Applied Intuition
Technical Lead, Mining Autonomy Platform
$125K–$222K
Sunnyvale · On-site · Full-time · Posted Apr 4, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in embedded systems, robotics, or autonomous vehicle software development.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Lead the design and delivery of the autonomy platform for mining vehicles, spanning vehicle controls, embedded software, and production fleet systems.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction and architecture for the Autonomy Platform team, mentor engineers, and align roadmaps with product and customer needs.
- Design and implement vehicle-control interfaces, including drive-by-wire integration and system identification.
- Bring up new vehicle platforms and build production systems for monitoring, diagnostics, telemetry, networking, deployment, reliability, and safety.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience in embedded systems, robotics, or autonomous vehicle software development.
- Experience leading a technical team or acting as tech lead on a complex systems project.
- Hands-on robotics actuation experience, such as CAN or drive-by-wire, and experience owning production embedded platform components.
- Proficiency in C/C++ and a bachelor's or master's degree in a related field.
Nice to have
- Experience in mining, construction, or agriculture autonomy.
- Background in controls, system identification, vehicle dynamics, OTA deployment, or fleet management.
Pay
$125K – $222K (base salary; currency not stated)
Tools
CAN, C/C++, drive-by-wire
AI focus
Develop the autonomy platform and vehicle-control systems powering autonomous mining operations.
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