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Software Engineer - Systems Engineering AI Tooling

Applied Intuition· Self-Driving Systems
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Sunnyvale$125k - $185kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Role focused on building internal platforms and tooling to support development and validation of autonomous vehicle programs, combining backend infrastructure, systems engineering, and safety-critical development.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and productionize scalable internal tools and AI workflows that support system engineering and validation for autonomous vehicle programs.
  • Integrate data across requirements management, modeling, and validation tools to provide end-to-end traceability from system requirements to test results.
  • Build backend services and APIs to unify distributed engineering artifacts into a cohesive, reliable platform.
  • Develop dashboards and KPIs to measure requirement coverage, trace completeness, and validation progress.
  • Own and evolve the core traceability data model, enabling bidirectional traceability, versioning, baselining, and change impact analysis.
  • Refactor internal prototypes into production-grade, certifiable systems with strong reliability, access control, and auditability.
  • Collaborate closely with systems engineering, safety, and autonomy teams to ensure tooling supports compliance and safety case development.
  • Scale internal tooling to support production programs and future regulatory needs

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 2+ years of professional experience in backend software development, internal tooling, or platform engineering.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and familiarity with Java or C/C++.
  • Experience designing and building REST or GraphQL APIs.
  • Experience with data modeling, schema design, and integrating systems via APIs.
  • Experience building scalable backend services and working with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong systems thinking and the ability to work across complex, cross-functional technical domains.

Skills

Required:PythonREST or GraphQL APIsData modeling / schema designCI/CD pipelinesSystems thinking
Nice to have:Java or C/C++

Benefits

  • Base salary, equity, and benefits as part of total compensation.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage.
  • 401k retirement benefits with employer match.
  • Learning and wellness stipends.
  • Paid time off.
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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