Perception Engineer - Offroad
Applied Intuition · Sunnyvale
Roboticsonsitemid-level$180k–$250k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own perception outcomes for autonomous mining vehicles at active customer sites.
- Adapt core autonomy platform to new vehicles, sensors and operational domains.
- Design data strategy to take models from collection to production-ready deployment.
What they offer
- equity
Ideal candidate
Product-minded perception generalist who thrives owning real-world autonomy outcomes. You enjoy turning ambiguous customer needs into clear specs and driving field issues to resolution with cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- Strong systems-level understanding of perception across the full autonomy stack
- Product-owner mindset focused on customer success and problem ownership
- Experience diagnosing real-world model failures in deployed systems and driving resolution
- Comfort translating ambiguous, evolving customer requirements into technical specs
- Familiarity with PyTorch, ONNX, TensorRT, Docker, Python and some C++
- Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- 3+ years of experience in engineering, robotics or related field
- Experience with offroad autonomy is a plus
- Experience with ML pipeline/orchestration tooling such as Flyte is a plus
- remote policy
- In-office 5 days a week with occasional flexibility for remote work
Lab profile
About Applied Intuition
Builds simulation, vehicle OS, and autonomy infrastructure for automotive, defense, and heavy industries.
What they build
- Autonomy software stacks
- Vehicle operating systems
- Simulation and validation tooling
Known for
- Trusted by 18 of top 20 global automakers
- Expertise across automotive, defense, trucking, mining and agriculture
- Full-stack coverage from tooling to OS to autonomy
Key facts
- Founded in 2017
- Headquartered in Silicon Valley
- Valued at $15 billion
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