Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Firmware
- Salary
- $187,075 - $253,000
- Level
- Senior
- Work type
- On-site · Sunnyvale
Not stated in the posting: visa.
Open. First seen 3 November 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
About the role
- 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.
We're looking for someone who has:
- Must have 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
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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
Particular to this role
Bash · Bazel · Git · RTOS
Rare in Applied Intuition's other 272 open postings.
Standard for embedded / hardware roles
C · C++ · Embedded Systems · Python
Common in embedded / hardware postings at any company.
74% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Applied Intuition's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with Applied Intuition's other open jobs.
The team: Software Engineering - Autonomy HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 24 open in Software Engineering - Autonomy. 8 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in July: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (16 of 24), C++ (15 of 24), Machine Learning (11 of 24), Git (9 of 24), Linux (8 of 24), Golang (7 of 24), SQL (7 of 24)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Software Engineer – Developer Studio posted Nov 2
- Software Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA) posted Nov 2
- Software Engineer- Maps Rendering posted Oct 29
- Software Engineer - Dana for Physical AI posted Oct 28
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - 3D Reconstruction posted Oct 6
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Generative Models posted Oct 6
- Senior Software Engineer - Neural Simulation posted Oct 6
- Senior Software Engineer – Maps Infrastructure posted Sep 16
- Forward Deployed Software Engineer posted Sep 11
- Sensor Validation Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA) posted Sep 3
- Senior Validation Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA) posted Sep 3
- Software Engineer posted Aug 13
- Software Engineer posted Aug 13
- Product Manager posted Jul 8
- Senior Software Engineer posted Jun 25
- Software Engineer – Infrastructure Tooling posted Jun 25
- Senior Asset Pipeline Engineer - Sensor Platform posted Jun 11
- Software Engineer - Insights Platform posted Mar 28
- Sensor Sim - ML Engineer posted Mar 28
- Technical Program Manager posted Feb 23
- Software Engineer - Validation Toolset posted Jan 21
- Senior Software Engineer - C++ posted Jul 27
- Software Engineer - Maps Infrastructure posted Jul 29
From the team and dates on Applied Intuition's own job board.
Other openings for this role
2 open postings for this role in Sunnyvale, first posted 9 September 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.
- 3 November 2026 – open (this posting)
- 9 September 2026 – open
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