- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle · Robot AI and Software
- Location
- SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Aug 5, 2025
- Salary
- $155,000–$253,000 a year
Senior Software Engineer - Operating Systems
Job description
Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: 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 to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.;
Job responsibilities
- Define the overall architecture and roadmap of the operating system
- Engage closely with existing open-source projects, become a committer, and submit RFCs
- Write and review foundational, performance-critical code across core OS components
- Lead implementation of critical system features such as interprocess communication, memory management, security sandboxing, networking, and power/performance
- Collaborate closely with hardware partners and OEMs to define BSP, HAL, device drivers, and integration strategies
- Advocate open-source culture and engage with the Open Source Project community
Job requirements
- 6+ years of software development experience (emphasis on low-level systems or OS development)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Deep expertise in C/C++
- Experience on Unix/Linux kernels or embedded systems
- Experience with performance optimization, memory management, threading, and concurrency
- Proven experience designing and shipping large-scale software or systems
- Demonstrated leadership in shaping technical direction and mentoring engineers
- Familiarity with open-source processes and tools, source control, and distributed code bases
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