Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Firmware

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Applied Intuition
Full time
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USA
11/04/2026
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Sunnyvale, CA

Responsibilities

Integrate vendor components across controllers and subsystems within a safety-critical architecture.
Implement RTOS applications for vehicle platforms.
Design and develop C/C++ firmware for real-time, deterministic, safety-critical embedded systems.
Support hardware bring-up and low-level debugging of boards and SoCs.
Bring up and produce firmware on new devices while maintaining correct operation across subsystems.
Implement fault detection, automated responses, watchdogs, inter-controller coordination, and system validation/debugging.
Provide technical leadership for platform safety and coordinate safety-critical firmware design, implementation, and validation.

Requirements

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
At least 12 months of firmware engineering experience with an autonomous vehicle company.
At least 12 months of experience with C/C++, Python, and shell scripting.
At least 12 months of experience with Linux, SafeRTOS, Bazel, and Git.
At least 12 months of experience with BSP and HAL development and ARM architectures.
At least 12 months of experience with Lauterbach, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
At least 12 months of experience with ISO 26262 processes.

Benefits

Full-time employees are expected to work primarily from the Applied Intuition office five days per week, with occasional remote-work flexibility.
The employer provides reasonable accommodations for disabled veterans and applicants with disabilities or medical conditions.
Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor.

Salary: $187k - $253k/yr

Applied Intuition

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, t...

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