Firmware HIL Engineer: Embedded Systems & Test Automation

applied; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Sunnyvale-based company advancing the future of physical AI. We are an in-office, full-time employer with a strong push for hands-on work in our Sunnyvale office and occasional remote work for contractors.

The role involves building test automation in Python, developing on-target firmware, and maintaining large hardware test labs. You will work with CI/CD, Linux systems, and embedded debugging tools in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience as software engineer, with at least 2 years in system architecture and implementation.
• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop Python/Bash tooling, CLI apps and pytest infrastructure for hardware tests.
• Build and scale test labs with hundreds of benches and thousands of jobs daily.
• Diagnose flaky tests and improve CI reliability.
• Embedded hardware development and bring-up on target devices.

Skills

Python

Test automation

Linux command line

System architecture

Hardware debugging

Education

BS in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Buildkite/Jenkins

Bazel/monorepo

CAN/CAN-FD tools

Nix/NixOS

JTAG debuggers (JLINK/Lauterbach)

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Sunnyvale-based company advancing the future of physical AI. We are an in-office, full-time employer with a strong push for hands-on work in our Sunnyvale office and occasional remote work for contractors.

The role involves building test automation in Python, developing on-target firmware, and maintaining large hardware test labs. You will work with CI/CD, Linux systems, and embedded debugging tools in a fast-paced environment.