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Sensor Validation Engineer

Applied Intuition· R&D / Engineering
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Sunnyvale, CA$125k - $222kfull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Lead sensor validation and characterization for Sensor Sim and Self-Driving System products across automotive, trucking, and construction & mining, to improve fidelity of synthetic simulations and validate physical sensor performance within SDS stacks.

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute tests for correlation experiments for real and synthetic sensor outputs
  • Develop the hardware and software components necessary for data collection and analysis
  • Make improvements to underlying scenes, materials, models to improve simulation
  • Work with customers to validate their models and integrate with the simulation environment
  • Write white papers, internal and external documents detailing results

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience
  • Bachelor’s or foreign degree equivalent in Electrical, Mechanical, Robotics Engineering, or a related field
  • Experience in Sensor Validation and characterization, including analyzing performance metrics for sensing modalities such as Cameras, Lidar, or Radar under diverse environmental conditions
  • Technical proficiency in a Linux/Unix environment, including CLI, shell scripting (Bash), and managing software dependencies for autonomous system stacks
  • Experience in sensor driver development, including using UDP architectures to parse and extract raw sensor data for performance analysis
  • Experience writing software in Python & C++
  • Proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation of sensor validation test suites, and processing large-scale datasets from autonomous vehicle sensors

Skills

Required:Sensor validation and characterizationLinux / UnixSensor driver developmentPythonC++

Benefits

  • comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
  • 401k retirement benefits with employer match
  • learning and wellness stipends
  • paid time off
Last updated May 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Applied Intuition

Building vehicle intelligence | Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company with the tools, Vehicle OS, and autonomy stacks for creating safe, AI-powered vehicle experiences.

AIAutonomy stacksSelf-Driving SystemSimulationTesting & ValidationVehicle IntelligenceVehicle OSai-infrastructure-and-development
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