Senior World Modeling & Real-Time Simulation Engineer

Decisive Point; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Engineer to architect the world representation layer of its Acuity autonomy stack. You will define 4D spatial abstractions, ECS, and high‑performance data structures supporting multi‑agent environments across air, ground, and maritime domains.

The role emphasizes C++20 expertise, real‑time performance, and collaboration with sensor, planning, and simulation engineers. Travel up to ~20% is possible; base salary ranges are disclosed for this location.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience in spatial systems, world modeling, or simulation.

Responsibilities

• Architect World & Scene Representation Systems: design core spatial data structures, ECS, spatial indexing, and 4D object management for large multi‑agent environments.
• Own Mapping & Geometry Pipelines: build and optimize geometry and world‑state systems between sensor data and path planning.
• Drive Performance to the Metal: write highly optimized C++ (C++20) with low latency, cache efficiency, and memory‑aware design.
• Lead Technical Strategy & Integration: drive architectural decisions and clean APIs for cross‑domain integration across autonomy stacks.
• Collaborate & Mentor: act as technical anchor across sensor, planning, and simulation engineers to ensure the scene layer meets needs.

Skills

Spatial systems

World modeling

C++20

World representations

Computational geometry

Real-time design

Python

Shell scripting

AI tooling

Tools

Docker

Nix

Bazel

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Engineer to architect the world representation layer of its Acuity autonomy stack. You will define 4D spatial abstractions, ECS, and high‑performance data structures supporting multi‑agent environments across air, ground, and maritime domains.

The role emphasizes C++20 expertise, real‑time performance, and collaboration with sensor, planning, and simulation engineers. Travel up to ~20% is possible; base salary ranges are disclosed for this location.