- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle · Robot AI and Software
- Location
- SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Artificial Intelligence
- Posted
- Jul 19, 2026
- Salary
- $151,000–$255,000 a year
Software Engineer - Perception (Fallback Stack)
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, train, and deploy deep learning models for 3D object detection across LiDAR, camera, and radar sensors
- Build multi-sensor fusion architectures that combine independent detection and classification streams
- Characterize perception failure modes, build targeted evaluation sets, and hill-climb system-level metrics
- Build and operate the data engine: shadow-mode comparison against production, automated data mining, and retraining loops
- Contribute to camera- and LiDAR-based localization perception under degraded conditions
- Take your work through the full safety validation pipeline before it operates on public roads
Job requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of professional experience in ML-based perception, computer vision, or robotics
- Strong proficiency in Python and C++
- Hands-on experience training and deploying deep learning models in production (e.g., PyTorch)
- Solid grounding in classical perception: multi-object tracking, state estimation, and 3D geometry
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