About the job
About Applied Intuition
At Applied Intuition, we are at the forefront of advancing physical AI technology. Founded in 2017 and currently valued at $15 billion, our Silicon Valley-based firm is dedicated to establishing the essential digital infrastructure that brings intelligence to every moving machine globally. We cater to a diverse range of industries, including automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture, through our primary focus areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Our solutions are trusted by eighteen of the top twenty global automakers and the United States military along with its allies to provide unparalleled physical intelligence. Our headquarters are situated in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Washington, D. C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Explore more at applied.co.
While we are primarily an in-office company expecting employees to work from our Applied Intuition offices five days a week, we appreciate the need for flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may involve occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home, or leaving earlier when necessary to accommodate family commitments.
About the Role
We are seeking a skilled Software Architect to take ownership of the fallback stack for our Level 4 trucking program. Your role will involve defining how vehicles detect uncertainty, implement minimal risk maneuvers, and create an architecture that scales across trucking and future autonomy initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Design the architecture for the L4 trucking fallback stack, integrating interfaces for perception, behavior, planning, control, and the core autonomy stack.
- Devise strategies for degraded driving scenarios, minimal risk maneuvers, and transitions to remote assistance.
- Specify and assess algorithms that identify autonomy degradation and initiate suitable fallback behaviors or remote interventions.
- Collaborate closely with behavior, planning, and perception engineers to ensure alignment of safety logic and trajectories with fallback requirements and operational design domain (ODD) constraints.
- Architect and refine innovative solutions to enhance system reliability and safety.
