Application Engineer

Role Responsibilities

System Bringup & Deployment

Deploy and integrate autonomous driving software onto vehicle platforms and embedded computing systems.

Validate system functionality after fleet deployment and ADV delivery, including Linux/Bash-based debugging on embedded systems.

Report, document and track fleet issues and drive cross-team effort to solve them.

Incident Triage & Quality Assurance

Perform incident triage and root-cause analysis with a strong understanding of data flow in robotics systems.

Investigate and debug issues across the stack, including C++ code, Linux system issues, and hardware failures, and recommend mitigation or corrective actions.

Integrate and validate the full autonomy stack, including Perception, Planning & Control (PNC), and hardware.

Contribute to quality assurance processes and continuous improvement of system stability and safety.

Sensor & System Calibration

Calibrate and validate sensors, including cameras, LiDAR, IMU, and GNSS.

Understand vehicle, world, and sensor coordinate systems.

Support control-related calibration to ensure stable and predictable vehicle behavior.

Cross-Team Collaboration

Support technical demos and pilot deployments, delivering on-demand technical demonstrations and stakeholder communication with strong ownership.

Quickly resolve issues during demos or provide timely mitigation solutions when needed.

Collaborate closely with AI, Robotics, and Operations teams.

Clearly communicate technical findings and deployment status across teams.