Applied Intuition · 4 hours ago
Research Engineer - Autonomy
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$158K/yr - $304K/yrApplied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. The Research Engineer will conduct research for autonomous systems, collaborating with teams to develop cutting-edge models and contribute to high-quality research publications.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesEnterprise SoftwareInfrastructureSoftware
Responsibilities
Conduct research on architecture design, robustness, safety, and language modality incorporation for our differentiable stack
Work closely with Research Scientists and interns on high-quality research publications to submit to top-tier conferences
Collaborate with our ADAS stack engineering team to test and deploy end-to-end algorithms for mass production vehicles
Collaborate with our simulation team to deploy data-driven generation algorithms for highly efficient and automated tools
Qualification
Required
Hands-on experience with end-to-end autonomy, vision-language-action model, reinforcement learning, multi-view perception and ML planner
A passion for scalable, data-driven autonomy for real-world systems
Strong research skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively on projects
Preferred
MSc or PhD in machine learning and computer vision with autonomy and robotics applications or closely related field
Experience with training with large-scale data and ML models and/or applying language modality in AV stacks
Passion for building and shipping customer-focused software frameworks or tools
Benefits
Equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units
Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage
401k retirement benefits with employer match
Learning and wellness stipends
Paid time off
Company
Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition provides software infrastructure to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles
at scale.
Founded in 2017
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Applied Intuition has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (122)
2024 (56)
2023 (33)
2022 (16)
2021 (4)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.5BKey Investors
General Catalyst
2025-06-17Series F· $600M
2024-07-25Secondary Market· $300M
2024-03-11Series E· $250M
Leadership Team
Qasar Younis
Co-Founder and CEO
Peter Ludwig
CTO and Co-founder
Recent News
Applied Intuition, Inc.
2026-01-12
2026-01-12
Andreessen Horowitz
2026-01-12
Company data provided by crunchbase