Software Engineer - Onboard Maps and State Estimation
Applied Intuition · Sunnyvale
Roboticsonsitesenior$190k–$265k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own the live onboard map fusing HD priors with live perception in real time.
- Define map trust contracts and degraded-mode behavior for the planner.
- Build fleet-wide map freshness pipelines from onboard divergence detections.
Ideal candidate
Production-minded estimation engineer who loves owning ambiguous systems end to end and building real-time maps for safety-critical autonomy across diverse vehicles.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 5+ years building production software, including at least one shipped system where they owned the estimation core
- State estimation fundamentals proven in production: factor graphs and/or filtering, data association, uncertainty representation and propagation, and 3D geometry and transforms
- Experience fusing heterogeneous sources such as prior map data, perception output, and raw sensors into a single world estimate with rigorous error characterization
- Strong modern C++ and the ability to make estimation code meet real-time budgets on embedded compute
- remote policy
- In-office 5 days a week with occasional remote flexibility
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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