Behavior - Technical Lead

About Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion following its recent Series F funding round, Applied Intuition delivers the Vehicle OS, Self-Driving System, and toolchain to help customers build intelligent vehicles and shorten time to market. 18 of the top 20 global automakers and major programs across the Department of Defense trust Applied Intuition's solutions to deliver vehicle intelligence. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Diego, CA, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Ann Arbor, MI, London, Stuttgart, Munich, Stockholm, Bangalore, Seoul, and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co.

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments.

About the role

We are looking for a lead software engineer with expertise in ML-first prediction and planning for autonomous vehicles or mobile robots. You will lead the engineering team in prototyping, evaluating, refining, and deploying state-of-the-art ML capabilities for our autonomous vehicle stack. 

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Lead the development of machine learning models for joint behavior prediction and planning, with the goal of end-to-end differentiable autonomy
• Architect integrated ML systems that reason over latent scene representations from perception to directly inform or generate trajectory decisions
• Implement data-driven approaches that optimize the full autonomy stack jointly
• Collaborate tightly with Perception, Mapping, and Simulation teams to design shared representations and scalable training loops, including imitation and reinforcement learning
• Mentor a team of ML engineers focused on reasoning, joint prediction and planning, and generalization across ODDs, aligned with the trucking roadmap

We're looking for someone who has:

• 5+ years of industry experience in autonomous driving expertise in developing and deploying machine learning models for prediction and planning in autonomous vehicle systems
• Background architecting integrated ML systems that connect perception, prediction, and planning modules
• Proficiency in C++ and Python for large-scale ML system development
• Experience mentoring and leading teams of ML engineers in large-scale, cross-functional projects

Nice to have:

• MS or PhD in computer science, robotics, or a related technical field
• Experience with imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and scalable training pipelines for autonomous driving
• Familiarity with generative AI, deep neural networks, and state-of-the-art ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch)
• Prior work on joint prediction and planning models for Level 4 or higher autonomous vehicles

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment.

Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position.

Please reference the job posting’s subtitle for where this position will be located. For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the location listed is: $231,295 - $300,500 USD annually.

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.

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