Software Engineer - Perception (Fallback Stack)
Applied Intuition, Sunnyvale
The role
As a Perception Software Engineer on the Autonomy team, you will build the perception system for L4 autonomous trucks operating at highway speeds. The stack combines state-of-the-art machine learning - multi-modal 3D detection, BEV representations, learned tracking - with rigorous classical perception: state estimation, multi-object tracking, and sensor fusion. You will own problems end-to-end, from model architecture and training through onboard deployment and on-road validation. This is safety-critical software: every capability passes formal simulation, closed-course, and safety sign-off gates before it reaches public roads.
You will collaborate daily with behavior/planning engineers, systems and safety engineers, and validation teams.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- 4+ years of professional experience in ML-based perception, computer vision, or robotics