Software Engineer - Systems Engineering AI Tooling

About the role

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy.

Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo.

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time 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. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

About the Role

The Systems Engineering Tools & Traceability Engineer will help build the internal platforms and workflows that support development and validation for autonomous vehicle programs at Applied Intuition. You’ll develop scalable backend systems and tooling that connect requirements, modeling, validation, and test data into a unified engineering platform.

This role sits at the intersection of backend infrastructure, systems engineering, and safety-critical development. You’ll work closely with autonomy, safety, and systems engineering teams to improve traceability, automate workflows, and support reliable, production-grade engineering processes across vehicle programs.

At Applied Intuition, You Will

• Design, develop, and productionize scalable internal tools and AI workflows that support system engineering and validation for autonomous vehicle programs.
• Integrate data across requirements management, modeling, and validation tools to provide end-to-end traceability from system requirements to test results.
• Build backend services and APIs to unify distributed engineering artifacts into a cohesive, reliable platform.
• Develop dashboards and KPIs to measure requirement coverage, trace completeness, and validation progress.
• Own and evolve the core traceability data model, enabling bidirectional traceability, versioning, baselining, and change impact analysis.
• Refactor internal prototypes into production-grade, certifiable systems with strong reliability, access control, and auditability.
• Collaborate closely with systems engineering, safety, and autonomy teams to ensure tooling supports compliance and safety case development.
• Scale internal tooling to support production programs and future regulatory needs

We're Looking for Someone Who Has

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of professional experience in backend software development, internal tooling, or platform engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python and familiarity with Java or C/C++.
• Experience designing and building REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with data modeling, schema design, and integrating systems via APIs.
• Experience building scalable backend services and working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to work across complex, cross-functional technical domains.

Nice to Have

• Experience with requirements management or system modeling tools.
• Experience building dashboards, metrics frameworks, or traceability platforms.
• Familiarity with configuration management or compliance-driven environments.
• Exposure to safety-critical or regulated systems.
• Experience in a startup or fast-paced engineering environment.

Pay and benefits

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of 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, and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment.

Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position.

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.

For Us-based Roles

Applied Intuition is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive application and interview experience to applicants who are disabled veterans and other applicants with disabilities or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please contact. We will work with you!