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Technical Lead, Mining Autonomy Platform

Applied Intuition· Self-Driving Systems
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Sunnyvale$125k - $222kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead technical direction for the Autonomy Platform within the Mining Products team, owning the low-level vehicle controls interface and the production software platform to support autonomous mining vehicles from hardware bring-up to field deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical direction and mentor engineers for the Autonomy Platform team, setting architecture and execution priorities
  • Work with autonomy product team to define roadmap across internal product milestones and customer requirements
  • Own the low-level vehicle controls interface — designing and implementing the autonomy-to-vehicle control layer, including drive-by-wire integration and system identification for new mining platforms
  • Build and maintain the software platform that keeps autonomous vehicles healthy in production: health monitoring, diagnostics, telemetry pipelines, networking, and OTA deployment
  • Drive 0→1 bringup of new mining vehicle platforms, from initial hardware bring-up through software integration and field validation
  • Partner with internal teams to integrate shared capabilities and adapt them for the specific requirements of mining environments
  • Define and uphold engineering standards for reliability, safety, and scalability as the fleet grows toward full production deployment

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in embedded systems, robotics, or autonomous vehicle software development
  • Proven experience leading a technical team or functioning as a tech lead on a complex systems project
  • Hands-on background in robotics actuation — CAN, drive-by-wire, or similar control interfaces
  • Experience building or owning software platform components: health monitoring, telemetry, diagnostics, or deployment systems for production embedded platforms
  • Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded and real-time systems development
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

Skills

Required:Embedded systemsC/C++Leadership / Tech leadDrive-by-wire / CANHealth monitoring / Telemetry / Diagnostics / Deployment

Benefits

  • Base salary and total compensation with equity and benefits (health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401k with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, paid time off)
  • Note: Benefits subject to change and may vary by jurisdiction
Last updated Oct 11, 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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