Software Engineer Motion Planning and Control

About Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition is a vehicle software supplier that accelerates the adoption of safe and intelligent machines worldwide. Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition provides a simulation and validation platform for various industries such as automotive, trucking, construction, and more. 18 of the top 20 global automakers rely on Applied Intuition’s solutions to shorten development cycles, deliver high-quality systems, and accelerate the production of modern vehicles with confidence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices in Ann Arbor, MI, Washington, DC, Munich, Stockholm, Seoul, and Tokyo. Learn more at .

Please note that we are an in-office company, which means the expectation is that you would come in to your Applied Intuition office 5 days a week.

About the role

• Analyze user needs and software requirements, develop solutions, and determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.


• Design, develop, and modify software specifications and determine performance standards.


• Develop scalable applications and participate in all aspects of software development including design, implementation, and testing.


• Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation and architect solutions to any bottlenecks that are encountered.


• Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status.


• Build out infrastructure initiatives, optimize our cloud computer and storage costs, and help design new cloud projects.


• Confer with domain experts across a variety of fields to design software and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.


• Work on world-class solutions to the autonomy industry's leading infrastructure problems.


• Design, develop, and maintain software solutions for autonomy and mobility products, particularly advanced behavior and motion planning algorithms for off-road vehicles.


• Work across the technology stack, handling full-stack development, infrastructure, simulation, testing, and more.


• Create behavior and motion planning with collision avoidance systems for safe, efficient and robust algorithm, scalable, and efficient software that meets both customer and internal needs.

We're looking for someone who has:

• Must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related


• At least 2 years of experience as a Software Engineer for an autonomous technology company


• At least 2 years of experience using C++, search algorithms, path planning, motion planning algorithm, obstacle avoidance, behavior trees, finite state machines, Markov decision processes, Robot Operate system (ROS), MPC, LQR, PID, and Linux.

The salary range for this position is $149,365 - $245,000 per year USD annually.

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Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Applicants will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 upon commencing employment. Reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis for exemptions to this requirement in accordance with applicable federal and state law. Applicants should be aware that for external-facing roles that involve close contact with Company employees or other third parties on the Company's premises, accommodations that involve remaining unvaccinated against COVID-19 may not be deemed reasonable. The Company will engage in the interactive process on an individualized basis taking into account the particular position.

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