Applied Intuition
Research Engineer - Robotic Hardware, Simulation and Data
About this role
Applied Intuition seeks a Research Engineer to develop cutting-edge robotic hardware, simulation environments, and data processing solutions for autonomous systems and robotics. You'll support hardware setup, build large-scale simulations for reinforcement learning, process human data, and collaborate on research publications and production deployments across autonomous vehicles and robotic platforms.
What you'll do
- Design and set up robotic and data collection hardware with custom mechatronic systems
- Build large-scale robotic simulation environments for reinforcement learning training
- Process and prepare human data for robotic applications
- Collaborate with research scientists on publications for top-tier conferences
- Work with engineering teams to deploy end-to-end algorithms for production vehicles
- Develop neural simulation and generation tools supporting autonomy development
What they're looking for
- Robotics hardware design and utilization
- Large-scale simulation construction and deformable object simulation
- Human data processing, pose estimation, SLAM, retargeting
- Python and PyTorch
- Computer vision
- Reinforcement learning
- Distributed machine learning
- Robotics systems engineering
Benefits
- Base salary plus equity options and/or restricted stock units
- Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401k retirement with employer match
- Learning and wellness stipends
- Paid time off
- Access to millions of miles of fleet data and deployment opportunities
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Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition builds autonomous vehicle and defense systems software, including motion planning algorithms, simulation infrastructure, and autonomy integration platforms for aerial and ground platforms. The company is hiring for security engineers, robotics/autonomy software engineers, hardware-in-the-loop specialists, and IT operations professionals to support its growing physical AI operations.
- Website
- appliedintuition.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through your hands-on experience with robotic hardware—have you designed, built, or deployed mechanical systems, and what was your role in that process?
- Describe a project where you built or worked with large-scale robotic simulation environments. What tools did you use, and how did you validate the simulation against real-world behavior?