Onboard Maps Engineer: Real-Time HD Map Estimator

Front Door Defense

Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 170,000 - 265,000

Full time

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Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to own the onboard live-map estimator across the vehicle's software stack. The role focuses on a real-time fused estimate built from map priors and live perception to power navigation and planning.

You will work in the Localization, Calibration, and Mapping team to deliver high-integrity solutions for consumer automotive, trucking, mining, and construction. Strong C++ and state-estimation experience are required.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years building production software with an owned estimation core.
  • State estimation fundamentals in production: factor graphs, filtering, data association.
  • Experience fusing map data, perception output, and sensors into a single world estimate.
  • Strong modern C++ and real-time embedded compute.
  • Rigorous evaluation pipelines and metrics to hold an operating point.
  • Judgment about uncertainty and robust design.
  • Experience defining system interfaces and contracts with consumer teams.

Responsibilities

  • Own the onboard live-map estimator end to end.
  • Build onboard map change detection and define trust contracts.
  • Define map trust contracts the planner uses.
  • Build evaluation backbone, metrics pipelines, regression testing.
  • Ship estimation code in modern C++ for real-time embedded compute.
  • Extend the loop offboard by aggregating divergence across fleet logs.

Skills

Production software
State estimation
Sensor fusion
Modern C++
Uncertainty analysis
System design

Education

MS/PhD focus in state estimation or SLAM

Tools

GTSAM
Lie groups

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to own the onboard live-map estimator across the vehicle's software stack. The role focuses on a real-time fused estimate built from map priors and live perception to power navigation and planning.

You will work in the Localization, Calibration, and Mapping team to deliver high-integrity solutions for consumer automotive, trucking, mining, and construction. Strong C++ and state-estimation experience are required.

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