Software Engineer - Controls
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Tokyo
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- MSc or PhD in mechanical engineering or computer science with coursework or research experience in controls.
- Experience writing software that is compliant with guidelines for safety-critical C++ code, such as MISRA and AUTOSAR.
- Experience using quadratic programming solvers and nonlinear optimization tools such as OSQP, SCS, and CasADi to create robust and performant controllers.
- Experience applying machine learning techniques to vehicle dynamics modeling.
- Experience writing high-performance C++ code.
- Experience working with large industrial vehicles in off-road environments.
Full description
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, 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 .
We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that full-time 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. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions
About the role
We are looking for a software engineer with expertise in control of autonomous vehicles or mobile robots. Among your responsibilities will be the development of controls modules that can guide various vehicles over difficult off-road terrain, such as environments with steep slopes and sandy or muddy surfaces. The modules you develop must be high performance due to critical timing, thermal, and power constraints.
In addition to your engineering contributions, by working in our dynamic and customer-focused team culture, you will contribute to and learn from best practices in the nascent autonomy industry. We move fast and we focus on excellence, for our products and for our business. If you are hands-on and looking for a place to have a multiplying effect on making autonomous systems a reality, Applied is the place for you!
At Applied, you will:
- Design and implement controls modules that can be deployed on off-road vehicles for autonomous navigation.
- Characterize the dynamics of our customers’ vehicles to create tailored controls solutions and to reduce the gap between simulation and real-world dynamics.
- Evaluate and utilize academic research to create optimal-control-based solutions using techniques like nonlinear MPC and MPPI control.
- Collaborate with customers’ engineers and manage customer relationships.
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Passion about tackling challenging control problems involving a wide array of vehicles in challenging off-road environments.