Solution Architect

Applied Intuition; New Sweden (ME); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition is seeking a Solution Architect to bridge customers and engineering, driving success and shaping autonomy product directions. You will translate customer needs into clear technical requirements and collaborate across teams to maximize impact.

The role emphasizes close collaboration with customers, engineering, and sales, delivering high-value software solutions in a fast-paced, customer-driven environment. Strong communication and autonomy-domain knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience interfacing with end-customers as an application engineer or developer.
• Familiar with best practices in large-scale software development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to translate customer needs into product requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers to understand their autonomy needs and use cases.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure the product roadmap reflects customer priorities.
• Ensure customer requirements are supported by the engineering team through prioritization.
• Collaborate with our sales team to gather requirements through technical discussions and workshops.
• Explore new product development areas driven by the customer landscape.

Skills

Customer interaction

Large-scale software

Strong communication

Autonomy domain

Job description

About Applied Intuition

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 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.

Meet our Solution Architects!

Our Solution Architects (SA) act as the glue between our customers and our engineering teams. They are responsible for customer success and drive impact with high-priority customer engagements – hear from them on what life is like at Applied Intuition and what makes their roles so exciting!

About The Role(We are hiring for all levels of experience.)

We are looking for bright software engineers interested in extending and adapting our products for Applied Intuition's global customers. Our Solution Architects have a unique mix of software expertise, domain knowledge, and an execution-driven mindset. Using these skills, our engineers work closely with autonomy developers to ensure that Applied Intuition's products are providing maximum impact to advance customers autonomy initiatives. This is an important role for the company, bringing together our product and engineering expertise with our customer-centric culture.

Check out what a typical day would look like as a Solution Architect here!

• Work closely with customers to understand their development needs and use cases for autonomy to propose effective use of Applied Intuition's products
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure the product roadmap enables current and prospective customers
• Ensure customer needs are supported by the broader engineering team through effective prioritization
• Collaborate with our sales team to gather requirements through detailed technical discussions and workshops
• Explore new product development areas driven by strategic understanding of the customer landscape

We're Looking For Someone Who Has

• Experience with interacting with end-customers as an application engineer or a developer
• Familiarity with best practices in large scale software development
• Strong communication skills and focus on solving customer problems

Nice To Have

• Prior background in technical sales or application engineering for simulation products
• Experience with automotive OEMs or suppliers
• Prior work in autonomous vehicle development domains
• Prior work in software simulation

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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 their 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.