Embedded Systems Engineer — Autonomous Vehicle Stack

Applied Intuition; Stuttgart (AR); On-site; USD 104,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

Lunch & dinner benefits

Learning budget

Fitness budget

Wellpass membership

Deutschlandticket

Parental leave

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Stuttgart is seeking a Software Engineer - Embedded Systems to design, develop and port autonomous software modules across SoCs. You will join an early, fast‑growing autonomy team with broad ownership and direct impact on program direction.

You will bring up new embedded hardware and software alongside engineers from machine learning, vehicle applications and Vehicle OS. We move fast and focus on excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands‑on C/C++ in POSIX and RTOS environments.
• Direct experience with automotive SoCs (e.g., NVIDIA Orin, Qualcomm) or similar.
• Strong low‑level understanding of hardware accelerators (encoders, DSPs, GPUs).
• Deep knowledge of operating systems, especially QNX and Linux.
• Hands‑on with microcontrollers, hardware debuggers and flashing interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop and port autonomous software modules on embedded compute platforms.
• Work closely with ML engineers to optimize perception models for embedded performance.
• Interface with automotive middleware and communication protocols (IPC, Ethernet, DDS).
• Support vehicle operations, SIL and HIL setups.
• Leverage AI‑accelerated development tools and workflows.

Skills

C/C++

POSIX/RTOS

Automotive SoCs

Hardware accelerators

QNX/Linux

Education

MSc or PhD in CS/Robotics/Electronics

Job description

Applied Intuition in Stuttgart is seeking a Software Engineer - Embedded Systems to design, develop and port autonomous software modules across SoCs. You will join an early, fast‑growing autonomy team with broad ownership and direct impact on program direction.

You will bring up new embedded hardware and software alongside engineers from machine learning, vehicle applications and Vehicle OS. We move fast and focus on excellence.