Senior Software Engineer - Operating Systems

About the role

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 http://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 THE ROLE

The NextGen OS team is focused on building Applied Intuition's operating system (OS) stack for future vehicles and new products. This is a unique opportunity to build and work on a new full-stack operating system.

As a Software Engineer on the team, you will develop, design, and implement core OS components including: kernel, system services, runtime, application framework, BSPs, and hardware abstraction layers. As an early hire, you will contribute to key architectural and implementation decisions, directly influencing how this OS is built.

AT APPLIED INTUITION, YOU WILL:

- Define the overall architecture and roadmap of the operating system

- Engage closely with existing open-source projects, become a committer, and submit RFCs

- Write and review foundational, performance-critical code across core OS components

- Lead implementation of critical system features such as interprocess communication, memory management, security sandboxing, networking, and power/performance

- Collaborate closely with hardware partners and OEMs to define BSP, HAL, device drivers, and integration strategies

- Advocate open-source culture and engage with the Open Source Project community

WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS:

- 6+ years of software development experience (emphasis on low-level systems or OS development)

- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field

- Deep expertise in C/C++

- Experience on Unix/Linux kernels or embedded systems

- Experience with performance optimization, memory management, threading, and concurrency