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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. 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.\nWe are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. 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If you are hands-on and want a multiplying effect on making autonomous vehicles a reality, Applied is the place for you.\nAt Applied Intuition, you will:\nDevelop and debug our autonomous stack on embedded compute platforms\n\nWork closely with machine learning engineers to optimize perception models for embedded performance\n\nInterface with automotive middleware and communication protocols (IPC, Ethernet, DDS)\n\nSupport vehicle operations, SIL (Software-in-the-Loop) and HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) setups\n\nLeverage AI-accelerated development tools and workflows\n\nWe're looking for someone who has:\n5+ years of hands-on experience in C/C++ on POSIX and RTOS environments\n\nDirect experience with automotive SoCs (NVIDIA Orin, Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride or similar)\n\nStrong low-level understanding of hardware accelerators including encoders, DSPs and GPUs\n\nDeep knowledge of operating systems, specifically QNX and Linux\n\nHands-on experience with microcontrollers, hardware debuggers and flashing interfaces\n\nNice to have:\nAdvanced degree (MSc or PhD) in Computer Science, Robotics, Electronics or related fields\n\nExperience with ADAS or autonomous driving systems\n\nMachine learning experience, ideally in perception\n\nFull product cycle experience from first prototype to series production\n\nFamiliarity with ISO 26262, ASIL or MISRA C++\n\nBenefits:\n30 days of paid vacation per year\n\nDaily meal benefits: €19 lunch budget and €19 dinner budget, free breakfast, snacks, and drinks in the office\n\nYou’ll receive €965 annual learning & development and €580 annual fitness budget\n\nSubsidized Wellpass membership, giving you access to thousands of gyms, studios, and wellness facilities across Germany\n\n€25 monthly contribution to your Deutschlandticket for regional public transport across Germany\n\nGenerous parental leave: on top of statutory parental leave\n\nDon’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.\nApplied 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. 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