Senior Robotics Platform Engineer - Heavy Machinery

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale, California, is seeking a Senior Robotics & Integration Engineer to own the software and hardware platform of our autonomous stack.

You will oversee everything from networking, sensors and drivers to embedded systems, drive-by-wire, and low-level actuation, coordinating across hardware, firmware, middleware, and software teams to deliver reliable production systems. You will lead multi-disciplinary engineering efforts, define platform requirements with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in robotics, systems integration, or platform software development, with demonstrated technical leadership or tech lead experience
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related area
• Deep, hands-on experience across the robotics platform stack: sensors and drivers, networking and time synchronization, middleware (e.g., ROS 2, DDS, or proprietary frameworks), and embedded systems
• Strong development experience in C/C++ on Linux, including debugging and testing complex real-time systems
• Experience with vehicle actuation and low-level controls, such as drive-by-wire systems and controller integration
• Strong understanding of electronic systems and how to set up, instrument, and debug them
• Ability to coordinate and prioritize across multiple engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver on customer commitments

Responsibilities

• Own the vehicle platform end-to-end: networking, time synchronization, sensor selection and drivers, middleware integration, embedded software, drive-by-wire, and low-level controls actuation
• Architect and deliver full-system platform capabilities spanning hardware and software, taking them from 0→1 prototypes through to reliable production systems deployed on heavy machinery
• Integrate the cross-functional work of internal teams into cohesive, product-ready platforms adapted to customer machines and use cases
• Interact directly with customers to identify target use cases, define platform requirements, and drive integrations through to successful deployment in the field
• Lead and coordinate a team of engineers: set technical direction, prioritize across competing workstreams, and manage cross-functional dependencies with internal teams
• Design and bring up test rigs and validation infrastructure for end-to-end system testing, hardware-in-the-loop verification, and on-vehicle validation
• Debug, test, and troubleshoot complex interactions across the full stack — from sensor timing and network behavior to actuation and controls — to ensure reliability and system performance in harsh, real-world environments

Skills

Robotics

Systems integration

Platform software development

C/C++

Linux

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/Robotics/EE

Tools

ROS 2

DDS

Embedded systems

Time synchronization

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale, California, is seeking a Senior Robotics & Integration Engineer to own the software and hardware platform of our autonomous stack.

You will oversee everything from networking, sensors and drivers to embedded systems, drive-by-wire, and low-level actuation, coordinating across hardware, firmware, middleware, and software teams to deliver reliable production systems. You will lead multi-disciplinary engineering efforts, define platform requirements with