Perception & Fusion Engineer

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the company creates the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Serving the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries, Applied Intuition focuses on 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. Headquarters are in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo.

This is an in-office role based primarily at an Applied Intuition office 5 days a week, with flexibility for occasional remote work or adjusted schedules as needed.

About the role

As a Perception & Fusion Engineer, you will develop, integrate, and maintain real-time sensor software solutions for heterogeneous autonomous vehicles across land, air, sea, and space domains. You will work with a team to continuously enhance capabilities and demonstrate solutions to customers in real-world scenarios using various platforms and sensors. Your primary responsibility will be designing, developing, and rapidly integrating sensor fusion algorithms to interface across platforms, ingest mission information, and support autonomy team objectives. This includes developing autonomous sensor controllers to optimally fuse data from state-of-the-art sensor systems such as EO, IR, acoustics, radar, and RF.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and adapt cutting-edge AI/ML algorithms for the perception autonomy stack to collect relevant information across platform sensors.
• Create interfacing software to autonomously control sensors (e.g., EO, IR, acoustics, radar, and RF).
• Collaborate across sensor, tracking, and autonomy teams to ensure seamless deployment of heterogeneous platform swarms in on-site DoD testing and demonstration events.
• Deploy containerized solutions to embedded Linux devices, leveraging computer-in-the-loop testing and profiling, and efficiently collecting performance data.
• Interact with DoD customers to understand use cases, requirements, and triage needs during field events to deliver a superior customer experience.
• Work closely with the team to internally triage technical problems and scope solutions.
• Communicate and document ongoing work to ensure internal flexibility and clarify progress with external customers.
• Drive execution of simulation tooling to playback sensors, platforms, and autonomy in post-processing field test analysis.
• Implement improvement plans for future integration efforts based on simulation analysis and customer feedback.

Requirements

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotic Engineering, Computer Science, Optimization, or equivalent OR 5+ years of relevant experience working with sensor algorithms, hardware, and HIL software integration.
• Experience with multiple sensor modalities (e.g., EO, IR, lidar, radar, sonar, acoustics).
• Core understanding of sensor physics and sensor control parameters.
• Experience training and deploying ML algorithms (Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow) onto integrated systems (ONNX, C++ models).
• Experience with state-of-the-art estimation, tracking, and fusion algorithms.
• Experience working comfortably in Linux and Docker.
• Prior experience with remote software development, ability to handle and process large datasets, and learn new software and algorithms with little supervision.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
• Willingness to travel as projects require (estimated 10-20% travel, typically every 1-2 months for 2-5 days).

Nice to have

• Proficiency with modern C++ development (2011, 2017, 2020, smart pointers), CMake, Python, and Bash.
• PhD in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with an AI/ML focus.
• Experience with robotic swarm or multi-agent systems and optimization.
• Strong tracking and sensor fusion background.
• Current U.S. SECRET security clearance.

Pay

Compensation includes base salary, equity, and benefits. The base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $220,000. The actual base salary offered will be influenced by factors such as experience, credentials, educational attainment, skill level, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance coverage.
• 401k retirement benefits with employer match.
• Learning and wellness stipends.
• Paid time off.