Embedded Software Engineer - Firmware

• Integrate vendor components across multiple controllers and subsystems within a safety-critical software architecture, ensuring reliable communication over hardware interfaces.
• Implement real-time operating system (RTOS) applications as required for vehicle platforms.
• Design and develop high-quality C/C++ firmware for real-time, deterministic, safety-critical embedded systems.
• Support hardware bring-up and perform low-level debugging of boards and SoCs.
• Collaborate with teams to bring up and produce firmware on new devices and maintain correct operation across subsystems.
• Implement safety-critical functionality, including fault detection, automated responses, watchdogs, inter-controller coordination, and system validation/debugging.
• Provide technical leadership for platform safety, coordinating the design, implementation, and validation of safety-critical firmware across subsystems.

• A Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related
• At least 12 months of experience in a firmware engineer role with an autonomous vehicle company
• At least 12 months of experience with the following:
• Programming & Scripting: C/C++, Python, shell scripting
• Operating Systems & Build Tools: Linux, SafeRTOS, Bazel, Git
• Embedded Development: BSP and HAL development, ARM architectures
• Debugging & Hardware Tools: Lauterbach, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers
• Functional Safety: ISO 26262 processes

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. Learn more at applied.co.