Software Engineer - Virtualization (Vehicle OS)
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- On-site · Munich
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 9 September 2026.
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.
Applied Intuition's standard text
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.
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
Meet our software engineers!
Meet some of our software engineers who are shaping the future of autonomy and delivering world-class solutions helping customers shorten time to market. Hear about what brought them to Applied Intuition, what’s kept them interested, and their advice to potential candidates.
About the role
You will streamline developer workflows and deployment infrastructure for complex automotive systems, identifying friction to improve velocity and reliability. By building robust HIL/SIL validation pipelines and leveraging cloud-based CI/CD, you will evolve the tooling and automation platforms necessary to scale modern embedded software development across the entire lifecycle.
At Applied Intuition, you will:
- Design, build, and improve the tools, libraries, and frameworks for our engineering team
- Develop and evolve CI/CD pipelines for embedded and automotive software, including SIL and HIL test environments
- Build and test scalable tools for deploying to various automotive and cloud platforms
- Optimize our compile/build times using tools like Bazel, CMake, Docker
- Improve software deployment and data collection frameworks
- Identify and solve bottlenecks within our software stack
We're looking for someone who has:
- 2+ years of relevant experience
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
- Some experience using Python, Go, Java, or Kotlin
- Experience working in automotive.
- Experience with CI, build, and deployment technologies like Bazel, Buildkite, Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins, and comfortability with scripting for automation
- Experience in embedded systems, automotive simulation, or xIL (MIL/SIL/HIL) testing.
- Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, and automotive toolchains like dSPACE (VEOS, ControlDesk) or ETAS or Vector toolchains.
- Knowledge of CAN, LIN, Ethernet, and AUTOSAR architectures
- Experience with Linux and/or ARM systems
Nice to have:
- Experience using C and C++
- Experience working in any other related industries.
- Experience with deploying software on either public clouds (e.g., AWS) or on-premise clusters
Benefits:
- 30 days of paid vacation per year
- Daily meal benefits: €19 lunch budget and €19 dinner budget, free breakfast, snacks, and drinks in the office
- You’ll receive €965 annual learning & development and €580 annual fitness budget
- Subsidized Wellpass membership, giving you access to thousands of gyms, studios, and wellness facilities across Germany
- €25 monthly contribution to your Deutschlandticket for regional public transport across Germany
- Generous parental leave: on top of statutory parental leave
Applied Intuition's standard text
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.
Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
Applied Intuition's standard text
These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.
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. Reasonable accommodations are available, requesting an accommodation will not affect your candidacy in any way, and you are not required to disclose the nature of your disability or medical condition in order to make a request. If you require an accommodation please contact careers@applied.co. We will work with you!
What this role asks for
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The team: Software Engineering - Vehicle Systems HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 54 open in Software Engineering - Vehicle Systems. 13 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in June: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
C++ (32 of 54), Embedded Systems (27 of 54), Linux (25 of 54), Python (23 of 54), C (20 of 54), CI/CD (15 of 54), Android (10 of 54)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Industrials Integration Engineer posted Oct 13
- Field Integration Engineer posted Oct 13
- Product Manager - Cabin Intelligence posted Oct 9
- Mechatronics Integration Engineer, Vehicle OS posted Oct 7
- Software Integration Engineer, Vehicle OS posted Oct 7
- Systems Engineer posted Oct 1
- Technical Project Manager posted Oct 1
- Software Engineering Manager - Firmware posted Sep 28
- Associate Customer Technical Program Manager - Vehicle OS posted Sep 28
- Software Engineer - Onboard Maps posted Sep 25
- Software Engineer - Onboard Maps and State Estimation posted Sep 25
- Software Engineer - Control Center posted Sep 22
- Technical Program Manager - EMEA posted Sep 22
- Firmware Validation Engineer posted Sep 17
- Software Integration Engineer, Self-Driving posted Sep 15
- Customer Technical Program Manager, Vehicle OS posted Sep 9
- Electrical Integration Engineer posted Sep 2
- Firmware Engineer posted Aug 27
- System Safety Engineer, Mining/Industrial posted Aug 14
- Embedded Firmware Validation Engineer posted Aug 14
- Product Manager - Developer Tooling posted Aug 14
- Software Engineer - Stack (SDS) Tooling posted Aug 14
- Android Software Engineer - Applications posted Aug 5
- Software Engineer - Developer Tooling posted Aug 4
- System Integration and Validation Engineer posted Jul 31
- UX Validation Lead posted Jul 30
- Software Engineer - Calibration Platform posted Jul 25
- Technical Program Manager - Vehicle OS posted Jul 24
- Systems Engineer (MBSE) posted Jul 24
- Software Integration Engineer posted Jul 21
- Technical Program Manager - Offroad posted Jul 20
- OTA Validation Engineer posted Jul 9
- Software Integration Engineer posted Jul 6
- Customer Technical Program Manager, Vehicle OS posted Jun 25
- Middleware Engineer posted May 27
- Software Integration Engineer posted Apr 22
- Embedded AI Engineer – Android Automotive (On-Device Intelligence) posted Apr 8
- Software Engineer - Middleware posted Feb 2
- Systems Architect - POSIX posted Feb 2
- Engineering Manager - Axion posted Dec 16
- Software Engineer - AUTOSAR posted Nov 20
- Senior Software Engineer - Operating Systems posted Aug 5
- Senior Android Software Engineer - Platform posted Jul 4
- Software Engineer - Developer Infrastructure posted Jun 30
- Software Engineer - Over-the-Air Updates posted Jun 21
- Software Engineer - Telematics posted Jun 21
- Solution Engineer posted Jun 13
- Software Engineer - Physical AI Security posted Jun 12
- Embedded Software Engineer - Core OS posted Nov 1
- Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Firmware posted Sep 26
- Software Engineer - Calibration posted Aug 21
- Security Engineer (Purple Team) posted Jun 20
- Embedded Security Engineer posted Jun 19
From the team and dates on Applied Intuition's own job board.
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