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Software Engineer - Low Speed Motion Planning & Control

Applied Intuition
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Sunnyvale, CA$125k - $232kfull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Software engineer role focused on designing and implementing motion planning and controls for autonomous vehicle stacks, with emphasis on enabling capabilities across infrastructure and vehicle sides, tailored to customer needs and real-world dynamics.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement motion planning and controls modules that can be deployed on various vehicle platforms, enabling highly accurate autonomous navigation in tight scenarios.
  • Characterize the dynamics of 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.

Qualifications

  • 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.
  • Experience writing high-performance C++ code.

Skills

Required:motion planningcontrolsC++

Benefits

  • base salary, equity, and benefits including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401k 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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