Firmware Engineering Lead Founding Member

About Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition delivers the toolchain, Vehicle OS, and autonomy stacks to help customers build intelligent vehicles and shorten time to market. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers and major programs across the Department of Defense trust Applied Intuitions solutions to deliver vehicle intelligence. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Diego, CA, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Ann Arbor, MI, London, Stuttgart, Munich, Stockholm, Seoul, and Tokyo. Learn more at appliedintuition.com.

We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that 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. (Note: For EpiSci job openings, fully remote work will be considered by exception.)

About The Role

We’re looking for someone hungry. Someone who wants to break out of their comfort zone. Someone ready to take a founding engineer role and build something from the ground up. As Engineering Lead you will manage our CoreOS team within the Vehicle OS organization. This team is responsible for building and maintaining the foundational layers of our embedded platform, including real-time operating systems, board support packages, and hardware abstraction layers. As a leader in this role, you will be responsible for hiring, mentoring, and guiding a high-performing engineering team while driving technical strategy and execution across multiple programs.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Lead the CoreOS engineering team responsible for foundational system software used across Vehicle OS programs
• Guide architecture and development of system-level components including QNX- and Android-based platforms
• Ensure timely and high-quality software delivery across embedded and hardware-focused initiatives
• Collaborate closely with product, hardware, and system integration teams to define technical requirements and deliver robust solutions
• Hire, mentor, and grow engineers across different levels of experience
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, pragmatism, and high output
  
  

• 2+ years of experience managing high-performing embedded or systems software teams
• 5+ years of hands-on development experience in C/C++ for embedded systems
• Deep understanding of real-time operating systems such as QNX
• Experience working with Android-based systems, including HALs and board support packages (BSPs)
• Familiarity with hardware bring-up and low-level driver integration across various interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, PCIe, USB, etc.)
• A proven track record of delivering production-quality software in resource-constrained environments
  
  

• Experience working with the Android Open Source Project (AOSP)
• Automotive domain knowledge including familiarity with CAN, LIN, and AUTOSAR
• Prior experience working in early-stage environments or on cross-functional hardware-software products