Applied Intuition
Defense AI · Automotive Software
263open roles
$222kmedian advertised pay
$727.4Mraised in 4 rounds
127H-1B filings in 12 months
Overview
Applied Intuition is an American vehicle software company founded in 2017 that sells the toolchain automakers use to develop, simulate and validate autonomous and assisted driving systems. Its products cover large-scale simulation, sensor modelling, drive-data management, scenario generation and a vehicle operating system, sold to carmakers, truck, agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers and defence customers, and it has expanded into defence autonomy through acquisitions. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States.
How Applied Intuition hires
Truth index
B 82/100
Median time to fill
57 days
Ghost roles
30%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
1%
Applied Intuition scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 295 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 30% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 1% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 57 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
$48k – $73k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Riyadh
Physical AI
Management
Confluence
Jira
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$150k – $250k per year · Equity · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Sunnyvale
C++
Physical AI
Machine Learning
Robotics
Model Predictive Control
Autonomous Navigation
SpaceTech
FMEA
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$125k – $160k per year · Equity · In office · Secret · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Sunnyvale
PowerShell
Physical AI
DevOps
Windows
DNS
VPN
Cybersecurity
GDPR
Active Directory
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$170k – $240k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Sunnyvale
Python
MATLAB
Simulink
AI/ML
Physical AI
SpaceTech
FMEA
Defense
MIL-STD-810
MIL-STD-461
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$175k – $225k per year · Equity · In office · Top Secret · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Washington
Physical AI
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
Defense
CMMC
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$150k – $225k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Master's Degree · Sunnyvale
Python
Copilot
Cursor
Diffusion Models
Computer Vision
AI Agents
Transformers
PyTorch
Physical AI
Machine Learning
Game Dev
Unreal Engine
Robotics
NVIDIA Omniverse
Design
Blender
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$180k – $225k per year · Equity · In office · Secret · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Sunnyvale
Physical AI
Defense
MIL-STD-882
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$150k – $200k per year · Equity · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 15+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Sunnyvale
Python
Physical AI
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
eBPF
HPC
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
Zero Trust
PKI
SpaceTech
ARINC
MIL-STD-1553
Defense
OpenVPX
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$160k – $235k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Sunnyvale
JavaScript
TypeScript
Multi-Agent Systems
Physical AI
Frontend
Angular
React.js
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$180k – $210k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Sunnyvale
C++
Physical AI
DevOps
CI/CD
Linux
Robotics
ROS
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$125k – $222k per year · In office · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Sunnyvale
Python
C++
Physical AI
DevOps
RTOS
Robotics
ROS
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$250k – $300k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Washington
Physical AI
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$222k
Typical range
$73k – $423k
Open positions
248
239
Jobs
Intern
2.1%
Junior
25.1%
Middle
25.1%
Senior
31.8%
Staff
11.7%
Architect
4.2%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 5 | $130k | $130k |
| Junior | 60 | $215k | $102k – $423k |
| Middle | 60 | $222k | $73k – $318k |
| Senior | 76 | $230k | $140k – $367k |
| Staff | 28 | $260k | $141k – $355k |
| Architect | 10 | $250k | $200k – $355k |
Highest paying role
Research Engineer - AI/RL Infrastructure
$423k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Applied Intuition
By role, level and city, against the market · 248 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
127 ▲ 9%
H-1B filings in 12 months
18
Green card filings
$180k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Software developers
44
Other engineers
15
Other computer occupations
14
In the register as Applied Intuition, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (+2 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
Zendar 
42dot 
Dynamic Map Platform
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 30, 2026 · Visa details by country
A-rated
Sponsor licence
Skilled Worker
Visa route
13
Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as Applied Intuition UK Ltd, London
Other sponsors in the same field
Woven by Toyota 
Archangel Autonomy 
Anduril Industries 
Qualcomm
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UK Home Office · checked Nov 10, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
68/100
Growing
Open positions
298
28 opened / 39 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
57 days
faster than 23% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+526%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
19% ▼
Hardware
13%
Industrial Engineering
12% ▲
Robotics
7%
HR
7%
Product
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Backend (+10 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added PKI to stack
Nov 2026
Added OpenVPX to stack
Nov 2026
Added MIL-STD-1553 to stack
Nov 2026
Added ARINC to stack
Nov 2026
Added MIL-STD-882 to stack
Nov 2026
Added Kitex to stack
Nov 2026
Added Webflow to stack
Nov 2026
Added Vercel to stack
Nov 2026
Added Marketo to stack
Nov 2026
Added GA4 to stack
Nov 2026
Added WebGPU to stack
Oct 2026
Added WebAssembly to stack
Oct 2026
People
Qasar Younis
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Qasar Younis co-founded the company in 2017 after serving as chief operating officer of Y Combinator. He had earlier worked as an engineer in the automotive industry.
