Software Engineer - Stack (SDS) Tooling

applied; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, designs software infrastructure for autonomous systems.

As a Software Engineer on the Stack Tooling team, you will ship production-grade C++ code, maintain critical tooling, and help scale simulation and data pipelines across autonomy domains. You will collaborate with autonomy developers, systems engineers, and release teams, work with cloud infrastructure, and contribute to faster analysis and safer, more reliable testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related engineering field is required or equivalent.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production‑grade code.
• Strong foundational programming experience in C++.
• Experience maintaining critical path developer tooling infrastructure.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and/or managing resources in customer environments.

Responsibilities

• Support autonomy developers, systems engineers, and triage/release teams on cross‑functional projects.
• Contribute to multiple autonomy domains, enabling changes to scale from trucks to cars and off‑road vehicles.
• Help automate and stabilize simulation, CI, and deployment pipelines to accelerate testing and rollout.

Skills

C++

Developer tooling

Cloud infrastructure

Production-grade software

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or related engineering field

Master’s degree in Robotics or related field

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co.

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

About the Role

The Stack Tooling team builds software infrastructure across multiple autonomy verticals to help engineering teams test, analyze failures, and deploy faster. The team works on problems central to production autonomy rollout: local and cloud simulation realism, performance, and scale-up, autonomy CI and deployment pipelines, data pipelines for fast decision‑making on new changes.

As a Software Engineer on this team, you will execute highly cross‑functional projects supporting autonomy developers, systems engineers, and triage and release teams. The work done by the team aims to cover multiple autonomy domains at once — a change that impacts trucking can quickly scale out to cars and offroad vehicles.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Work on consolidating common dependencies (simulation artifacts, testing methods, agentic development loops, etc.) into a single ecosystem
• Integrate with cutting edge neural rendering tools and Applied's Dana platform to enable faster analysis and stronger conclusions.
• Enable safety‑critical event analysis and response, pushing the limits of realistic log resimulation
• Increase hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) simulation testing fidelity so autonomy engineers detect issues before rollout to the road.
• Stabilize, generalize, and scale code deployment and offboard vehicle pre‑checks to eliminate vehicle downtime and maximize testing uptime

We're looking for someone who has:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related engineering field
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production‑grade code
• Strong foundational programming experience in C++
• Experience maintaining critical path developer tooling infrastructure
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and/or managing resources in customer environments

Nice to have:

• Preferred Master’s degree in Robotics or other autonomy‑related engineering field
• Prior experience with data pipelining architectures, maps validity, or metrics and evaluation frameworks
• Exposure to software simulation tooling and either RL‑based, physics‑based, or reconstruction‑based simulation runtimes
• Prior experience working on perception modeling, planning, controls, or other onboard robotics functions
• Previous background working with automotive OEMs, autonomous vehicles, or robotic development platforms

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment.

Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position.

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.

FOR US-BASED ROLES: Applied Intuition is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive application and interview experience to applicants who are disabled veterans and other applicants with disabilities or medical conditions. Reasonable accommodations are available, requesting an accommodation will not affect your candidacy in any way, and you are not required to disclose the nature of your disability or medical condition in order to make a request.

If you require an accommodation please contact [e-mail]. We will work with you!