware, embedded, and autonomy software teams, traveling domestically and internationally to lead builds and demos onsite, including extended stays. This role requires strong communication, the ability to defend technical tradeoffs under deadlines,

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in systems/integration engineering, ideally on automotive, robotics, defense, or autonomy programs.
• Working knowledge of vehicle hardware integration — harnessing, sensor/compute mounting, and hardware architecture — sufficient to make and defend build decisions.
• Comfortable making and owning real engineering tradeoffs under a firm deadline (e.g., tuning approach, sensor spec, hardware architecture).
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively, including internationally and for multi-week stretches.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to move fluidly between deep technical detail and higher-level engineering summaries.

Responsibilities

• Define hardware architecture for a build (compute, sensors) and drive procurement of long-lead-time components, including supplier onboarding and purchasing-process decisions.
• Coordinate wiring harness design/build and sensor mounting workstreams, resolving cross-team dependencies between mechanical design, harness build, and shipping timelines.
• Specify sensor tuning requirements (e.g., camera ISP parameters, resolution, glass-to-glass latency) in partnership with hardware and perception teams, and track them to closure.
• Partner with autonomy and low-level controls teams to scope DBW validation and tuning plans, distinguishing what's needed for teleoperation vs. full autonomy.
• Travel onsite — domestically and internationally, including extended stays — to lead vehicle builds, hardware installs, and demo prep in person.
• Scope new operational sites in new regions from an engineering standpoint: assess power/network/IT infrastructure needs and prep hardware for regulatory/compliance site visits.
• Work daily across hardware, embedded, and autonomy software teams to resolve integration issues and keep builds moving.
• Communicate fluidly between deep technical detail and higher-level engineering summaries when working with adjacent teams.

Skills

Systems integration

Vehicle hardware integration

Engineering tradeoffs

Willing to travel

Communication skills

Drive-by-wire (DBW) knowledge

Sensor requirements understanding

Site/field operations

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Systems Integration Engineer to own hardware and software decisions that make a vehicle build work—from compute and sensor architecture to harness routing and DBW integration.

You will collaborate across hardware, embedded, and autonomy software teams, traveling domestically and internationally to lead builds and demos onsite, including extended stays. This role requires strong communication, the ability to defend technical tradeoffs under deadlines,