Hardware Integration Engineer, Applied Intuition
New Graduate, 2027
$110-148k
+ Equity
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
Physical AI bringing intelligence to moving machines
Open for applications
Physical AI bringing intelligence to moving machines
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$110-148k
+ Equity
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build physical AI that create a safer, more prosperous world.
Role
Who you are
- BS/BA, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related degree
- Strong fundamentals in circuit design, digital/analog electronics, and PCB layout graduating by December 2026
- Experience with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers) for hardware debug and validation
- Ability to read and interpret schematics, datasheets, and hardware specifications
- 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
Desirable
- Experience with high-speed digital design, power electronics, or RF/sensor interfaces
- Familiarity with communication protocols relevant to vehicle systems (e.g., CAN, LIN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C)
- Exposure to compliance/EMC testing or DFM/DFT processes
- Prior internship or project experience with automotive, robotics, or embedded hardware
What the job involves
- We are looking for bright Hardware Integration Engineers interested in designing and building next-generation compute and sensor hardware for autonomous and AI-driven vehicles
- Our hardware engineers work across the full hardware lifecycle — from schematic design and PCB layout to bring-up, validation, and production support — collaborating closely with software, firmware, and mechanical teams to ship reliable systems into production vehicle programs
- Design and review schematics and PCB layouts for compute, sensor, and interface hardware
- Support hardware bring-up and debug, including board-level and component-level troubleshooting
- Develop and execute test plans to validate hardware functionality, performance, and reliability
- Collaborate with firmware and software engineers to integrate hardware with embedded systems and validate end-to-end functionality
- Work with vendors and contract manufacturers to support prototyping, DFM/DFT reviews, and production ramp
- Contribute to hardware documentation, including schematics, BOMs, and test reports
Our take
Autonomous vehicles present a lot of challenging problems to engineers, particularly in terms of safety and reliability, and testing and development can be infamously slow. Applied Intuition provides software to run simulations and tests for autonomous vehicles more quickly and effectively, speeding up the development and launch of AVs for multiple industries.
With big companies such as Tesla and Google focused on developing automation, Applied Intuition has the scope to provide the software that makes it a reality. The company’s suite of simulation, validation, and drive log management software aids in the more efficient deployment of autonomous vehicles, with companies such as Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and General Motors relying on its solutions.
As the autonomous vehicles market accelerates, Applied Intuition is well set for growth, especially as it continues to expand its capabilities. Notable developments include the acquisitions of CarSim, Scenebox and Embark Trucks, as well as partnerships with AMBA and Valeo. All these efforts seek to bolster the company's offering towards supporting the faster and safer deployment of AVs. A $600 million Series F round, awarded in 2025, will go towards its next phase of product development, alongside key hires across its product team.
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Insights
68% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2025
$600m
SERIES F
Mar 2024
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company HQ
Sunnyvale West, Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
Peter Ludwig
(Co-Founder & CTO)Prior to co-founding Applied Intuition in 2017, Peter was a Product Manager at Google for 5 years.
Qasar Younis
(Co-Founder & CEO)Qasar previously founded TalkBin where they served as the CEO. They also served as the COO at Y Combinator and as a Group Product Manager of Google Maps at Google.
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