System Engineer

We are looking for a hands-on Systems Engineer to join Applied Intuition’s growing London team. This is not a traditional documentation-heavy systems engineering role. The role sits at the intersection of systems architecture, software engineering, hardware integration, simulation/testing and customer delivery. You will work on real-world autonomy and defence-related projects, helping design, integrate and deliver complex systems where software meets physical hardware. This could include supporting system architecture, building and integrating hardware/software environments, working with simulation and test systems, and engaging directly with customers to understand requirements and deliver technical outcomes. The ideal candidate will be systems-minded, but still genuinely hands-on with code. Strong C++ is preferred, although strong Python experience may also be relevant. You may have started your career in systems engineering, aerospace, defence, robotics, autonomy, UAS or mission systems, but will now be close enough to software to build, debug and contribute technically.

Responsibilities

• Own or contribute to systems architecture across complex autonomy and defence-related projects.
• Work hands-on with software, ideally C++ or Python, to build, debug and support technical delivery.
• Integrate software with real-world hardware, including sensors, compute, networking, embedded systems or physical test environments.
• Support simulation, testing and deployment workflows across customer-facing projects.
• Work directly with customers and external stakeholders to understand requirements, shape technical solutions and support delivery.
• Collaborate closely with autonomy engineers, software engineers and wider technical teams.
• Help build and integrate physical systems where required, such as deployable edge environments with screens, compute, networking and hardware used for simulation, testing and customer demonstrations.
• Operate across a broad technical landscape, moving between architecture, integration, software, hardware and delivery depending on the project.

• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on coding ability in C++ or Python, with C++ preferred.
• Experience across systems architecture, systems integration or hardware/software integration.
• Exposure to physical hardware, such as sensors, embedded systems, edge compute, robotics platforms, test rigs, displays, networking, cabling or compute hardware.
• Experience in aerospace, defence, robotics, autonomy, UAS, mission systems, safety-critical or mission-critical environments.
• The ability to work directly with customers, technical stakeholders or external partners.
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to move between big-picture architecture and hands-on technical detail.
• A broad, ambitious and practical engineering mindset.
• The ability to work onsite in London 5 days a week., * Experience working on defence or aerospace programmes.
• Experience with robotics, autonomy, UAS/UAVs, mission systems or deployable systems.
• Experience with simulation environments, test environments, field trials or customer demonstrations.
• Exposure to edge compute, ruggedised hardware, command-and-control systems, control rooms or physical integration environments.
• Experience working across requirements, architecture, integration, verification, validation or deployment.
• Prior experience in a customer-facing technical role, such as solutions engineering, field engineering, forward-deployed engineering or technical architecture.

Pay range and compensation package

Applied Intuition is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017, the company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition supports customers across automotive, defence, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture, robotics and other industries through tools and infrastructure, operating systems and autonomy. Our products help teams build, test and deploy autonomy across real-world systems. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices across the US, Europe and Asia, including London. 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 recognise the importance of flexibility and trust employees to manage their schedules responsibly where needed.