Autonomy Engineer - Product

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 delivers the AI-powered ADAS/AD toolchain, Vehicle OS, and autonomy stack to help customers shorten time to market, build high-quality systems, and create next-generation consumer experiences. 18 of the top 20 global automakers trust Applied Intuition’s solutions to drive the production of modern vehicles. Applied Intuition serves the automotive, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture, and defense industries and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices in San Diego, CA, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Ann Arbor and Detroit, MI, Washington, D.C., Stuttgart, Munich, Stockholm, Seoul, and Tokyo. Learn more at appliedintuition.com.

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. (Note: this is not applicable for EpiSci roles).

About EpiSci

EpiSci, an Applied Intuition company, develops next-generation, tactical autonomy solutions for national security problems. EpiSci’s autonomy software is technology agnostic, operationally informed, tactically relevant, and has piloted swarms of uncrewed aerial systems and tactical fighter aircraft. Additional applications include crewed-uncrewed teaming for air dominance, cognitive sensors, and networks for advanced communications systems, as well as battle management command and control for informed decision-making. EpiSci delivers unmatched speed, cost-efficiency, and scalability as the preferred partner for defense agencies and industry teams seeking mission-critical autonomy solutions.

About the role

As an Autonomy Engineer on the Product team at EpiSci, your role is pivotal, entailing dynamic endeavors that encompass designing and actualizing architectures and systems across a spectrum of Tactical autonomy applications. Here, you won't just follow the norm; you'll be crafting groundbreaking, hybrid autonomous algorithms that redefine the boundaries of both commercial and defense applications. The challenge is profound, and the rewards are immeasurable, as you build superior systems that empower our military with unrivaled capabilities.

At EpiSci, you will:

• Write software that operates real autonomous aircraft systems including F16 fighter jets, group 1-5 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as well as simulated models to accomplish tactical military missions
• Build, leverage, and improve robotic autonomy software architectures that are ultimately tested and deployed on real systems to accomplish military missions
• Implement, leverage and improve state-of-the-art unmanned aerial system (UAS) autonomy solutions to sense, make sense, decide, and act in the context of tactical military missions
• Collaborate with DoD warfighter domain experts and 3rd party UAS vehicle vendors to develop and integrate autonomy software onto OEM hardware
• Implement and optimize autonomy algorithms for tasks such as sensor processing, track propagation and correlation, environment mapping, mission and trajectory planning, reasoning over discrete or uncertain states, optimization, learning, and control theory

We're looking for someone who has:

• Master’s degree in computer science/related engineering field
• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing software for autonomous robotic systems
• Experience in developing software for autonomous robotic systems
• High proficiency in C++ programming language
• Strong functional, procedural, data-oriented, and object-oriented programming experience employing clean code principles and good design patterns/principles

Travel Requirements:

• Must be willing to travel as projects requires; estimated average travel is once every other month for between 2 days up to 1 week (~20%)
• Prefer candidates located within 2 hour drive of Irvine, CA, or those willing to drive to Irvine multiple times a week; the candidate should also understand that relocation may be necessary after 2026

Security Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must hold or be eligible for a U.S. Secret security clearance

For more information about U.S. security clearances: click here.

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