Senior Autonomy Engineer

Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion following its recent Series F funding round, Applied Intuition delivers the Vehicle OS, Self-Driving System, and toolchain to help customers build intelligent vehicles and shorten time to market. 18 of the top 20 global automakers and major programs across the Department of Defense trust Applied Intuition's solutions to deliver vehicle intelligence. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Diego, CA, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Ann Arbor, MI, London, Stuttgart, Munich, Stockholm, Bangalore, Seoul, and Tokyo.

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.

About Applied Intuition Defense: Applied Intuition UK is a software and infrastructure supplier that accelerates the deployment of next-generation autonomous capabilities to the warfighter across air, land, sea, and space. A subsidiary of Applied Intuition, we deliver dual-use solutions to national security customers that build upon several years of product development and experience from commercial autonomy programs. Based in London, our seasoned defence team hails from Palantir, Anduril, SpaceX, Google, Lockheed Martin, and the UK and US Armed Services.

About the role: As a Senior Autonomy Engineer on the UK Engineering team, you will lead the design, development, and verification of high-performance autonomy solutions for the defense industry. You will write perception and planning algorithms, optimize performance, and develop robust system architectures. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will translate requirements into technical solutions while mentoring junior engineers. The role also involves continuous innovation, testing, debugging, documentation, while staying at the forefront of AI technology.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Prototype, evaluate, refine, and deploy state-of-the-art ML algorithms and solutions for defense use cases.
• Leverage established products at Applied Intuition to build the software and infra foundation for behavior-specific ML development.
• Tightly collaborate with perception and planning engineers on many cross-team initiatives.
• Work closely with product managers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Train and mentor junior engineers as we grow the UK team, fostering a culture of learning and improvement.
• Stay updated with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to enhance product development.

We're looking for someone who has:

• Experience developing autonomous vehicle solutions for aerospace and defense.
• Experience with the end-to-end development cycle of deep learning models.
• Expertise in subdomains such as modeling, input pipelines, evaluation, deployment, and model optimization.
• 5+ years of experience building production software using modern software practices.
• Fluency in C++, or fluency in Python with intermediate experience in C++.
• References who will describe them as low-ego, highly motivated, thoughtfully opinionated, strong communicators and curious listeners.
• General willingness to travel for company business between our offices, as well as to customer sites.

Security Requirements: Must have ability to hold UK Security Clearance (current or previous preferred).

Nice to have:

• Publications in computer vision, NLP, or robotics.
• Experience with drones and flight computers such as PX4.
• Experience in evaluating and improving system-in-the-loop model performance.

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.

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