Applied Intuition

About Applied

Autonomy is one of the leading technological advances of this century that will come to impact our lives. The work you’ll do at Applied will meaningfully accelerate the efforts of the top autonomy teams in the world. At Applied, you will have a unique perspective on the development of cutting-edge technology while working with major players across the industry and the globe.

Applied Intuition provides software solutions to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles at scale. The company’s suite of simulation, validation, and drive log management software enables development teams to create thousands of scenarios in minutes, run simulations at scale, and verify and validate algorithms for production deployment. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Los Angeles, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Munich, Stockholm, Seoul, and Tokyo, Applied consists of software, robotics, and automotive experts with experiences from top global companies. Leading autonomy programs and 17 of the top 20 global OEMs use Applied’s solutions to bring autonomy to market faster.

About the Role

We are looking for bright engineers interested in designing elegant solutions to difficult problems in the autonomy and mobility space. Mechanical Simulation software engineers work across our suite of products, tackling a variety of full-stack, infrastructure, dynamics and graphics challenges. At Mechanical Simulation, we encourage engineers to take ownership over technical and product decisions, closely interact with users to collect feedback, and contribute to a thoughtful, dynamic team culture.

At Mechanical Simulation, you will:

• Interface with technical domain experts for changes to physics, parameters, or simulation results
• Run and interpret regression tests to inform effects of changes
• Refactor and optimize code for long term maintainability and performance improvements
• Diagnose code that does not produce the desired resultsDetermine documentation for design changes, port-mortems, and release notes
• Work closely with team members to educate and collaborate on the inner workings of VehicleSim Math Models

We're looking for someone who has:

• A bachelor's degree in a related area and at least 5 years of experience, or 7 years of equivalent experience
• Experience programming in C/C++
• Knowledge of Algorithm Analysis and Design Patterns

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with vehicle systems (powertrain, suspension, steering, brakes, chassis controls, etc.)
• Windows and Linux development
• Experience working with SVN, Python, and/or Lisp

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.

Applicants will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 upon commencing employment. Reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis for exemptions to this requirement in accordance with applicable federal and state law. Applicants should be aware that for external-facing roles that involve close contact with Company employees or other third parties on the Company's premises, accommodations that involve remaining unvaccinated against COVID-19 may not be deemed reasonable. The Company will engage in the interactive process on an individualized basis taking into account the particular position.