Onboard Maps Engineer: Real-Time HD Map Estimator

Front Door Defense; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 265,000; Full time

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.