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Applied Intuition

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle · Robot AI and Software
Location
SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Aug 14, 2026
Salary
$125,000–$225,000 a year
Full-time

System Safety Engineer, Mining/Industrial

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

  • Develop and own machine-level safety cases for autonomous mining vehicle deployments and driverless operations
  • Design, develop hazard identification and risk assessment activities for machine functions and operational scenarios, including: HAZOP
  • System FMEA
  • Functional Failure Analysis
  • Operational Risk Assessment
  • Safety Gap Analysis
  • Perform safety analysis and derive Machine Safety Requirements (MSRs) for: Brake-by-Wire systems
  • Steer-by-Wire systems

Job requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline
  • 3+ years of system safety experience with a primary focus safety per ISO 26262 Part 6
  • Hands-on experience developing system-level safety analyses and safety artifacts for complex electromechanical systems
  • Strong experience with HAZOP, FMEA, safety requirement derivation, risk assessment, and safety case development
  • Good understanding of vehicle and machine control systems including braking, steering, propulsion, hydraulics, and autonomous control functions
  • Ability to analyze interactions between hardware, software, controls, operators, and operational environments
  • Experience collaborating across software, hardware, and systems engineering teams to implement safety requirements end-to-end
  • Experience defining safety requirements and mitigation strategies from identified hazards and failure modes

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