Software Integration Engineer - Defense

The role

You will own hardware and software decisions for vehicle builds, including compute, sensor architecture, and drive-by-wire integration. You will work across hardware, embedded, and autonomy software to take vehicles from architecture to demo-ready systems.

What you will do

• Define hardware architecture for builds and drive procurement of components.
• Coordinate wiring harness design, build, and sensor mounting workstreams.
• Specify sensor tuning requirements in partnership with hardware and perception teams.
• Partner with autonomy and low-level controls teams to scope DBW validation and tuning plans.
• Identify and flag technical risk to the engineering team.
• Travel onsite to lead vehicle builds, hardware installs, and demo prep.
• Scope new operational sites by assessing power, network, and IT infrastructure.
• Work across hardware, embedded, and autonomy software teams to resolve integration issues.
• Communicate technical details and engineering summaries to adjacent teams.

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in systems/integration engineering, ideally on automotive, robotics, defense, or autonomy programs.
• Working knowledge of vehicle hardware integration including harnessing, sensor/compute mounting, and hardware architecture.
• Ability to make and own engineering tradeoffs under firm deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively, including internationally and for multi-week stretches.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Bachelors Degree in Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant field.

Nice to have

• Experience with drive-by-wire (DBW) systems and low-level vehicle controls (PID tuning, system identification, slippage/traction compensation).
• Experience specifying or validating camera/sensor requirements (ISP tuning, latency, resolution, frame rate).
• Experience standing up new operational sites or facilities, including vendor sourcing and regulatory/permit coordination.
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience on defense or government customer programs.

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity (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
• Paid time off

Before you apply

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

About the company

Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical intelligence. It services automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries.