Software Engineer - Perception

Responsibilities

• Design and implement simulation capabilities and workflows to enable cutting-edge real-world perception system development
• Work closely with the sensor simulation team to build multi-fidelity simulation models
• Partner with the infrastructure team to provide enterprise software for engineering and testing
• Design perception and uncertainty signals that gate fallback behaviors
• Deploy production systems that directly impact vehicle safety and ODD expansion

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in AV, robotics, or safety-critical perception systems
• Proficiency in C++ and/or Python and production-grade software practices
• Experience using ML for uncertainty estimation, confidence calibration, or OOD detection
• Hands-on experience with software frameworks such as middleware, benchmarking suites, or algorithmic libraries
• Experience with production-level ML and DL perception algorithms for autonomous vehicles

Preferred Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in perception or a closely related field
• Experience with degraded sensors, adverse weather, or real-world edge cases
• Expertise in non-linear optimization, computational geometry, numerical analysis, or distributed systems
• Familiarity with fallback systems, MRM concepts, or safety cases (ISO/SOTIF)

About the Company

Applied Intuition is powering the future of physical AI, creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet, including automotive, defense, and agriculture industries.