Peter Ludwig
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
Peter Ludwig co-founded the company and leads its engineering organisation. He previously worked on automotive software at Bosch.
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Products
Off-Highway Autonomy
Autonomy stacks for agricultural, construction and mining equipment. These markets adopt automation faster than passenger cars.
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Defense Autonomy
Autonomy software for uncrewed ground and air systems sold to defence customers. It grew through acquisitions of defence technology firms.
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Vehicle OS
A software platform for vehicle compute, over-the-air updates and system integration. It underpins the rest of the toolchain.
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Data Management
Ingest, search and labelling of the sensor logs produced by test fleets. It turns raw drive data into training and validation sets.
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Simulation Platform
Large-scale simulation of driving scenarios with modelled sensors and physics. It lets manufacturers test far more miles than road fleets allow.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Applied Intuition over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
251
Postings analysed
368
Stack modernity
79/100AI adopter
Languages
Python44%
C++43%
Bash7%
JavaScript7%
Frameworks & libraries
ROS7%
ArduPilot5%
React.js5%
PyTorch4%
Databases
PostgreSQL1%
Redis1%
OpenSearch1%
LanceDB<1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux25%
Kubernetes10%
AWS7%
Ubuntu7%
AI & ML
Claude2%
LLM2%
Gaussian Splatting2%
ChatGPT<1%
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Shared investors
Human Capital Investment Management LLCVia a fund
Sozo VenturesVia a fund
La FamigliaVia a fund
137 VenturesVia a fund
Founders Circle CapitalVia a fund
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
18
Hiring now
18
Countries
9
Busiest office
Sunnyvale
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Sunnyvale
United States
HQ
Sunnyvale, California (HQ)
217 open roles 123 posted in 90 days 56% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $235k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Hardware, Product
Sunnyvale
Tokyo
Japan
Engineering / R&D
Tokyo, Japan
18 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Industrial Engineering, Operations
Tokyo
London
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
London, United Kingdom
13 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 46% engineering 50-200 est. staff $214k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions, Backend, Robotics
London
Stuttgart
Germany
Engineering / R&D
Stuttgart, Germany
13 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 54% engineering 50-200 est. staff $144k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Solutions, Industrial Engineering
Stuttgart
Ann Arbor
United States
Engineering / R&D
Ann Arbor, Michigan
9 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff $182k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Robotics, Product
Ann Arbor
Washington
United States
Engineering / R&D
Washington, D.C.
8 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff $226k Avg Salary
hires for Robotics, Security, Leadership
Washington
Munich
Germany
Engineering / R&D
Munich, Germany
7 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 14% engineering 50-200 est. staff $135k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions, Backend, Product
Munich
Fort Walton Beach
United States
Engineering / R&D
Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
5 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for Robotics, Backend, Hardware
Fort Walton Beach
Stockholm
Sweden
Engineering / R&D
Stockholm, Sweden
5 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 10-50 est. staff $109k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Solutions, Product
Stockholm
Seoul
South Korea
Engineering / R&D
Seoul, South Korea
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Solutions, Backend, Robotics
Seoul
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Plant / site
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff $167k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, Operations
Bengaluru
India
Engineering / R&D
Bangalore, India
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware
Bangalore
San Diego
United States
Engineering / R&D
San Diego, California
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $205k Avg Salary
hires for QA, Management
San Diego
Tucson
United States
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $140k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
Gothenburg
Sweden
Sales office
Gothenburg, Sweden
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Solutions
Gothenburg
Perth
Australia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $130k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Poway
United States
Engineering / R&D
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for Security
Freeport
United States
Engineering / R&D
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Aerospace