Software Engineer - Systems Engineering AI Tooling

About the role

At Applied Intuition, you will: 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 We're looking for someone who has: 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.

Requirements

• Experience with requirements management or system modeling tools.
• Experience building dashboards, metrics frameworks, or traceability platforms.
• Familiarity with configuration management or compliance-driven environments.
• Exposure to safety-critical or regulated systems.
• Experience in a startup or fast-paced engineering environment.
• 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: $125,000 - $185,000 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.
• Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements o

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About Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company's solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; 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.

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