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Applied Intuition

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle · Robot AI and Software
Location
SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Feb 4, 2026
Salary
$125,000–$232,000 a year
Full-time

Software Engineer - Low Speed Motion Planning & Control

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

  • Design and implement motion planning and controls modules that can be deployed on various vehicle platforms, enabling them for highly accurate autonomous navigation in tight scenarios.
  • Characterize the dynamics of our customers’ vehicles to create tailored controls solutions and to reduce the gap between simulation and real-world dynamics.
  • Evaluate and utilize academic research to create optimal-control-based solutions using techniques like nonlinear MPC and MPPI control.

Job requirements

  • Passion about tackling challenging motion planning or motion control problems
  • 3+ years of experience building production software using modern software practices.
  • Hands-on experience testing controls solutions on real, production-grade vehicles.
  • Fluency in control theory, numerical optimization, numerical analysis, and physics.
  • Enthusiasm for coming up with practical solutions to cutting-edge challenges in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience writing high-performance C++ code.
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