Senior Robotics Platform Lead — 0→1 Hardware/Software

Decisive Point Group; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will handle networking, sensors, drivers, middleware, embedded software, drive-by-wire, and low-level actuation, guiding 0→1 prototypes to robust production systems on heavy machinery. You will collaborate with electrical, middleware, firmware, and hardware teams, leading engineers and coordinating cross-functional work to

Qualifications

• 5+ years in robotics, systems integration or platform software with technical leadership
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Deep hands-on experience across the robotics platform stack: sensors and drivers, networking and time synchronization, middleware (ROS 2, DDS, etc), embedded systems
• Strong development experience in C/C++ on Linux, including debugging and testing real-time systems
• Experience with vehicle actuation and low-level controls like drive-by-wire systems
• Strong understanding of electronic systems and how to instrument and debug them
• Ability to coordinate 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 from 0→1 prototypes to reliable production systems
• Integrate cross-functional work into cohesive, product-ready platforms for customer machines and use cases
• Interact directly with customers to identify target use cases, define platform requirements, and drive integrations to deployment
• Lead and coordinate a team of engineers: set technical direction, prioritize across workstreams, manage cross-functional dependencies
• 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 to ensure reliability in harsh real-world environments

Skills

Robotics experience

Leadership

C/C++ on Linux

Systems integration

Embedded software

Education

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

Tools

ROS 2

DDS

CAN

J1939

LIN

Ethernet/TSN

PTP/gPTP

AUTOSAR

Job description

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

You will handle networking, sensors, drivers, middleware, embedded software, drive-by-wire, and low-level actuation, guiding 0→1 prototypes to robust production systems on heavy machinery. You will collaborate with electrical, middleware, firmware, and hardware teams, leading engineers and coordinating cross-functional work to