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Applied Intuition is a $15B-valued Silicon Valley company (founded 2017) powering physical AI for autonomous vehicles and intelligent machines. The company serves 18 of the top 20 global automakers, the US military, and industries including defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture.
The Firmware team within Vehicle OS architects the foundation of next-generation intelligent vehicles. This team develops critical embedded systems powering Applied Intuition's Vehicle OS platform, working with real-time operating systems, board support packages, hardware abstraction layers, and embedded Linux for safety-critical automotive systems.
As Engineering Manager of the Firmware team, you will lead a team of firmware and embedded software engineers, driving architecture, development, and integration of foundational embedded systems. You will mentor and grow your team while architecting robust, low-level software for the Vehicle OS platform. Key responsibilities include overseeing embedded C/C++ codebases, conducting code reviews, performing system-level debugging, and collaborating across hardware and software engineering teams to design, bring up, and validate new platforms. You will ensure successful delivery of cutting-edge RTOS, Linux kernel, and hardware abstraction layers for automotive devices, and partner with cross-functional leaders to execute on new features and platform initiatives.
Applied Intuition is an in-office company with the expectation that full-time employees work from their office 5 days per week, though occasional flexibility is available for morning remote work or schedule adjustments.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent from a top program (Stanford, Berkeley, CMU, Waterloo, or similar)
- 8+ years of experience architecting and shipping production embedded/firmware software
- Experience shipping complex firmware or embedded software in production, ideally for automotive or consumer electronics
- Strong background in embedded C/C++, RTOS implementation, Linux kernel, and low-level driver/HAL development
- Hands-on hardware integration and debugging experience
- Experience with platform bring-up, sensors integration, and HW/SW co-design
- Proven ability to manage, mentor, and grow technical teams
NICE TO HAVE:
- Automotive software stack (ADAS, QNX, OTA updates)
- Cross-platform and vendor component integration
- Experience working with complex SoC mixing application and real-time cores subsystems
- Familiarity with device bring-up, OTA, and full system integration
