Applied Intuition
Engineering Manager - Axion
$204K–$343K
Sunnyvale · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Dec 16, 2025
- Experience
- 3 – 5+ years in software engineering, and at least 1 – 2 years in a leadership role.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- US citizenship required; must already have or be eligible to receive an active US Top Secret security clearance upon onboarding.
About the job
Leads a cross-functional engineering team building Axion autonomy-toolchain products, driving technical roadmaps, delivery, quality, and field readiness.
What you'll do
- Lead, coach, and grow engineers working on Axion modules; recruit and support team development.
- Own the technical roadmap and drive architecture, engineering practices, project execution, and milestone delivery.
- Coordinate with product, UX, hardware/integration, operations, and defense customers to deliver autonomy-toolchain capabilities.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 3 – 5+ years in software engineering roles with increasing responsibility, and at least 1 – 2 years in a leadership role delivering complex systems.
- Experience delivering large-scale, high-performance software systems and managing the full software development lifecycle.
- US citizenship; must already have or be eligible to receive an active US Top Secret security clearance upon onboarding.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree.
- Experience in autonomy, robotics, simulation, unmanned systems, or tool-chain development.
Pay
$204K – $343K (base salary)
Tools
Axion Sim, Axion Integrate, Axion MLOps, Axion Mission Control, CI/CD, HIL/SIL
AI focus
Works on an autonomy toolchain that includes MLOps for ATR models; the manager leads engineering for Axion autonomy capabilities.
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