Self-Driving System (SDS) Engineering Head

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 applied.co .

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 Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and valued at $15 billion, we build the digital infrastructure that brings intelligence to every moving machine on the planet — across automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers trust our solutions to deliver physical intelligence. We are headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Tokyo, Seoul, Munich, Stuttgart, Stockholm, London, Bangalore, and across the US.

About the role

We're hiring an Engineering Head for our Tokyo SDS team in Tokyo. You'll begin by owning the technical work: bringing our L2++ stack up on vehicles with Japanese OEMs and setting the architecture the team will build on.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Lead a world-class group of engineers focused on building and deploying scalable behavior systems for cars

• Own technical delivery of SDS for Japanese customers

• Serve as the primary technical partner to Japanese OEM engineering teams

• Define the Tokyo team's engineering roadmap in partnership with SDS teams in HQ

• Drive the overall strategy, technical roadmap, and architecture dedicated to L2 and L4 autonomous vehicles for cars

We're looking for someone who has:

• 6+ years of experience building software for autonomous vehicles, robotics, or ADAS, including work that shipped

• Strong C++ with a track record of production-quality code in safety-relevant or real-time systems

• Depth in at least two of: perception, prediction, behavior and motion planning, control, sensor fusion, on-vehicle systems and middleware

• Experience taking a system from prototype to on-vehicle deployment

• Demonstrated ability to architect large-scale, production software for real-world robotic or automotive systems

• Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams, setting goals, and overseeing technical projects

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Nice to have:

• Direct experience on a production L2/L2++ program that reached customer vehicles

• Business-level English and Japanese

• Prior experience leading engineering teams

Benefits and Perks:

• Lunch and dinner allowance

• Equity (RSU) offering

• English / Japanese language allowance

• Company sponsored housing program

• Pension plan (確定拠出年金)

Don’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.